PlacementofmainReinforcement(bar)offooting

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Foundation,HowtoGuide,Reinforcement,Structural

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Footingstransferloadstoearthwhichisimposedonit.thestructureisstandonfootings.soitisimportant
thatthefootingsshouldstableenoughtocarrytheloadswhicharecomingonit.Properplacementof
reinforcementinfootingisimportantfactorforstabilityoffooting.
Nomatter,howwellastructureisdesignediftheconstructionprofessionalsdontcareofplacing
reinforcementinproperway,thestructurewontstable.
Differentcountriesfollowdifferentrulesfordesigningandplacementofreinforcement.However,thebasics
aresame.ImnotaspecialistofRCCstructuredesigning.Imjustaconstructionprofessional.HereIwant
tosharesomenotes,whichwefollowduringplacingreinforcementinfooting

Pic01
Manyofusthinkthatthemainreinforcementoffootingwillbeparallelwithlonglengthoffooting.Thatis
wrong.Inpic01,themainreinforcementisplacedparallelwithshortlengthoffooting.Becausethe
distancebetweenouterfaceoffootingandouterfaceofcolumnismoreinshortlengththanlonglengthof
footing.

Pic02
Seethepic2.Thefootingissquare.Themainreinforcementisplacedparallelwiththegreaterdistanceof
footing&columnface.
So,thetheme/theoryofplacingmainreinforcementinfootingthemainreinforcementshouldbeplaced
parallelwiththegreater/biggerdistanceofcolumnfaceandfootingsouterface.