Introduction

What needs detailing & Resources

Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

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Concrete building structures
Frame options

Flat Slab

Voided slabs

Beams

Concrete building structures

Leeds Oncology Wing - Flat slab 350mm thick
8.1m x 8.1m grid

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Concrete building structures
Structural elements
Foundations - Pad bases, Pile caps
Columns
Beams
Slabs
Walls

Structural drawings General Arrangement drawings:

Explain the shape and position of all the parts of the structure
They provide the detailer with the layout information required to
specify the steel reinforcement.

General arrangement drawings

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Leeds Oncology Wing

Shear studs

Flat slab - reinforcement

Link shape 22

Leeds Oncology Wing

Column reinforcement Link shape 51

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Leeds Oncology Wing
Column

Formwork
the mould

Column formwork

Leeds Oncology Wing

RC Drawing Flat slab

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Communication RC Drawing

Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication
RC Drawing - Detailing a group of bars

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Standard Method of Detailing
Structural Concrete SMD
Third edition 2006

Gives:
Model details for structural
elements
Examples of typical RC
details
Guidance consistent with
Eurocode 2

Model Detail MF1

Concrete Society

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 Specification NSCS, v4

1 Scope
2 Bibliography
3 Definitions
4 Execution Management
5 Falsework and Formwork
6 Reinforcement
7 Prestressed Concrete
8 In-situ Concrete - Finishes
9 Precast Concrete
10 Geometric Tolerances

Health & Safety

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Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

Steel reinforcement
Why it is needed

Concrete Compression
Resistance - Good

Tensile strength zero

Steel reinforcement needed

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Steel reinforcement
Why it is needed
Analysis shows which part of a member is in tension

Reinforcement is designed to
carry these tensile forces

Material - Concrete

Detail Min
75 mm gap

PUMP SKIP

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Material - Concrete
Properties
Strength in Compression very good
Compressive strength class defines 28 day compressive strength

Compressive strength class

C32/40

Minimum characteristic cube strength

40 MPa

Minimum characteristic 150mm diameter by 300mm

cylinder strength

Letter for type of concrete

(C normal & heavyweight; LC lightweight)

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 Material - Concrete
Properties
Strength in Compression very good
Compressive strength class defines 28 day compressive strength

e.g. C32/40

Strength in Tension for design = zero

Material Steel reinforcement

Properties
Characteristic yield strength, fyk = 500MPa (UK BS 4449:2005)
tensile and compressive strength

BS 4449:2005 has three ductility grades A, B & C

Notation of steel reinforcement, BS 8666:2005

e.g. H16

Letter defines steel type Nominal bar diameter

www.ukcares.co.uk
www.uk-bar.org

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Notation of steel reinforcement
BS 8666:2005
H A 12mm,

Ductility B 16 to 50mm

C 16 to 50mm

S Stainless steel

X Defined by specifier

Reinforcement

SMD

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Reinforcement

Supply:
Coil up to 16mm (2.5T)
Bar 12,14,15 and 18m

Practicalities:
12m maximum length H20 to H40
(12m H40 = 18 stone/ 118Kg)
9m maximum length H16 & H12
6m maximum length H10 & H8

Reinforcement Anchorage and

laps lengths
Anchorage and lap lengths
for bars in compression worst case
Anchorage length = 40
Lap length = 61
Ch 10. Detailing

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Detailing Fabrication tolerances
(BS8666)

-5mm

10mm minimum tolerance

between bars +5mm

Example Two U-bars

Detailing Construction tolerances

(IStructE)
Bending Schedule Dimensions -

Member dimension minus

Nominal cover minus
Fabrication tolerances as required

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Approximate Costs

Concrete

Formwork &
Falsework
Reinforcement
Material cost
Labour

Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

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Which part of a member is in
tension?
Beams and slabs
Flexure
The vertical loads on a beam or slab
cause it to bend.
The Bending Moment diagram shows which part of a member is
in tension due to flexure, Top or Bottom.

Shear

Shear forces may require vertical steel in slabs.

Beams require shear links

Bending moment diagram

Top bars in tension

Envelope of (M Ed /z +N Ed )
lbd
Acting tensile force lbd

Resisting tensile force lbd

Ftd
al

al
lbd
Ftd
lbd
lbd
Shift rule
lbd lbd

Bottom bars in tension

Bending moment diagram continuous member

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Shear force diagram
Shear
Shear forces may require vertical steel in slabs.
Beams require shear links

Shear Link shape 51

Shear force diagram

Shear
Shear forces may require vertical steel in slabs.
Beams require shear links

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Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

Designer information to detailer

Steel areas at critical locations

From calculation sheets
Marked up General Arrangement drawings
Proforma sheet
Designer provides sketch of detail

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Designer information to detailer

Steel areas at critical locations - From calculation sheets

Designer information to detailer

Steel areas at critical locations - From calculation sheets

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Designer information to detailer

Steel areas at critical locations Marked up GA

Designer information to detailer

Steel areas at critical locations Proforma sheets

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Designer information to detailer

Concrete grade compression strength class eg C28/35

Nominal Cover to bars

Nominal cover, cnom

(RC Drawing)
Minimum cover, cmin
(Durability & Bond)

Allowance for deviation, cdev

Axis distance, a
Fire protection

Introduction
What needs detailing & Resources
Reinforced concrete
Steel reinforcement why it is needed
Material Concrete
Material Steel reinforcement
Which part of a member is in tension?
Designer information to detailer
RC Detailing - communication

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 RC Detailing
Communication - Designer to construction site

Design Construction
Find location & Fix steel
extent of tension reinforcement.
in members. RC Detailing
RC Drawings + Bar Schedule Place concrete
Determine area in members.
of steel to resist Call up bars. List every bar
tension. Bar marks. mark.
Bar location. BS 8666: 2005

Bar Schedule Steel supplier

Cutting & bending dimensions

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