Placement of main Reinforcement(bar) of footing

Liton Biswas   Foundation , How to Guide , Reinforcement , Structural   No comments

Footings transfer loads to earth which is imposed on it. the structure is stand on footings. so it is important that
the footings should stable enough to carry the loads which are coming on it. Proper placement of reinforcement
in footing is important factor for stability of footing.
No matter, how well a structure is designed if the construction professionals don’t care of placing reinforcement
in proper way, the structure won’t stable.
Different countries follow different rules for designing and placement of reinforcement. However, the basics are
same. I’m not a specialist of RCC structure designing. I’m just a construction professional. Here I want to share
some notes, which we follow during placing reinforcement in footing-

Pic-01

Many of us think that the main reinforcement of footing will be parallel with long length of footing. That is wrong.
In pic-01, the main reinforcement is placed parallel with short length of footing. Because the distance between
outer face of footing and outer face of column is more in short length than long length of footing.

Pic-02
See the pic-2. The footing is square. The main reinforcement is placed parallel with the greater distance of
footing & column face.
So, the theme/theory of placing main reinforcement in footing - “the main reinforcement should be placed
parallel with the greater/bigger distance of column face and footing’s outer face.