1.

Pile – 3″ or 75 mm
2. Pile cap – 3″ or 75 mm
3. Footing – 3″ or 75 mm
4. Column below ground – 2½″ or 65 mm
5. Column above ground – 1½″ or 40 mm
6. Shear wall below ground – 2½″ or 65 mm
7. Shear wall above ground – 1½″ or 40 mm
8. Beam below ground – 2½″ or 65 mm
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9. Beam above ground – 1½″ or 40 mm
10. Slab below ground – 2″ or 50 mm
11. Slab above ground – ¾″ or 20 mm
12. Stair – ¾″ or 20 mm
13. Retaining wall’s earth face – 1½″ or 40 mm and opposite face: 1″
or 25 mm
14. Door-window lintel – ¾″ or 20 mm
15. Sunshade – ¾″ (20 mm).
The formula for calculating stirrup’s hook length is 6*D. Where “D” is
2 Hook’s Length of Stirrup the diameter of bar. But stirrup’s hook length should not be less than
3″ or 7.62 cm
End hook is provided at both end of longitudinal bar. The length of
3 End Hook for Longitudinal Bar of Beam
hook should not be less than 12 *D. Where D is the diameter of bar.
End hook length of slab’s top bar shouldn’t be less than 12 * D .Where
4 End Hook of Slab Top Reinforcement
D is the diameter of bar.
Vertical bar of column is also called longitudinal bar. Bend is provided
5 Bend for Vertical Bar of Column at one end of longitudinal bar. The bend is 90° and length of bend
should not less than 18″ (450 mm).
The anchorage length of main bar of a cantilever RCC member should
6 Anchorage Length of Cantilever Member
not be less than 69 * D. Where D is the diameter of bar.
7 Hook’s Angle of Stirrup Stirrup’s hook angle is 135°.
8 End Hook’s Angle of Longitudinal Bar End hook angle of longitudinal bars of column and beam is 90°.
9 No Lap Bar Lap should be not provide larger than 36mm diameter of steel
Steel should be lapping for compression zone with 50d where ( d ) is
10 Lap in compression zone
dia of steel bar
Steel should be lapping for tension zone with 40d where ( d ) is
11 Lapping for Tension
diameter of steel bar
12 Maximum Lap in a Zone Don’t use more than 50% lapping zone in any RCC structure.
13 Bent Up bar Provide bent up bar near at support of slab and beam.
14 Placing 1st Stirrup 1st stirrup of beam should be placed within 2″ from the support.
A square-shape column should have minimum 4 numbers of bars and a
15 Minimum Longitudinal Bar in a Column
round column should have minimum 6 numbers of bar.
16 Chair MS bar for chair shouldn’t be less than 12 mm diameter.

1- 8 mm ø bar – 0.12 kg/ft

2- 10 mm ø bar – 0.19 kg/ft
3- 12 mm ø bar – 0.27 kg/ft
17 Unit Weight of MS Bar
4- 16 mm ø bar – 0.48 kg/ft
5- 20 mm ø bar – 0.75 kg/ft
6- 25 mm ø bar – 1.25 kg/rft
18 Standard Length of MS Bar Full length of a deformed MS bar is about 40′.

19 Required Binding Wire For binding one ton of MS bar 7 kg to 13 kg binding wire is required.