Civil Engineering Association

Standard Structural Designs for Low-Rise Residential Buildings in Reinforced Concrete Construction

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................................ 3
1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE ......................................................................................................... 4
2.0 OBJECTIVES................................................................................................................................... 4
3.0 ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS................................................................................................. 4
4.0 GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS....................................................................................................... 5
5.0 MATERIAL AND LOADING PARAMETERS ..................................................................................... 5
6.0 STANDARD ONE-WAY SPANNING RC SLAB DESIGNS................................................................ 6
7.0 STANDARD TWO-WAY SPANNING RC SLAB DESIGNS ............................................................. 12
8.0 STANDARD RC BEAM DESIGNS................................................................................................... 18
9.0 STANDARD RC COLUMN AND RC WALL DESIGNS.................................................................... 43
10.0 STANDARD PLAIN WALL DESIGNS ............................................................................................. 47
11.0 STANDARD RC STAIRCASE DESIGNS......................................................................................... 48
12.0 STANDARD BASEMENT (PROPPED) RC RETAINING WALL DESIGNS ..................................... 51
13.0 STANDARD CANTILEVER RC RETAINING WALL DESIGNS ....................................................... 61
14.0 STANDARD FOUNDATION LOADING ESTIMATION..................................................................... 69
15.0 STANDARD SHALLOW FOUNDATION ALLOWABLE (SAFE) NET (EFFECTIVE)
BEARING CAPACITY ..................................................................................................................... 70
16.0 STANDARD RC PAD FOUNDATION DESIGNS ........................................................................... 101
17.0 STANDARD RC STRIP FOUNDATION DESIGNS ........................................................................ 105
18.0 STANDARD RC SOLID RAFT / STRIPPED RAFT FOUNDATION DESIGNS............................... 109
19.0 STANDARD RC PILE AND RC PILE CAP FOUNDATION DESIGNS........................................... 117
APPENDIX: SOIL RELATIONSHIPS........................................................................................................ 126
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 129