Professional Documents
Culture Documents
depth below the plinth, then you should connect the plinth using
beams.
Please notice the deeper foundation shown in the drawing and also the
plinth beam provided in the ground level.
In this case the stirrup spacing of 100 mm is required to go down from
the plinth level up to 300 mm into the footing of the foundation. Also
this spacing is required for 500 mm going above the plinth.
However, please also note that the width of the beam should be at least
1/3 of the height of the beam. So if the beam is 900 mm high, the
width of the beam should be more than 300 mm.
The normal distance between stirrups throughout the beam should
never be more than 300 mm (about 1 ft.). However, if the beam height
is less than 450 mm, then the maximum distance will be 2/3 of the
actual beam height. So, if the beam height is 300 mm, the spacing in
this case should be 200 mm (about 8 in.).
At the point where a beam crosses a column, the stirrups on the beam
and column should be spaced not more than 75 mm (3 in.) apart.
If the beam is more than 600 mm (2 ft.) thick, or more than 3.6
metres (12 ft.) long, this distance should be further increased.
Beam
Stilt
Beam/
Column
column
junction
300 mm (12 in
150 mm (6 in)
75 mm (3 in)
75 mm (3 in)