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Calculate Steel Quantity For Slab: Reading Time: 3 Minutes

This document outlines the process for estimating steel reinforcement quantities for concrete structural elements like slabs, footings, and columns based on design drawings. For slabs, the number of main and secondary reinforcement bars is calculated based on spacing and length. The cutting length of each bar is then determined and multiplied by the number of bars and weight per length to obtain the total steel quantity. For footings, the number of bars and length of each bar is calculated based on the footing dimensions and spacing, then multiplied together with the steel density. For columns, the total length of longitudinal bars and stirrups is calculated separately based on dimensions and development lengths, then multiplied by the steel density to determine quantities.

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Calculate Steel Quantity For Slab: Reading Time: 3 Minutes

This document outlines the process for estimating steel reinforcement quantities for concrete structural elements like slabs, footings, and columns based on design drawings. For slabs, the number of main and secondary reinforcement bars is calculated based on spacing and length. The cutting length of each bar is then determined and multiplied by the number of bars and weight per length to obtain the total steel quantity. For footings, the number of bars and length of each bar is calculated based on the footing dimensions and spacing, then multiplied together with the steel density. For columns, the total length of longitudinal bars and stirrups is calculated separately based on dimensions and development lengths, then multiplied by the steel density to determine quantities.

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Reading time: 3 minutes


Estimation of steel reinforcement quantity for concrete slab, footing and column, beams etc. is
crucial for the cost evaluation for the construction. Design drawings are used as a base for computing
rebar quantity in different structural elements. This article presents steel quantity computation
process for slabs, columns, and footings.
Contents: [show]

Calculate Steel Quantity for Slab


1. Obtain slab dimension and reinforcement details from design drawings as shown in Fig.1.
2. Compute number of steel bars.
Main Steel Bars No. of bars= (Slab length(L)/spacing)+1               Equation 1 Shrinkage and
Temperature Steel Bars  No. of bars= (Slab length(S)/spacing)+1               Equation 2 In equation
1, center to center spacing of main reinforcement steel bars are used and shrinkage and temperature
bar spacing is used in equation 2.

Fig. 1: Types and arrangement of steel bars in one way slab

3. Calculate cutting length: Main steel bars  Cutting length= clear span(S)+Ld+inclined


length+2x45 degree bend      Equation 3 Shrinkage and Temperature steel bars  Cutting length=
clear span(S)+Ld+inclined length+2x45 degree bend      Equation 4 Where: Ld: development length
which illustrated in Fig. 2. Inclined length can found from the following expression: Inclined length=
0.45D                                                    Equation 5 D=slab thickness-2*concrete cover-bar diameter   
Equation 6
Fig. 2: Bent up bars in slab

3. Convert that length into kilograms or tons because steel bars are ordered by weight. The same
equation used for both main and shrinkage and temperature reinforcement, but corresponding cutting
length, number of bars, and bar diameter is used. Main steel bars=No. of bars*cutting length*weight
of the bar ( /162)     Equation 7 ( /162) is the weight of a steel which is derived from steel
volume times its density which is 7850 kg/m3.

Calculate Steel for Footing


Size of footing and its reinforcement details (bar size and spacing) shall be known. This can be
achieved from design drawings. After that, the following steps will be taken to compute steel
quantity.

1. calculate the required number of bars for both directions.


No. of bars = {(L or w – concrete cover for both sides) ÷ spacing} +1       Equation 8 where L or
W: length or width of footing

2. Then, find the length of one bar


Length of bar = L or W–concrete cover for both sides + 2*bend length     Equation 9 Where L or W
is length or width of footing

3. After that, compute the total length of bars which is equal to the number of required bars
multiply by the length of one bar. If the same size of bars is used in both directions then you
can sum up both quantity of the bars
4. Convert that length into kilograms or Tons. This can be done by multiplying cross section
area of steel by its total length by density of steel which 7850 kg/m3
The above calculation procedure is for  single reinforcing net. Therefore, for footings with the double
reinforcing net, the same procedure need to be used again to compute steel quantity for another
reinforcing net.

Calculate Steel Quantity for Columns


Achieve column size and reinforcement detailing from design drawings. Then, compute quantity of
steel in the column using the following steps:
Longitudinal steels
1. Compute total length of longitudinal bars which equal to the column height plus laps for
footing multiply number of longitudinal bars.
2. Convert that length into kilograms or Tons. This can be done by multiplying cross section
area of steel by its total length by density of steel which 7850 kg/m3
Stirrups
1. Compute cutting length of stirrups using the following equation
Cutting length=2*((w-cover)+(h-cover))+Ld                             Equation 10 where: w: column width
h: column depth Ld: stirrup development length 2. Calculate number of stirrup by dividing column
height over stirrup spacing plus one. 3. Estimate total length of stirrup which is equal to stirrup
cutting length times number of stirrups. 4. Convert that length into kilograms or Tons. This can be
done by multiplying cross section area of steel by its total length by density of steel which 7850
kg/m3. Total steel quantity of column equal to the sum of both main and stirrup steels.

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