Every structural engineer starts somewhere, and for most people on the Civil Engineering Hub journey, that somewhere is detailing. Before you can design a column, you need to know how to detail one properly on paper and on site. Reinforcement…
Every structural drawing eventually has to become steel on site. That is what a Bar Bending Schedule (BBS) does.. it translates the beam reinforcement shown on a structural drawing into a list a steel fixer and a fabricator can actually…
Most structural engineering students can calculate the required steel area for a beam. Fewer can actually detail it the way a fabricator or steel bender on site needs to see it. That gap is exactly why a good mentor tells…
Every reinforced concrete frame stands or fails at the joint. Beam-column connection detailing is the point where structural engineers decide whether a building performs under load or fails at its weakest link. The truth is, most joint failures on site…
Column design is one of the most critical tasks in structural engineering. A column failure is not a cosmetic problem — it is a collapse risk. That is why understanding how to design one correctly, from first principles, matters. This…
