How to Read Concrete Plans | The Basics

It is important to know How to read Concrete Plans, and it isn't something that is covered during university. When starting out reading concrete drawings can seem overly complex, however, when you break down the layers of concrete documentation it isn't that complex.

understanding concrete plan drawings is something you will use day in day out as structural engineering, and this video will cover you will need to understand how to dead concrete plans


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Chapter
00:00 Intro
00:26 Structural Drawing set Order
01:12 General Arrangement plans -Retention
02:29 General Arrangement plans - Piles and footing
03:49 General Arrangement plans - Slab on Ground
04:53 General Arrangement plans - Suspended Slabs
07:37 Bottom Reinforcement Plans
08:56 Post-Tensioned Plans
09:52 Top Reinforcement Plans