https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/247910/query-regarding-application-of-floor-loading-in-staadHi, I am analyzing G+2 Building structure. I have applied Floor load by Grouping Method ( Without the modelling of the Plate ). I am getting heavy reinforcement in beam. Kindly help me to find out the reason behind this. Also, Is this the correcten-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/774353?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:36:59 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:86aaa4f2-c996-42cf-92b4-d5448fd6c2c0paresh<p>I calculated total weight of slab&nbsp; ( DL + LL) and put under LL rather than DL and LL seperately. Will it impact on the calculation ?</p> <p></p> <p>Please check member no mentioned below regarding higher reinforcement.</p> <p>Column No 290, 220, 239, 301.</p> <p>RCDC Column No - C4</p> <p>Reinforcement Required -&nbsp; 2.62%&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/5932/Column-Design_5F00_RCDC.rar">communities.bentley.com/.../Column-Design_5F00_RCDC.rar</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/774315?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:38:58 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:49e426ba-d334-463a-9985-a1edeffe2ff0Abhisek M<p>You have applied the floor load correctly in your model. The one point I would like to highlight here that the selfweight of the slab should be placed under dead load condition.</p> <p>Regarding high reinforcement, canb you please point out a member? Consider the span and load 300mm depth seems a bit low. You can try with 350 to 400mm depth which wioll give you lower reinforcement.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>