Hi All, I am designing an elevated concrete podium slab which will carry 4 floors of timber above. The perimeter of the slab is supported by 4 basement walls and the distance between columns is about 24ft top to bottom and 18ft left to right. I attached…

In a project I'm working on the resulting SSR designs seem a bit extreme and in odd places. The system is a Two-Way flat plate slab, with some edge beams to support precast panels. There are four columns that have had SSRs placed within the beams framing…

Concept is providing a "Performance" warning upon running analysis, stating that there are "Too many user bars to detail". The strips are 320' long and are supposed to have #5@14" perpendicular to the 320' length (about 275 bars). Does this warning just…

Hi, I've come across this particular issue a number of times but have never had RAM specify this much shear reinforcement before - see snapshots below. This is a one-way slab and band beam system so wouldn't be expecting shear ties in the beam like…

Hi, I am just wondering how to model soft spot on RAM Concept. I have treated them as an opening, however, when we have walls below it doesn't work because the wall won't be attached to the slab. Any ideas? Many thanks, Leticia