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…

The definition in the manual for the Cover to CGS is "the distance from the top of the slab to the bottom of the top bar". This will be the bottom of TOP bar or TOPTOP bar? What I've found is that, this value greatly affects the result of punching shear…