This exercise is designed to enable students to gai n experience in the detailing of reinforced concrete and to use AutoCAD to detail a reinforced concrete retaining wall structure.

This exercise is designed to enable students to gai n experience in the detailing of reinforced concrete and to use AutoCAD to detail a reinforced concrete retaining wall structure. At the end of this assignment a student should: • Understand the principles involved in detailing rei nforced concrete; and • Have experience of producing a AutoCAD drawing of a retaining wall structure Recommended reading: • IStructE/Concrete Society, ‘ Standard Method of Detailing Structural Concrete – A Manual for Best Practice ’, 3 rd Edition, June 2006. • CalCrete, Drawing and Detailing module Details: All  civil  engineering  students  need  to  have  an  unde rstanding  of  how  reinforced  concrete  is detailed and the process of producing a reinforced concrete drawing. The following is to be undertaken: 1.      Use the drawing frame that you produced in Exer cise No 2. Ensure that the drawing title box is filled out. 2.     Using the information within the instruction sli des on VITAL, produce an AutoCAD drawing that contains sufficient information to build the r etaining wall. This drawing should include the following components: a) A cross section showing the layout of the wall, inc luding all dimensions, levels, inserts and adjacent features (drainage and ground levels) and intended position of reinforcing bars. b) A front elevation of the retaining wall which conta ins the main call-ups for the reinforcing bars. c) An enlarged detail of the coping beam. d) A set of notes to complete the information needed t o build the retaining wall. 3.     A bar bending schedule which relates to the draw ing which could be passed to a contractor for ordering of the reinforcing steel. ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE SCHEME 1.  Standard reinforcement call-up: