The residential villa comprises 1 and a half floors. Initially, the column size 9″x12″ had been used with the use of M15 grade of concrete. The builder wanted to save on his budget by making the columns smaller in size. That is why the columns in the Floor plans below are 9″x9″ in size but the Engineer made sure that M20 grade of concrete would be used for Columns.
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Size Of The Columns
The size of the columns is 9″x9″ with the use of M20 grade of concrete.
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Distance Between The Columns
The distance between the columns does not exceed 4.5m.
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Alignment of Columns
The Columns have been arranged on an iron grid pattern. So there is absolutely no question of zigzag walls and zigzag beams which reducing complications in the structure.