Its ok to be like that 17% up to 20% in particular structures but in houses may be les about 10 up to 15%if it is a villa should be more a pit but if it is a multistorey should be 17% around this depents too.
THis happens so much in site erectin for interior columns or corner ones supporting beams particularly when the two intersecting beams are simply supported and we have to end the bars in the body of column at the same location causing congesting of steel...
As soil material under foundation or any where is not a homogeneous one itt is difficult to define exactly the properties of soil wihout making soil sampling and experimental studies for each idividual case, geotechnic studies shuld be carried out on the strata before defining the...
It is of no any problem to use this or this units as we are understandig the meaning of them and the diversion formula n , kn , pascal are used in countries which are using foot inch base in calculation but in countries which are using meter...
