Applies To
	Product(s):	STAAD Advanced Concrete Design
	Version(s):	All
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	Concrete Design
	Subarea:	Pilecap Design
	Original Author:	Abhisek Mandal Bentley Technical Support Group

Kindly clarify whether Development Length in Compression (Ld) is considered, while arriving the depth of Foundation for a Pile Cap.

For footing and pile-cap RCDC does not considered the “Ld” of the column reinforcement for minimum depth. Column design is an independent activity thus information of column reinforcement is not available for pile-cap design. User can provide minimum pile-cap depth available in general settings as per Ld requirement. Also if required each pile-cap can be redesigned with required minimum depth.