| A beam is a horizontal structural member in a | | | | made using this procedure. This beam is to be of |
| building. This are made from timber, stone, | | | | two by three hundred millimeter size. It shall use |
| universal steel and reinforced concrete. They are | | | | twisted bars of sixteen and twelve millimeter |
| used to carry a building load across a span with or | | | | diameter bars top and bottom respectively. The |
| without a wall below. They span from one wall or | | | | four bars are measured five meters first. An |
| column to another. They are made in different | | | | extra one hundred and twenty millimeters is |
| sizes depending on the load to be carried and the | | | | added to both ends. The bars are cut and bent to |
| beam design. They can be formed into | | | | have hooks of one hundred millimeters on both |
| rectangular or square shapes. The reinforcements | | | | ends. The rings are measured total length and |
| are placed in a form work for concrete to be | | | | bent into a rectangle which will overlap at the |
| cast inside to form the structural member. | | | | ends. |
| The reinforcements for the structural beams are | | | | It is important to note that the finished beam size |
| either round or twisted bars. The bars should be | | | | is two by three hundred millimeters. The rings |
| free from rust or mill scale before being used in | | | | should allow for concrete cover all round. They |
| any work on site. The tieing wire should be cut | | | | are measured less twenty five millimeters all |
| into lengths able to do two runs round the steel | | | | round. The ring length is measured nine hundred |
| bars. A bench is prepared to be used for cutting | | | | millimeters first. It is then bent into four sides of |
| and bending the reinforcements. For the straight | | | | two fifty by one hundred millimeters for the |
| runs, bars are measured the full length of the | | | | three by two hundred sides respectively. The |
| beam and bent at the end by one hundred | | | | ends should overlap equally. The four bars are put |
| millimeters. The tieing rings or stirrups, they are | | | | into the rings spaced at one hundred and fifty |
| cut and bent square or rectangle depending with | | | | millimeters. Tieing wire is used to join all four bars |
| the beam shape. | | | | and rings together. |
| A sample beam reinforcement of five meters is | | | | |