The RAM Concrete Column module is a powerful tool that allows engineers to quickly design and layout reinforcement for concrete columns resisting gravity and/or lateral forces. The RAM Concrete Column module uses the structural model and data created in the RAM Modeler, the lateral and/or gravity forces from RAM Frame, and the gravity forces from RAM Concrete Analysis. Column lines can be designed individually with View/Update or the entire structure can be designed at once using the Design All option. Numerous output reports are available which provide supporting information on the design.

Chapter 2 of this manual discusses the concepts and terminology the user needs to be familiar with when using the program.

Chapter 3 provides an overview of the program and its commands, and gives a brief description of the output reports available. Within this chapter the basic principles of RAM Concrete Column are explained.

Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 provide a detailed look at the technical assumptions made within RAM Concrete Column, primarily code interpretation. It is crucial that the engineer reads and understands this chapter so as to be aware of how these assumptions affect each design.

Chapter 6 gives a detailed explanation of the output reports available from RAM Concrete Column.