Future Engineers Club, constructed a model of a column. The aim of this model was to clearly determine and recognise all the parts of a column. The construction phase took one week.

Firstly, we modelled the structure in AutoCAD software, which is a computer aided design developed by Autodesk. In the CAD modelling there were modelled the elements of a real scaled column which consists of:

● steel bars

● shear links

● form work

● concrete

The diameter of this column is 14cm and reaches a height of 60cm. There were used 6 steel bars with a diameter of 0.3cm to represent the steel bars of a regular column.

The next step was to link these bars. This link was made with a soft wire that surrounds the bars in a spiral way. In the final step the reinforcement is inserted into a cubic mold and it is filled with concrete.

After 3 days the column was removed from the cement.