The longitudinal and transverse reinforcement requirements of clause 9.5 are applied to all columns, including columns where the larger dimension is greater than 4 times the smaller dimension - this is conservative.

The following general exclusions also apply:

• Seismic design,
• Consideration of fire resistance. [You are however given full control of the minimum cover dimension to the reinforcement and are therefore able to take due account of fire resistance requirements.],
• Chamfers,
• Multi-stack reinforcement lifts.