This book on reinforced concrete design is unique for its comprehensive approach, as each topic is thoroughly analysed from more theoretical aspects, through the development of design formulas with their assumptions and justifications, and terminates with construction requirements and practical examples.

The textbook is primarily intended for undergraduate students and young practitioners. However, the strong link between theory and practical applications makes it a valuable handbook that experienced engineers would also find useful. As the complexity of projects increases, designers face progressively greater chal- lenges, structural engineering deviates from standard solutions bringing the designers back to first principles; a thorough understanding of the theory and the structural fundamentals becomes extremely important to comprehend limits and worthiness of models.