The column cap is a widening at the top of a column, to provide additional surface area of bearing. If column caps are designed into the structure, then not only must the caps be properly engineered, the supported structures must also be engineered to accept the distribution of the load distribution of the column cap.
What is column base?
A column base consists of a column, a base plate and an anchoring assembly. The column base is usually supported by either a concrete slab or a sub-structure (e.g. a piled foundation).
In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or “head”) or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column’s supporting surface.
The column cap is a widening at the top of a column, to provide additional surface area of bearing. If column caps are designed into the structure, then not only must the caps be properly engineered, the supported structures must also be engineered to accept the distribution of the load distribution of the column cap.
What is column base?
A column base consists of a column, a base plate and an anchoring assembly. The column base is usually supported by either a concrete slab or a sub-structure (e.g. a piled foundation).
In architecture the capital (from the Latin caput, or “head”) or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column’s supporting surface.