Bearing plates also known as construction plates are the flat steel plates used to the end of a wall bearing beam to distribute the load over a broader area. It is normally a plate placed under, one end of a truss beam, girder or column to distribute the load. The Picture shows plates,manufactured by giving gradients on the surface of the plates. These hot dipped galvanised plates are accomodated beneath the concrete cast at its point of support, to distribute the end load at the point.