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Material Requirements
Structure Requires Good Sound and Thermal Insulation Required- Concrete members should have sufficient thickness. Cavity…
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Site Conditions
Possible Constraints: 1. The constraint of the site can affect placement or availability of site offices…
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Ground Conditions
Existing underground structure under proposed building? Yes- Ground slabs on top of the existing underground…
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Building Conditions
Progressive collapse Story Number < 4 stories Progressive collapse is not critical. However, the structure…
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Soil Loads
Active soil pressures are generally used for soil load calculations. Active pressures are applied loads…
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Wind Loads
Wind load values are based on the height of the structure, in which design wind pressures with…
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Typical Loads
These loads are often used for scheme design purposes. It should be noted that these…
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Load Types and Combinations
Structural framing needs to be designed for loads that fulfill client’s performance requirements, to transfer…
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Ribbed Slab/Waffle Slab
-Gravity loads transferred from slabs to beams -Loads carried floor by floor to columns/core walls…
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Wall Slab: Load Path
-Gravity loads imposed on and transferred through slabs -Loads carried floor by floor to structural…