If it will be constructed in a seismic region, in my opinion I would require to increase those sections.
Because I think those sizes won't satisfy drift requirements.
This is a legal concern, hoping to hear ideas from anybody who has knowledge regarding this issue:
The situation is that the building is very old say around 40 to 50 years old already. The owner hired a consulting firm (let's name this consultant - X) to do the assessment of the building to...
I agree to the idean suggest by CelinOttawa with regards to casting a new forting above the existing..I have used that in my design before..
But Smitash regarding with your question if that would be strong enough to carry the loads, of course it depends upon on how you do your analysis.Note that...
CelinOtawa:
As I have mentioned, it is suspended concrete beam...in addition to this, it will support also a cast in place concrete slab...it will be at the 5th floor of the tower which is an amenity deck(having tree pits from 300mm to 1200mm depression from the floor level to contain the...
Smitash:
The method that i can suggest to you is to retroffit ta affected structural elements.
One type of retrofitting is by FRP wrap.And another is by enlargement..But since you need to cast ground beams I suggest that you enlarge those members in such a way that you can place the ground...
Hi Mr. Dhengr,
Its a suspended beam, on the amenity level of the tower....I would like to use that kind of beam profile for those area with tree pits...i just dont have any references as of now on the consideratiosn and limits according to code and theoritical basis...
I have been searching for a references or codes that explains limits and things to consider regarding depressed girder/beam design(or a beam with varying level of top and soffit somewhere in the beam span - I am confused what really is the right term for this, please see my attached image which...
