Hello all,
I have a client that has asked me to do the structural design for the first floor of a six story hotel. I know it sounds strange.....The building is in a flood plain, so the ground level will be parking. I have been asked to design the first floor from structural steel and concrete slab so that a light gage metal framing system may be built from there up. The supplier of the metal framing has been contracted to do the engineering on his portion of the building, the top five floors. I have been asked to design the foundations and first floor, to support the gage metal framing. My questions are: Is this a common situation? How does the liability for the structural design of the building as whole come together? Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated? Thank you.
I have a client that has asked me to do the structural design for the first floor of a six story hotel. I know it sounds strange.....The building is in a flood plain, so the ground level will be parking. I have been asked to design the first floor from structural steel and concrete slab so that a light gage metal framing system may be built from there up. The supplier of the metal framing has been contracted to do the engineering on his portion of the building, the top five floors. I have been asked to design the foundations and first floor, to support the gage metal framing. My questions are: Is this a common situation? How does the liability for the structural design of the building as whole come together? Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated? Thank you.