DESIGN PROJECT ASSIGNMENT – MS CE FALL 2019

DESIGN OF CONCRETE LOW RISE OFFICE BUILDING – 14 STOREYS

Model, analyse and design given low rise concrete office building with 14 storeys for Islamabad
in ETABs. Environmental and structural load data given in the Pakistan Building Code may be
used. Any unavailable loading data may be obtained from ASCE 7. Design must be based on ACI.

Required data and requirements are given below:-

a. Compressive strength of concrete 5000psi

b. Grade 60 steel reinforcing.
c. Bearing capacity of soil 4Ksf
d. Maximum storey height 12’
e. Beams should not be more than 2’ deep so as storey clearance remains at 10’. Assume 9”
concrete slab
f. Model and analyse the complete building. Proportion columns for a maximum lateral
deflection of H/500 where H is total height of building.
g. Design the beams marked with X and columns marked with O at the ground floor level.
Check the beam shears and moments and column loads by the Tributary Area Method
too.
h. Design Footings for the columns.

Submit the project assignment by 13 January 2020. Please submit the ETABs input file and the
output file for moments, shear and base reactions for members.

PLEASE WORK ON THIS DESIGN PROJECT AT YOUR OWN PLACES ON YOUR

LAPTOPS ON MONDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2019. THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR
CLASS.