Project Instruction

BFC34702
Structural Design
Semester 2, Session 2020/2021

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 General
• This project is to be carried out in a group of maximum Five (5)
students.
• This project will contribute 20% to the total mark of the course
with the following distribution:
‐ CLO 1 (cognitive) = 5%
‐ CLO 2 (Psychomotor) = 7.5%
‐ CLO 3 (Affective) = 7.5%
• Duration of this project is about 8 weeks.
• An interview or presentation will be conducted on week 13/14
during the submission of the final project report.

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 Specific Tasks
1. Get an architecture drawing for a 2‐storey building.
2. The architecture drawings must consist of the building floor plans
(ground, first floor & roof), elevation views and cross sections (if
any).
3. The usage of the building can be residential, office, shop, institution
and etc.
4. The ground floor slab of the building can be designed as suspended
or non‐suspended slab.

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5. Based on the architecture drawings, your group is required to:
(i) Proposed/plan the structural layout plans (ground, first
floor and roof).
(ii) Proposed the suitable and practical beam size and
thickness of suspended slabs.
(iii) Identify the materials properties (eg. unit weight and
strength).
(iv) Identify the permanent and variable actions to be used for
designing the building.
(v) Analyse and distribute the load of first floor slab to
the first floor beam.

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(vi) Analyse and design the first floor beams. Each group
member is required to analyse and design ONE simply
supported beam and ONE continuous beam.
(vii) Prepare the structural layout plan of each floor and
structural detailing for the beams. The drawing MUST
be prepared using AutoCAD.
(viii) Prepare a technical report. The calculation of the design
can be typed using format of Design Sheet. The report
should be submitted via softcopy in pdf format.

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The End!

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