PUNJAB DAANISH SCHOOLS & CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

AUTHORITY LAHORE DAANISH SCHOOL VEHARI

DESIGN CRITERIA

1.0 GENERAL

The structural Design criteria describes general design requirements applicable to the
structural design of all building elements, structures and foundation, thereof to ensure
adequate strength for the whole structure and all parts, thereof for safe support of all
superimposed live and special loads in addition to the dead loads.
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All structures and their components for the captioned project shall be analysed for all
phases of construction for a high degree of structural competence, reliability and ease of
construction, as per the various standards & codes as described below.

2.0 DESIGN LOADS

2.1 DEAD LOADS

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all fixed services equipments, such as piping, heating and air-condition ducts/equipments,
elevators and the weight of all other fixed equipments.

The dead loads on the structure will be computed from the unit weights of the materials.
Following unit weights will be used for computing dead loads, unless otherwise
specified.

Material Unit Weight (pcf)

Reinforced Concrete 150

Plain Concrete 144
Water 62.4
Brick Masonry 120

2.2 SUPERIMPOSED DEAD LOADS

Following loads are used for analysis

Temporary Partitions Load 20 psf

Roof Finishes 70 psf
Corridor Superimposed 60 psf
Superimposed + Partition (15” Depressed Part) 210 psf
Superimposed + Partition (12” Depressed Part) 180 psf

2.3 LIVE LOADS

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 Live loads include loads due to intended use and occupancy of an area, personnel,
moveable equipments, lateral earth pressures, vehicle and impact loadings.

For the subject project, floor live loads as per occupancy and intended use requirements
are as given below.

Corridors 80 psf
Roof 40 psf
Lecture Theatre 50 psf
Wash Rooms 40 psf
Class Rooms 40 psf

2.4 SEISMIC LOADS

Seismic loads will be computed according to UBC-1997. All structures and their
components shall be analyzed to determine their adequacy to withstand lateral forces
caused by seismic loads. Following seismic parameters as per UBC-97 have been
followed in the structural design of the building.

Z = 0.15
I = 1
R = 5.5 (Load case EQ-X and EQ-Y)
Soil Profile Type = SD

3.0 LOAD COMBINATIONS

The various load cases applied to structures in combination with the required strength
factors are indicated below. The load combination producing the maximum resultant
forces and moments shall be used in design.

1. U = 1.4 D
2. U = 1.2 D + 1.6 L
3. U = 1.2 D + 1.0 L + 1.0 E
4. U = 0.9 D + 1.0 E

Load combinations for sanitary engineering structures shall be in accordance with

recommendations of UBC and ACI.

Notations

D = Dead Load
L = Live Load
E = Earthquake Load
U = Required ultimate strength for concrete structures to resist design loads or their
related internal moments and forces as defined in ACI 318-05.

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4.0 MATERIAL PROPERTIES

4.1 REINFORCING STEEL

All reinforcing steel, to be used in reinforced concrete works shall be deformed, hot
rolled billet steel bars conforming to ASTM A-615 Grade 60 with specified yield
strength of not less then (fy) 60,000 Psi nor more then 78,000 Psi and ratio of ultimate
tensile strength / yield strength not less than 1.25

Bar spacing, splices and reinforcement covers shall conform to the ACI 318-05 Code
requirements.

4.2 CONCRETE

All reinforced concrete shall have a minimum compressive cylinder strength of 21

N/mm2 (3000 psi) at 28 days except unless otherwise indicated on drawings.

Adequate protection shall be given to concrete against direct exposure to earth and to
possible physical damage at locations like vehicle entrances by bitumen coating, corner
angles, bollards etc.

4.3 BRICK WORK

All brick work shall be laid in first class Brick Masonry. A good first class brick shall
be sound hard and well burnt with uniform size , shape and color, homogeneous in
texture and free from flaws and cracks. Minimum crushing strength of first class burnt
bricks shall be 14 N/mm2 (2000 psi).

Thickness of load bearing walls shall be kept so that the stresses due to sustaining loads
remains within prescribed limits and bond beams shall be provided where required by
design.

A smooth bearing for RCC slabs on the walls shall be provided with 6 mm cement plaster
(1:3), finished with a floating coat of neat cement and covered with Kraft paper. Under
beams, a thick bed plate of reinforced concrete, finished with a smooth surface as above
shall be provided.

5.0 ANALYSIS

The analysis for final design shall be carried out using computer softwares of analysis
and design as listed below.

ETABS - Extended. Three Dimensional Analysis of

Building System.
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 SAFE - Slab analysis by the finite element method

5.1 DEFLECTION

The vertical deflections and lateral displacements of any structural component shall be
limited by the values set forth in ACI 318-05 Code.

6.0 DESIGN

All reinforcement concrete structure shall be designed by the ultimate strength method, as
defined in ACI 318-05 except for all concrete liquid retaining or sanitary engineering
structures which are designed and detailed based on method as recommended by ACI
committee 350. A minimum factor of safety against sliding or overturning of 1.5 shall be
used for all structures.
As future equipments and building extensions are anticipated, therefore all main
structural elements shall be designed accordingly and be specifically notified on the
drawings.

7.0 CODES AND REFERENCES

The design, fabrication and erection shall in general conform to the latest editions of the
following codes which are to be applied with proper engineering judgment.

7.1 BCP-2007 “Building Code of Pakistan”

7.2 ACI-318-05 “Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete”

7.3 UBC – 97 “Uniform Building Code”

7.4 AWS "Structural Welding Code II AWS 1.1”

7.5 AISC “Manual of Steel Construction”

7.6 ASCE 7-98 “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and other
Structures"