BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 5

ALTERNATIVE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
BTAB115

ARCH. JAY LAWRENCE P. MARTINEZ, UAP, PIA

 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 5
Course Name:
ALTERNATIVE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS
Construction methods and techniques
Course Description for different types of buildings
using any appropriate alternative building construction system.
Number of Units for Lecture – 2 units
Lecture and Studio Studio – 1 unit

Number of Contact Lecture – 2 hrs

Hours per week Studio – 3 hrs

Prerequisite/
Building Technology -3
Co-requisite

At the end of the course, the student should be able:

1. to gain knowledge on the fundamental principles governing the design,
purpose and application of the different types of non- conventional
systems of construction.
2. to acquire ability to provide working details of the various types of
Course Objectives alternative building construction systems and systems components.
3. to understand better the advantages of using such system.
4. to acquire working knowledge of the latest system of
construction available in the building industry.
 Alternative Building Construction Systems
1. Cast-in- place and Pre-cast
1. Floor System and Roof Slab System
1. Flat Slab
2. Flat Plate
3. Ribbed Floor Slab
4. Waffle Slab
5. Lift Slab
6. Spanstress Floor System
7. Slipform Method
2. Wall Panel Systems
1. Flat type
Course Outline 2. Ribbed type
3. Window type and wall type
4. Tilt-up Wall Panel System
2. Prestressed Concrete
1. Pre-tensioning
2. Post-tensioning
3. Composite Construction Method
4. Cable/ Tensile Structures
5. Membrane Structures
6. Shell Structures
7. Pre-Engineered Buildings
8. Geodesic Structure
Studio Equipment Sample working drawing and detailed drawing documents
CABLE/TENSILE
STRUCTURES
A cable is a flexible structural component that offers no
resistance when compressed or bent in a curved shape.

It is often used in engineering structures for support and to

transmit load from one point to another when used to support
suspension roofs, bridges and trolley wheels, cables form the
main load carrying element in the structure.

Structural cables are made of a series of small strands twisted

or bound together to form a much larger cable. Steel cables are
either spiral strand, where circular rods are twisted together and
“ glued” using a polymer or locked coil strand, where individual
interlocking steel strands form the cable.
 TYPES OF CABLES

• Suspension type cables

• Stayed type cables

Is a type of bridge in which the deck
Suspension bridge
( the load –bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on
vertical suspenders.

This type of bridge has cables suspended between towers, plus

vertical suspender cables that carry the weight of the deck below,
upon which traffic crosses. This arrangement allows the deck to be
level or to arc upward for additional clearance.

The roadway is supported by vertical suspender cables or rods,

called hangers.
 Cable –stayed bridge
A cable –stayed bridge has one or more towers ( or pylons),
from which cables support the bridge deck.

Have a structure with several points in each span between the

towers supported upward in a slanting direction with cables, and
consists of main towers, cables, and girders.
 Cable –stayed bridge

ADVANTAGES

Good for medium span.

Greater stiffness than suspension bridge.
Can be constructed by cantilevering out from the
tower.
Horizontal forces balance so large ground
anchorages are not required.
Cable –stayed bridges take less time to complete
than other.
The cable –stayed bridge support itself.
It can use four different classes
DISADVANTAGES

 Typically more expensive than other types of bridge,

except suspension bridge.

Cable –stayed bridges do have a maximum length to

consider.

The design option can become unstable in specific

environments.

It can be challenging to inspect and repair.

It is a design that can sometimes be susceptible to rust

or corrosion.
Suspension bridge

ADVANTAGES

Strong and can span long distances such as

across the rivers.
Cost effective
Can be built high up
Has flexibility
Simple construction
DISADVANTAGES

Soft ground issues.

Too flexible.
Cannot support high traffic.
COMPARISON
Suspension bridge Cable –stayed bridge

 normally limited to two Lies in the fact that it can

towers. be built with any number of
towers.
Suspension bridges require
more cables. Require less cables.

Construction time is longer Construction time is less

for suspension bridges. for cable -stayed bridges.

Possess less stiffness and Possess higher stiffness and

display larger deflections when display smaller deflections
compared with cable –stayed when compared with
bridges. suspension bridges.
The deck of a suspension
bridge is usually suspended
by vertical hangers, but the
structure is essentially
flexible, and great effort
must made to withstand the
effects of traffic and wind.
Suspension bridge is not
made of cantilevers.
The greater inherent rigidity
of the triangulated cable –stayed
bridges, compared with the
suspension type, makes life
easier for their designers and
builders.
A great advantage of the cable
–stayed bridge is that it is
essentially made of cantilevers
and can be constructed by
building out from the towers.
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