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A GONDAL DESIGN CONSULT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
General
Building Information
Codes and Standards
Structural system for structure
Concrete Material
Concrete
5.1
Reinforcing Steel
5.2
BrickWork
5.3
Concrete Cover
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Seismic Design Parameter
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Wind Design Parameter
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Earth Pressure
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Geo-Technical Parameter
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Loads
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Stability Criteria
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Load Combinations
13
Method of Analysis
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Method of Design
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Annex.
Models
Slab Design
Beam Design
Column Design
Shear wall and Basement wall Design
Foundation Design

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STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRIETRIA

1: GENERAL:
Structural design criteria describe the general requirement applicable to design of structure to ensure the
adequate strength for bearing all type of super imposed loads in addition of self-weight.
All structure and their components shall be analyzes for all phases of construction for high degree of
structural competence, reliability and ease of construction as per standards and codes
(Local/international).

2: BUILDING INFORMATION:
NAME
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Basement
2

DESCRIPTION
Stories
G+2with Mummty

Remarks

3: CODES AND STANDARDS:

The Structural Design of the Building is documented in accordance of following codes.
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CODE
AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
PAKISTAN BUILDING CODE

YEAR
ACI 318-05
ASCE/SEI-7-05
UBC-1997
2007

4: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURE:

The structural system adopted for different building components are as following:
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SYSTEM
SUPER STRUCTURE
LATERAL RESISTING SYSTEM1
SUB STRUCTURE

TYPE
FRAME STRUCTURE
IMRF
RAFT FOUNDATION

REFERENCE/
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Geotech.Report

Lateral resisting System used to cater the forces due to Seismic and Wind.
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5: CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL:
5.1: Concrete:
Minimum 28th day cylindrical strength of concrete should be used for all structural components of
building as mention below.
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COMPONENET
Columns
Shear Wall/Basement Wall
Beams/Slab
Foundation
All other structural components
Blinding Concrete

STRENGTH(PSI)/(Mpa)
4000/(28)
4000/(28)
3000/(21)
3000/(21)
3000/(21)
1400/(10)

5.2: Reinforcing Steel:

(a) Reinforcement used is hot rolled deformed bar of Grade 60 having minimum yield strength 600000Psi
as per ASTM 615 Standard and ACI 318-05, Section 21.2.5 for Seismic Zones is used for
columns,beams,basement retaining wall shear wall and water tank.
(a) Reinforcement used is hot rolled deformed bar of Grade 40 having minimum yield strength
400000Psi as per ASTM 615 Standard and ACI 318-05, Section 21.2.5 for Seismic Zones is used for
slabs, foundation and stirrups.

5.3: Brick Work:

(a) Design of Brick masonry structures shall be accordance with Pakistan Building Code (PBC-2007).
(b) Good first class bricks shall be sound hard and well burnt with uniform size, shape and color,homogeous in texture and free from flaws and cracks. Minimum crushing strength for first class brick
should be 2000 Psi (14 Mpa).

6: CONCRETE COVER:
The minimum concrete cover shall be as follow (accordance to ACI 318-08) or specified in drawings.
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COMPONENET
Columns
Shear Wall/Basement Wall
Beams
Slabs
Foundation/Retaining Wall

COVER(inch)
1.5
1.5
2
0.75
2.00

7: SEISMIC DESGIN PARAMETERS:

Seismic design parameters for the site are selected from UBC-1997 as per its requirement.
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PARAMETER
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Seismic Zone

VALUE
2B

REFERENCE
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Soil Profile
Over Strength Factor
Ct
Importance Factor

SD
5.5
0.03
1

UBC97
UBC97
UBC97
UBC97

8: WIND DESGIN PARAMETERS:

Wind design parameters for the site are selected from UBC-1997 as per its requirement.
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PARAMETER

VALUE

REFERENCE

Ce
Cq
Iw
Qs
Design Wind Speed
Exposure Condition

The design wind pressure is calculated from following formula (Ref: UBC-1997).

P=CeCqIwqs
9: EARTH PRESSUER:
Lateral earth pressure on retaining wall and basement wall will be computed using Coulomb theory.
However, for granular material pressure coefficient will be computed as follows.

ka (active) = (1-sin ) / (1+sin )

ko (at rest) = (1-sin )
kp (passive) = (1+sin ) / (1-sin )
ka used for retaining wall, ko used for basement wall and kp used for walls moving toward soil.
The Earth quake pressure coefficients for wall are calculated using Mononabe-Okabe formula.
10: GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETER:
The Allowable Bearing Capacity of soil is 1.20 Ton/sft as provided in Geotechnical Report
Recommendations.

11: LOADS:
DEAD LOAD:
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TYPE
Reinforcement Cement Concrete
Plain Cement Concrete
Brick Masonry
Sunk Slab
Slab( 6 in)

LOAD
150psf
145psf
100psf
75psf
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Partition Walls(where applicable)

Partition(Other Areas)
Water Proofing & Roof Insulation
Finishes

45psf
20psf
55psf
38psf

LIVE LOAD:
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Rooms
2
Basement
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Roof

LOADING(psf)
32
104.5
40

REFERENCE
ASCE-7-05
ASCE-7-05
ASCE-7-05

12: STABILITY CRITERIA:

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

Minimum factor of Safety against Sliding = 1.5

Minimum Factor of Safety against Overturning = 1.5
Allowable lateral deflection at top where h is height of building = h/360

13: LOAD COMBINATIONS:(Ref:UBC 97)

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LOADS
Dead
Dead+Live
Dead+Live+EQX
Dead+Live-EQX
Dead+Live+EQY
Dead+Live-EQY
Dead+EQX
Dead-EQX
Dead+EQY
Dead-EQY
SVC(Dead+Live)

COMBINATIONS
1.4
1.2+1.6
1.32+0.55+1.1
1.32+0.55-1.1
1.32+0.55+1.1
1.32+0.55-1.1
0.99+1.1
0.99-1.1
0.99+1.1
0.99-1.1
1+1

14: METHOD OF ANALYSIS:

The analysis of structure is carried out using self-prepared Excel sheets and manual calculations.

15: METHOD OF DESIGN:

All reinforced concrete structure shall be designed by ultimate strength method as defined by ACI 318-05.