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University of Scranton - Scranton, Pennsylvania

Douglas Wisniewski Structural Option
April 14, 2004 Architectural Engineering Senior Thesis
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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Project Background

• Introduction
• Five-story office/classroom building
• 68,500 square feet
• 12.3 million project
• 1st and 2nd floors primarily classrooms
• 3rd and 4th floors primarily faculty offices
• 5th floor executive board room and catering
  facilities

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Project Background

• Project Team
• Owner University of Scranton
• Architects Burkavage Design Associates
• Structural Engineer QproQ Engineering, Inc.
• Geotechnical Consultant Geo-Science Engineering
• General Contractor Sordoni Construction Services

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Project Background

• Construction
• Started March 1999
• Completed August 2000
• CM at risk delivery method
• Adjacent dorms constructed at same time
• Subcontractor lump sum bids

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Project Background

• Structure
• Structural steel framing
• Fully rigid moments frames
• Concrete-filled composite metal deck
• Column spread and continuous wall footings

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Project Background

• Information Technology
• Showcase instructional technologies and
  conference center flexibility
• Touch screen control of lighting, computing, and
  audio/video components
• Overhead projector, motorized screens, image
  visualizers, DVD CD players
• High-end video displays, theatre like sound and
  video conferencing in executive conference center
• Auditorium featuring theatre like audio and video
  environments

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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Structural Depth Study

• Loads
• From AISC Manual of Steel Construction
• Dead loads
• Roof dead (no ballast) 16.7 psf
• Roof dead (with ballast) 26.7 psf
• Floor dead 100 psf
• From ASCE 7-02
• Live loads
• Corridors 80 psf
• Classrooms 40 psf
• Offices 50 psf
• Snow load 30 psf

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Structural Depth Study

• Loads
• As Calculated by RAM Frame
• Wind loads N-S E-W
• Roof level 12.2 kips 14.4 kips
• Fifth Floor 21.5 kips 22.9 kips
• Fourth Floor 20.5 kips 21.7 kips
• Third Floor 21.7 kips 19.9 kips
• Second Floor 22.5 kips 18.3 kips
• Total 98.4 kips 97.2 kips
• Seismic loads
• Total Building Weight 5690 kips
• N-S Base Shear 246.7 psf
• E-W Base Shear 284.5 psf

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Structural Depth Study

• Lateral System
• Advantages
• Eliminate high cost of steel moment connections
• Reduce steel erection time by eliminating steel
  moment connections
• Six reinforced concrete shear walls
• Four located on the perimeter
• Extend all five floors
• Two located in the interior
• Only extend four floors
• Very rigid, very small deflections
• Massive walls and footings to resist overturning
  moments

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Structural Depth Study

Lateral System
Picture of shear wall model from RAM
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Structural Depth Study

Lateral System
Shear wall design summary table
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Structural Depth Study

Lateral System
Deflection summary table
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Structural Depth Study

• Gravity System
• Replace wide flange infill beams with open web
  steel joists
• Advantages
• Reduce weight of floor system
• Improve efficiency of floor system
• Concerns
• Fire Protection
• Floor Vibrations

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Structural Depth Study

• Gravity System
• Typical joist layout

Diagram of typical floor layout
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Structural Depth Study

• Gravity System
• Fire Protection
• Design No. G708 from U.L. Fire Resistance
  Directory
• 2 hour fire rating
• W8X28 min. beam size
• Normal weight concrete, fc 3500 psi
• Form deck with 2 ½ pitch, ½ corrugations
• min. 16K6 joists spaced at 3-6 max.
• Spray-applied fire resistive material
• Metal lath (optional)

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Structural Depth Study

• Gravity System
• Fire Protection
• Design No. G708 from U.L. Fire Resistance
  Directory

Diagram of fire rated assembly
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Structural Depth Study

• Gravity System
• Floor Vibrations
• Calculations based on AISCs Design Guide 11
• Applied loads
• Live load 11 psf
• Misc. 4 psf
• Joist mode frequency 7.8 Hz
• Girder mode frequency 6.0 Hz
• Combined mode frequency 4.8 Hz
• Walking stiffness evaluation
• Acceleration limit 0.43g
• Less than office limit of 0.5g

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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study

• Material Costs
• Moment connections removed
• Steel beams removed
• Steel columns removed
• Spread footings removed
• Reinforced concrete shear walls added
• Spread footings added

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Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study

Material Costs
Material cost summary table
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Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study

• Construction Schedule
• Time saved in steel erection
• No moment connections
• Fewer steel members
• Time for concrete walls to reach 75 strength
• Steel attached to concrete walls
• Cost of steel erection crew
• Cost of concrete frp crew

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Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study

Construction Schedule
Modified construction schedule

• Extra construction time
• Extra construction cost

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Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study

• Final Cost Figures
• Material costs
• Extra construction cost
• Final cost savings

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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Wireless LAN Breadth Study

• Wireless LAN
• Advantages
• Less wire and cable throughout building
• More flexible system
• Reduce overhead costs caused by moves, extensions
  to networks, adding individuals
• Can serve as hotspot for students with laptops
• Can connect other buildings to same network
• Installing network in older buildings is easy
• 802.11a
• 64 users per access point
• Lower possibility of interference
• Good for dormitories, computer labs, conference
  rooms, VoIP

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Wireless LAN Breadth Study

• Access Points
• 64 users per access point
• Connected via ethernet to wired backbone

Diagram showing approximate locations of wireless access points
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Wireless LAN Breadth Study

• IP Phones
• PC Based Phones
• Software that allows all computers to be used as
  internet protocol phones
• Each individuals extension follows them to any
  computer he/she is logged on to
• Provides every feature that standard phones offer
• Teleconferencing capabilities
• Desktop IP Phones
• Connected via ethernet to wired backbone
• Located in secretary/waiting areas

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Wireless LAN Breadth Study

• Interactive Whiteboards
• Replaces chalkboard, overhead projector and
  screen
• Can function simply as a whiteboard
• Can display computer images
• Can save handwritten notes to print or post on
  course websites

Picture of interactive whiteboard
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Wireless LAN Breadth Study

• Video Conferencing
• Built in conferencing with multiple video and
  audio sites
• Dual LCD monitors
• Add a PC to the meeting
• See live PC presentations and presenter
  simultaneously

Picture of video conferencing unit
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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Conclusions

• Conclusions
• Conclusions yet to come

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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Acknowledgements

• I would like to thank
• James Kerns, PE, QproQ Engineering
• James Devers, AIA, U of S Physical Plant
• David Wilson, AIA, U of S Physical Plant
• Francis Kranick, U of S Physical Plant
• Ronald Skutnick, Uof S Network Resources
• Andrew Shedlock, Sordoni Construction
• Don Flynn, Burkavage Design Associates
• For all of the time and information they have
  contributed to this project.

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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• Introduction
• Project Team
• Construction
• Structure
• Information Technology

• Wireless LAN Breadth Study
• Wireless LAN
• Access Points
• IP Phones
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Video Conferencing

• Structural Depth Study
• Loads
• Lateral System
• Gravity System

Conclusions Acknowledgements Questions

• Scheduling/Cost Breadth Study
• Material Costs
• Construction Schedule
• Final Cost Figures

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Questions

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