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LSBU
School of The
Built Environment
and Architecture
COURSEWORK BRIEF
Design of Elements
Course(s)
Year
Module
BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering FT (Course code: 191)
BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering PT (Course code: 192)
BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering (TAC Design Apprenticeship) (Course code: 5132)
Year 2 FT, Year 3 PT and APT
Design of Elements
Code
BEA_5_413
Credit value
20
Title
Weighting
Issue date
Hand-in date
Module Leader
Staff contact
Learning
Outcomes
Structural Design Group Coursework
30% of module mark
Determine loadings and the design of structural elements in accordance with European structural
standards (Eurocodes 0, 1, 2 and 3). (C4, C5, C6)
Work as a group to produce annotated drawings. (C16, C17)
Abbreviations SM, EA, D, EL, P and G refer to the learning outcomes in the Engineering Council
AHEP documentation for Technical and Non-Technical MSc programmes which provide the full
requirement for CEng.
This coursework will be anonymously marked.
Please follow the LSBU Anonymous Marking submission procedure.
Submission must be made on Moodle site. Contents
1. Assessment of the Module.
Delivables...
Submission Requirements and Deadline
2.
Introduction.....
3.
Design Data.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Feedback..
8.
Marking Criteria.
Peer Review Assessment Sheet...
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Coursework Brief
Page 2 of 12 1. Assessment of the Module
The assessment of this module consists of component as listed in the table below.
Component
Weighting
Pass Mark
CW1 (30%) Group Project
100%
40%
CW2 (70%) Open book test
Module
100%
40%
2. Introduction
The project is to develop a structural design for an arts and culture exhibition space for Royal Borough of
Greenwich to promote the history of the surrounding area.
The Client, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, wishes to create a landmark building that reflects the cultural
heritage of the surrounding sites and the history of the British clipper ship the Cutty Sark (built in 1869).
The following elements are NOT required in your design: foundation design, lateral stability, ground
floor slab design and reinforced concrete column design.
Welland St
Coursework Brief
Cutty Sark
Bellot Memorial
Trinity Laban
College Way
Old Royal Naval College
A206
College Way
University of
Greenwich
A206
St Alfege Church
Greenwich Market
Nelson Rd
A206
Park Row
Queen's House
National Maritime
Museum
Roan St
Figure 1 - Google Satelite view (Not to Scale)
Page 3 of 12 3. Design Data
Structural Material
•
Concrete grade to be determined by your group.
•
Assume fyk = 500 N/mm² steel reinforcement.
• Assume S355 steel for all steel members.
•
•
•
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Building layout
The overall shape of the structure is provided in the attached drawings; however, each group has a
target building footprint (area on plan) that they must aim for. You are allowed a +/- 10% tolerance on
the final footprint area.
Floor heights
The ground floor will consists of a car park with a minimum headroom of 4.5 m, columns are permitted
on the ground floor.
The first floor is to be designed for storage of art items and the Client requires this space to be flexible
so it can be used as exhibition space, hence there is no column is permitted on the first floor. The
minimum head height is 6 m.
The second floor consists of consultation area for placing orders and a café overlooking the River
Thames. The planning condition requires that the overall building height shall not exceed 23 m due to
issue with line of sights.
Structural zone - Include a tolerance and deflection zone of 40 mm and a service zone of 300 mm in
the floor depths.
Materials
•
No ground floor design required
•
•
Ground to first floor is reinforced concrete (RC) structure, the thickness of the floor slabs in the RC
floor is to be determined by you.
First floor and above is to be steelwork, you may assume a floor slab thickness of 150 mm for the
steel frame.
Loading (Characteristic)
First Floor
Superimposed dead load
[CHECK TABLE]
Imposed load for exhibition BS EN 1991–1 (see C11, Table 2) = ? kN/m²
Self weight of floor (by you)
Second Floor
Superimposed dead load
[CHECK TABLE]
Imposed load for café BS EN 1991–1 (see C11, Table 2) = ? kN/m²
Self weight of floor (by you)
Coursework Brief
Page 4 of 12 Roof (lightweight)
Finishes and metal decking
Ceiling and Services
= 1.20 kN/m²
= 0.15 kN/m²
Imposed load for roof BS EN 1991-1-1 (See H, Table 2)
= 0.60 kN/m²
Cladding
A cladding load of 5.0 kN/m² (characteristic load) should be allowed around the perimeter of the building
to allow for a 'green cladding' system.
If you require any additional design data, use your engineering judgement or a reference, stating
any assumptions made in your submission.
Actions on Structures 93
94
Structural Engineer's Pocket Book
(continued)
Variable actions: Imposed floor loads
The following table from BS EN 1991-1 gives the normally accepted minimum floor loadings.
Clients can consider sensible reductions in these loads if it will not compromise future flexibil-
ity. A survey by Arup found that office loadings very rarely even exceed the values quoted for
domestic properties.
The gross live load on columns and/or foundations from sections A to D in the table can be reduced
in relation to the number of floors or floor area carried to BSEN 1991-1. Live load reductions are not
permitted for loads from storage and/or plant, or where exact live loadings have been calculated.
Type of
activity/
occupancy
for part of
the building
or structure
Concen-
Uniformity
distributed load
trated
load Q
Examples of specific use
qk (kN/m²)
(kN)
C21 Assembly areas with fixed seating (see
Note c)
4.0
3.6
C22 Places of worship
3.0
2.7
Type of
activity/
occupancy
for part of
the building
or structure
A. Domestic
and
residential
activities
(Also see
category C)
Examples of specific use
A1 All usages within self-contained dwelling 1.5
units (a unit occupied by a single family or a
modular student accommodation unit with
a secure door comprising not more than six
single bedrooms and an internal corridor).
Communal areas (including kitchens) in
blocks of flats with limited use (see Note a).
For communal areas in other blocks of flats,
see A5, A6 and C3
Concen-
Uniformity
distributed load
qk (kN/m²)
trated
load Qk
(kN)
2.0
C3 Areas without obstacles for moving people
C31 Corridors, hallways, aisles in institutional 3.0
type buildings not subjected to crowds or
wheeled vehicles, hostels, guest houses,
residential clubs, and communal areas in
blocks of flats not covered by Note a
C32 Stairs, landings in institutional type
buildings not subjected to crowds or
wheeled vehicles, hostels, guest houses,
residential clubs, and communal areas in
blocks of flats not covered by Note a
4.5
3.0
4.0
C33 Corridors, hallways, aisles in all buildings 4.0
not covered by C31 and C32, including
hotels and motels and in institutional type
buildings subjected to crowds
4.5
A2 Bedrooms and dormitories except those 1.5
2.0
in self-contained single family dwelling
units and in hotels and motels
A3 Bedrooms in hotels and motels; hospital 2.0
2.0
wards; toilet areas
C34 Corridors, hallways, aisles in all
buildings not covered by C31 and C32,
including hotels and motels and in
institutional type buildings subjected to
wheeled vehicles, including trolleys
5.0
4.5
A4 Billiard/snooker rooms
2.0
2.7
Balconies
A5 Single family dwelling units and
communal areas in blocks of flats with
limited use (see Note a)
A6 Hostels, guest houses, residential
clubs and communal areas in blocks of
flats except those covered by Note a
A7 Hotels and motels
Same as rooms to
which they give
access but with a
minimum of 3.0
Same as rooms to
which they give
access but with a
minimum of 4.0
trated at the
outer edge)
2.0
(concen-
trated at the
outer edge)
2.5
2.0
C35 Stairs, landings in all buildings not
covered by C31 and C32, including hotels
and motels, and institutional buildings
subjected to crowds
4.0
4.0
2.0
(concen-
C36 Walkways-Light duty (access suitable
for one person, walkway width approx.
600 mm)
3.0
2.0
C37 Walkways - General duty (regular
two-way pedestrian traffic)
5.0
3.6
C38 Walkways - Heavy duty (high-
7.5
4.5
density pedestrian traffic including
escape routes)
B. Offices
B1 General use other than B2
2.5
areas
B2 At or below ground floor level
3.0
2.7
2.7
C39 Museum floors and art galleries for
exhibition purposes
4.0
4.5
C. Areas
C1 Areas with tables
C. Areas
where
C4 Areas with possible physical activities
where
C11 Public, institutional and communal
2.0
3.0
people may
people may
dining rooms and lounges, cafes and
C41 Dance halls and studios, gymnasia,
stages (see Note e)
5.0
3.6
congregate
restaurants (see Note b)
(with the
C12 Reading rooms with no book storage
2.5
4.0
congregate
(with the
exception of
exception of
C42 Drill halls and drill rooms (see Note e)
C5 Areas susceptible to large crowds
5.0
7.0
areas defined C13 Classrooms
3.0
3.0
areas
defined
under
category A, B
and D)
under
category A, B
and D)
C51 Assembly areas without fixed seating, 5.0
concert halls, bars and places of worship
(see Note d and Note e)
3.6
continued
C52 Stages in public assembly areas (see
Note e)
7.5
4.5
Coursework Brief
C2 Areas with fixed seats
Table 1- Extract from Structural Engineer's Pocket Book by Fiona Cobb
Page 5 of 12/n ROAD
1800m² ±5*
Inihal floor plan.
↑
ROAD
Lift, stairs, fire exit
T
OUT
IN
↑
THAMES RIVER
Ground Floor
E
16
CAR PARK GROUND FLOOR
PARKING
ENTRANCE up
FLOOR 1
Well
First Floor W lift
FLOOR 2
down
OPEN
SPACE
Second Floor
CAFE lift, stairs, freexit.
Stairs
LAP
ROOF
Roof
BENCH
parapet
GARDEN
CLASS DOME
&&
Bl
Solos Pannel/n4. Deliverables
DELIVERABLES
MARKS
1.
Describe and sketch the concept structural design of the proposal in the form of 2D and 3D
hand sketches (for steel and reinforced concrete), including floor beam layout and column
grid.
20 marks
2.
Explain how lateral stability can be achieved for your particular scheme design with
sketches. N.B: no calculations required.
5 marks
3.
In accordance with EN 1991-1-1, calculate a load takedown across a typical structural section
to show how the load is transferred.
7 marks
4.
Conduct an initial sizing of the most heavily loaded steel beam and column in your scheme
based on the load calculations in Task 3. N.B: detailed design check calculations are not
required
5 marks
5.
Specify the concrete grade based on durability and bond requirements and also provide
concrete specifications in accordance with EN 1992-1-1. Using the concrete strength, estimate
the minimimum required dimensions of most heavily loaded reinforced concrete column in
accordance. N.B: detailed design check calculations are not required
8 marks
7.
Provide Structural Engineers' drawings for General Arrangement (GA) of the floor layouts and
roof layout.
20 marks
8.
Provide Structural Engineers' drawing for cross-sections of the structure, clearly showing
dimensions, concrete structure, steel member sizes, etc.
10 marks
9.
Sustainability - Use the IStructE carbon calculator tool to calculate the embodied carbon
https://www.istructe.org/resources/guidance/the-structural-carbon-tool/
Separate steel and concrete part and compare them.
10 marks
10
10.
Relating to the embodied carbon that is obtained, write a short (400 words) summary of what
can be improved, how would you benchmark the output? Research on an innovative
construction method or materials that could be used in this project for the Client.
10 marks
11. Overall presentation, referencing and quality of the report.
Table 4-Deliverables
5 marks
TOTAL
100 marks