CVE20003, Design of Concrete Structures Project 2B Sem2, 2025-26 | Swinburne

CVE20003, Design of Concrete Structures 

Project 2B – Design of a multistorey concrete building Semester 2, 2025-26

Due date: Individual project

Weighting: 15%  A  multistorey  building  

A  multistorey  building  is  to  be  designed  and  constructed  in  Melbourne’s  eastern  suburbs.  A  preliminary assessment  by  the  engineer  has  nominated  that  a  concrete  framed  building  would  be  most  suitable.  The engineer has nominated the geometry of the structure as per figures 1-3 below. 

The  beams  and  columns  will  be  rigidly  connected  using  steel  reinforcement  and  should  be  designed  as  a moment resisting frame to resist the horizontal forces which will be imposed on the structure due to wind actions (Wu) in the locations shown in figure 2. The columns are connected into rigid footings at their base so footing  to  column  connection  can  be  assumed  as  fixed  for  design  purposes.  All  column  cross  section dimensions should be taken as 500mm x 500mm square in cross section. Each level is to be designed for activity/occupancy type E, (warehousing and storage areas) assuming specific use of  mobile stacking with  a stacking height  of 3.0m (classification E  in AS1170.1 table 3.1).

After analysis by the engineer, superimposed dead load (SDL) including finishes is to be taken as 1.0 kPa and the self-weight of the beams and columns should be determined and included as part of the dead load. A wind loading analysis conducted by the engineer has determined that a constant positive wind load of (Wu) of 200 kN at each level.

Figure 1 – Structural frame elevation depicting column and beam dimensions

Figure 2 – Section 1, typical cross section of horizontal beam elements