SeleskaWeek Four discussion
COLLAPSE
I am not sure I quite understand the question this week but I am going to answer it to the best of my ability:
First, what is a design-build? “Design-Build is a construction delivery method that provides owners with a single point of contact for both the design and construction phases of a project. One entity holds single-source responsibility and contractual risk for every aspect of a build — from estimation, assessments, and pre-construction to architecture, schematics, engineering, subcontracting, construction and post-construction. This entity, the Design-Builder, manages all contracts with companies, such as subcontractors, equipment vendors, and materials providers.” https://www.korteco.com/design-build/
Being in central Florida I would have to concentrate on the natural elements from hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, and tsunamis. Also making sure the water table and sinkholes, etc. are not an issue for the area that I would want to build in because the ground and foundation need to be durable enough to keep the structure up.
The type of high rise system I find the most interesting and would want to use would be shear wall system accompanied by the flat-plate and flat slab structural system. Some of the benefits that go along with a shear wall system are:
- “It is a continuous vertical wall constructed from reinforced concrete or masonry wall.
- Shear walls withstand both gravity and lateral loads, and it acts as a narrow deep cantilever beam.
- Commonly, constructed as a core of buildings
- It is highly suitable for bracing tall buildings either reinforced concrete or steel structure. This because shear walls have substantial in-plane stiffness and strength.
- Shear wall system is appropriate for hotel and residential buildings where the floor-by-floor repetitive planning allows the walls to be vertically continuous.
- It may serve as excellent acoustic and fire insulators between rooms and apartments.”
- shear wall structural system can be economical up to 35 stories building structure.
- Shear walls need not to be symmetrical in plan, but symmetry is preferred in order to avoid torsional effects.”