Foreman Field Game Day building

Norfolk, VA

Matthew W. Haapala

Structural Option

User Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐in‐progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Matthew Haapala. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

Technical Report 1: This report describes and analyzes the major gravity and lateral loads acting on the game day building and contains spot checks of the current gravity resisting system.

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Technical Report 2: The existing two-way concrete flat plate slab is compared to four alternate framing methods in a variety of catagories.

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Technical Reprot 3: The main lateral force resisting system is analyzed for both wind and seismic loads.

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