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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 Adam Love. 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 Assignment 1

The Structural Concepts and Existing Structural Conditions is outlined in Technical Assignment 1. Comparisons between design values and current code values. This report provides a gen aral overview of the structural components of the FDA OC/ORA Office Building. A lateral load analysis of the office building is also performed in the report.

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Technical Assigment 2

The pro-con structural study of alternate floor systems looks at a typical bay of the FDA OC/ ORA Office Building.  The two-way flat slab existing system is studied and then compared to three alternate systems.  Each system uses the typical bay of 19.685’ x 29.528’, except the one-way slab system that requires a change in the bay size.

The three alternate system that were studied included

• Composite Steel Beams on Composite Deck
• Hollow Core Precast Planks on Steel Beams
• One-way Concrete Slab

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Technical Assigment 3

The lateral system analysis was performed on Wing B of the FDA OC/ORA Office Building. The seismic and wind lateral loads were distributed to the shear walls with direct and torisional shear effects. Strength and Defelction checks were performed on a shear wall to determine if the lateral systems meets requirements set by ASCE 7-05. Deflections for Seismic and Wind were calculated and compared to allowable drift values.

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