MND - Final Report

Updates

4/24/14	CPEP complete & ready for final review
4/17/14	Reflection Posted
4/10/14	Final Presentation Posted
4/08/14	Thesis Research Posted
4/07/14	Final Report & Executive Summary Posted
3/31/14	Presentation Outline Posted
1/16/14	Thesis Proposal Updated
12/12/13	Thesis Proposal Posted
11/20/13	Tech Report 4 & Presentation Posted
10/28/13	Tech Report 1 Updated
10/23/13	Building Statistics Part II Posted
10/18/13	Tech Report 3 & Presentation Posted
10/16/13	Thesis Abstract Updated
9/27/13	Tech Report 2 Posted
9/27/13	Thesis Abstract Posted
9/23/13	Tech Report 1 Posted
9/11/13	Student Bio Posted
9/11/13	Building Statistics Posted
9/10/13	CPEP Launched
7/10/13	Owner Permission Received

Final Report

Full Thesis Final Report

Executive Summary Only

Report Appendices Only

This comprehensive thesis is an investigation of how the James W. & Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center building functions when redesigned as a non-composite system with bar joists and steel girders with a moment frames with limited bracing. The redesign focused on both the gravity and lateral systems, including decking, floor framing members, vertical members, moment frames, and bracing. Members were designed using both hand calculations and RAM computer modeling.

The first breadth determines impacts to both the cost and the schedule for the VCU School of Medicine project due to the structural redesign. Detailed cost and schedule analyses were completed and compared to the original design. Results from the comparisons were evaluated to determine the benefits and risks of the redesign.

The redesigned structural system also caused major changes to the architecture of the project. The change in the lateral system allowed for removal of bracing, creating more open environments. The redesign provided the opportunity to alter the fire prevention measures, allowing for deletion of sprinklers in a significant area of the building.

The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web-based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year-long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here.

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 Marissa Delozier. 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.

[The Pennsylvania State University] [Architectural Engineering] [AE Computer Lab] [Senior Thesis] [Contact Info]