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PROJECT

This assignment is aimed at getting you to better understand and interpret structures in the builtenvironment. This assignment will require you to study and interpret a completed structure of your choosing. The structure must feature a sufficient number of structural elements and connections that enable all of tasks listed below to be adequately addressed. A partially constructed structure may also be considered providing that the assignment tasks can be addressed. The structure may represent any field (i.e. cultural and educational buildings, houses, public buildings & offices). Some possible examples of structures include:

? Domestic timber-framed building ? Concrete or steel traffic/pedestrian bridge ? Steel-framed industrial building/hanger ? Timber or steel shelter/viewing platform ? Multi-residential development ? Multi-level carpark

Ensure that the entire structure can be viewed and/or interpreted. Also ensure that individual connections can be considered in detail. Try to understand why the structure has the form it has ? consider not only the final form but how the structure was built and how this influences the completed structure.

REQUIREMENTS

The tasks are as follows:

1. Annotate diagrams of the structure showing load paths for permanent (dead) and imposed (live) loads. Indicate the transfer of wind loads to elements that transfer this type of load to the footing system. 2. Assess the choice of structural materials ? discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. 3. Describe the principal structural system (i.e. load-bearing form) adopted for the structure. Discuss why this system may have been chosen. 4. Identify the span of various elements within the structure, i.e. roof members/columns/floor members. 5. Identify any elements where axial forces will be experienced and detail the load transfer 6. Annotate diagrams of the structure to describe in detail the stability/bracing system. 7. Choose a structural member that is subject to a bending action ? indicate regions of compression and tension. 8. Describe any geometrical constraints to the structure and how these would have influenced the final design 9. Examine a critical connection detail, describing detailed force transfer through the joint. 10. Sketch the type of foundation system that would most likely have been adopted to support the structure at ground level.