Building multi-storey

A DB becomes larger when it serves a residential colony, a multi-storey building or a shopping complex where the main loads are of utilities only. 

Several institutes throughout the world immediately began to carry out experiments on prebiotic chemistry. At this point, we need to realize that the prebiotic synthesis of protein building blocks is only a first step towards solving the biogenesis problem. Put simply, it is a method for making bricks which will later be used in building a multi-storey office block ... 

This was the most widely used anode in the United Kingdom for many years with over 600 cross heads protected on the Midland Links motorways in Birmingham since the first trials in 1986-1987. They are also widely used on building and other structures from water towers to multi-storey car parking structures. It is also widely used in the United States and Canada, particularly on parking structures. 

Some engineers will define the end of functional service life or the limit state as the time to first spall as this is the point at which remedial action will be undertaken. From a safety point of view this may be relevant but it may not be cost effective depending upon the importance of the appearance of the structure and the feasibility of containing and controlling concrete debris. Obviously a spall on a deck is of less concern than one from the top of a multi-storey building. 

Cancellara D., De Angelis F. (2012)—Seismic analysis and comparison of different base isolation systems for a multi-storey RC building with irregularities in plan. Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 594-597, pp. 1788-1799. 

In 1985 cracking was noticed in the floor slabs of a multi-storey office building in Leeds. The cracks were adjacent to the external columns and the central lift well and design checks indicated a deficiency in both shear capacity and top flexural reinforcement. A combination of soffit supporting brackets and steel plates bonded to the top surface adjacent to supports was adopted to restore capacity and control cracking (Fig. 6.11). Subsequent load tests revealed that the steel plates were attracting tensile stresses up to 40 N/mm at 1.35 times design load. 

The construction of new walls is the most effective and economic method for retrofitting multi-storey reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, especially those with pilotis (soft-storey). Their structural and economic effectiveness increases when selected bays of an existing RC frame are fully infilled. Most of the experimental research work performed in the last decades has focused on other frequently used... 

For existing multi-storey buildings supported through rafted pile foundations on a liquefiable soil, the steel sheet pile wall bearing on the non-liquefiable soil surface seems to be an optimum solution for protecting the building from soil liquefaction. 

Casualty data in urbanized areas from Turkish earthquakes indicate higher fatalities in very heavily damaged (partial and total collapse) multi-storey RC buildings. The resulting casualty rates proposed by Erdik et al. (2002) for Turkey are given in Table 2. 

De-la-Colina, J. 2003. Assessment of design recommendations for torsionally unbalanced multi-storey buildings. Earthquake Spectra 19 47-66. 

Outline the measures to be taken to prevent falls associated with stairwells and other holes in floors during the construction of a multi-storey building. 

Have worker entrances to sites of multi-storey buildings which are to be demolished been protected through the use of walkway canopies that extend from the face of the building for a minimum of 2 m ... 

Figure 15.11 A temporary, wired-in fire alarm during major renovation of a large and complex multi-storey building.

Kalaiarasan, M., Balasubramanian, R., Cheong, K.W.D. Tham, K.W. 2009. Traffic-generated airborne particles in naturally ventilated multi-storey residential buildings of Singapore Vertical distribution and potential health risks. Building and Environment, 44, 1493-1500. 

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