C O M P A R A T I V E D E S I G N FOR A T H R EE S T O R E Y H O S P I T A L B U I L D I N G IN C O M P O S I T E AND R E I N F O R C ED C O N C R E T E C O N S T R U C T I O NS
C O M P A R A T I V E D E S I G N FOR A T H R EE S T O R E Y H O S P I T A L B U I L D I N G IN C O M P O S I T E AND R E I N F O R C ED C O N C R E T E C O N S T R U C T I O NS
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Date
1989
Authors
BALA BAKOURI, ADAMU
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Abstract
A three story hospital building has been designed
in composite method and in reinforced concrete one. A
critical comparative study between the two methods shows
that design by composite method is easier, less complex
and takes shorter time. Composite method also resulted
in shallower beam depth. Two identified disadvantages
of composite method is that , constructionally, it resulted
in heavier structural elements and ultimately increasing
the overall weight of the hole building. Secondly, that the
method resulted in a more costly structure.
The report concludes that for a lightly loaded building
and for a building involving not more than three stories the
reinforced concrete method is more advantageous. Composite
construction can only compete with the reinforced concrete
one in heavily loaded buildings and in high-rise buildings.
The greater is the number of stories involved, the more
economical is composite constructional method.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY.
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C O M P A R A T I V E,, D E S I G N,, S T O R E Y,, H O S P I T A L,, C O N C R E T E,, C O N S T R U C T I O NS.