Civil engineering design project technical report / Qashmeer Khan Rosli

Overall, this project consists of basic flow in designing a double-storey terrace house. Based on the example from the architectural drawing, a structural key plan will be drawn by using the AutoCAD software which includes the plan view of ground floor, first floor, and roof floor layout. By looking at the structural key plan, we can observe that the column will be located at each part where the beams are connected in two directions to ease the manual calculation. The slabs are also labelled according to its types, in which there are one way and two-way slab. Usually, an additional note will be added at the bottom or top of the structural key plan to make sure the drawings can be read and understand easily by others. Based on this project, I can acknowledge that ti is important to follow the proper format and guideline to make sure the design meets the standard requirement which set by the local authorities. For example, the requirement of UBBL 1984 and fire safety regulations stressed about the important of nominal cover and minimum value for building against fire resistance. For the calculation part, calculation is conducted based on the types of load transfer and the analysis of loading at the selected critical part of the structural elements such as slabs, beams, column, pad footing and staircase. In design phase for the structural elements, the calculation is made based on the Eurocode 2. The dimension proposed for each element is obtained from the preliminary sizing. The calculation part is divided into two, which consists of manual calculation and software output by using PROKON. Both calculations are needed as the result from the calculation will be compare at the end of the project with the objective to identify fi there's any errors that occurs in manual calculation so that the design for all structural elements si adequate ot transfer the load safely. From the manual calculation and software output that has been calculated, the proposed dimension which used for the calculation can be finalized for selection of construction materials and information regarding the main reinforcement, shear, cracking, and deflection has pass the design phase. This process is essential to make sure the calculation is right, then the next process can be executed, and load can be transfer safely toward all the parts of the building. In addition, the detailing for each element has been drawn complete with the main reinforcement and link required or used, so that human error in calculation can be avoided.