Design and Construct a Gym House

ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION
Higher Diploma in Civil Engineering
Programme Code EG114101
Design and Construct a Gym House
Industrial Based Student Project
Final Report
December 2019

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collaboration with any other person.”
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Catalogue
Introduction....................................................................................................................4
Reasons of constructing a gym house............................................................................5
Site information..............................................................................................................8
The usage of the location................................................................................................9
Building information....................................................................................................10
Site condition................................................................................................................14
Building plan................................................................................................................16
Choice of construction material...................................................................................19
Structure member data..................................................................................................21
Slab...............................................................................................................................22
Slab detail design (S1)..................................................................................23
Slab detail design (S2)..................................................................................24
Slab detail design (S3)..................................................................................25
Beam.............................................................................................................................26
Beam detail design (B3)...............................................................................27
Beam detail design (B4)...............................................................................30
Beam detail design (B10,B11,B12)..............................................................33
Staircase........................................................................................................................36
Stair detail design.........................................................................................37
Column.........................................................................................................................39
Column detail design....................................................................................40
Foundation....................................................................................................................43
Pad footing detail design..............................................................................48
Conclusion....................................................................................................................50
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Introduction
A gym - physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment,
especially when done as a subject at school. Gymnasium is a large room with
equipment for exercising the body and increasing strength or a club where people can
go to exercise and keep fit.
A gym is a gymnasium, also known as health club and fitness centre. Gymnasiums
have moved away just being a location for gymnastics. Where they had gymnastics
apparatus such as bar bells, parallel bars, jumping boards and running path etc.
In this project, I am going to design and construct a gym house in Tai Wo Hau, Tsuen
Wan. There are some limitations in the site when we construct. So, I would like to discuss
them with the perspective of civil engineering.
I will explain the reason to construct this gym house, then the site information. In
addition, there are different type of building material and choices of construction method
and I will discuss the comparison of them with analyzing their pros and cons.
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Reasons of constructing a
gym house
There are 4 reasons to build a gym house in Tsuen Wan:
1. The area is populated
2. Lack of gym near the area
3. Lots of teenager being active around
4. Going to gym is a trend
1. The area is populated
Near the site location, there are two estate including Tai Wo Hau Estate and Kwai
Chung Estate. They are very densely populated with 17 blocks, 21,200 people living
in Tai Wo Hau Estate and 16 blocks, 36,300 people living in Kwai Chung Estate.
* Tai Wo Hau Estate (red line)
* Kwai Chung Estate (blue line)
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2. Lack of gym near the area
There is no any commercial gym in Tai Wo Hau. The nearest gym to Tai Wo Hau is
PHYSICAL FITNESS which located at 388 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, however it
is always too crowded that many people are already frustrated about it for quite a long
time and the accessibility is low for the residents in Tai Wo Hau.
Long waiting time for equipment is not good for the user
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3. Lots of teenager being active around
There are 8 schools are located nearby Tai Wo Hau. Teenager require to do a lots
of activities and exercises to spent their time and energy. Construct a gym house
can be a place for them to do exercise and body training.
*Red – schools
*Green – Site location
4. Going to gym is a trend
Keeping body in shape is getting more and more popular every year in Hong Kong.
As we can see every gym is full of people especially at peak hour. The supply of gym
room is far away to meet the high demand in Hong Kong. In order to solve the
problem, building a gym house is a good idea.
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Site information
The site is located at 39 Tai Ha Street, Tai Wo Hau, Kwai Chung. The site area is 70m
x 45m, area of gym house is 30m x 24m. It is 7m height of total 2 storeys, each storey
is 3.5m high.
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