Construction Management: Steel Frames Analysis Report - University

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of steel frame construction management, focusing on high-rise buildings. It begins with an overview of the structure, including location considerations and types of structures, such as composite buildings utilizing both steel and concrete. The report details project timelines, cost breakdowns, and the use of Microsoft Project 2003 for scheduling. It further examines the structural components, including interior and exterior structures, and the documentation required for building permits, such as general arrangement plans and fire safety plans. The discussion includes architectural and structural drawings, geotechnical reports, and the salient features of the project, such as multi-level car parking. The report concludes with a summary of the advantages and techniques of steel framework, the opportunities of composite buildings, and recommendations for safety measures and site investigations.

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Executive summary:
The aim of this report was to analyze the construction of the High- Rise Infrastructure in this
project. A web-survey was conducted to achieve the objectives. The results indicate the
advantages and techniques of a steel framework. This report goes through a detail analysis of the
project being put forward. The report concludes about the opportunities of composite buildings.
It is recommended to take safety measures while on the construction process and a valid site
investigation.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................3
DISCUSSION:.................................................................................................................................3
1. Overview of the Structure:....................................................................................................3
2. Design Documentation:......................................................................................................11
3. Site Visits Documentation:.................................................................................................14
4. Structural System:..................................................................................................................15
5. Loads and Load Calculations:...............................................................................................16
6. Connection Details:...............................................................................................................19
7. Construction of Steel Structures:...........................................................................................20
8. Composite Structure:............................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION:............................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES:.............................................................................................................................24

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INTRODUCTION:
A high-rise building refers to a tall building or a structure, ranging between 75 to 491 feet
that corresponds to 23 meter to 150 meter. The buildings taller than 492 feet are categorically
stated as the skyscrapers (Lee, Bae and Cho 2012). The materials generally in the requirement
list include reinforced concrete and steel. Almost majority of the American Skyscrapers
comprises of a steel frame while on the contrary the residential building utilizes the concrete.
The high-rises have distinct features leading to higher vertical and lateral loads majorly because
of wind stress. The dominance relative to the presence of steel in the multi-storey buildings or
commercial sectors is deeply connected with the tangible client-related profits inclusive of the
potential to provide floor spans, circulation space, integrated building services and the major
factor is the site and local access suitability regarding the construction procedures. In connection
with the inner-city construction projects, pace of construction and the minimum material storage
on the available site needs a standardized level of pre-fabrication, which only the steel frame
structures would be able to provide. This report analyzes in details the various aspects involved
in the construction management of the high-rises involving the steel framework including the
design and the structural briefing.
DISCUSSION:
1. Overview of the Structure:
 Location and type of Structure: the selection of a location for an organized construction
of housing or any relevant sector should be reflective of the necessities of the population
oriented for the service. A major consideration should be the location for the plan relative

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to the necessities for the residents such medical, schools, shopping or the transportation
system. Location of a site for construction can deliver major impacts on the costing
involved in the project. It is necessary to strike a balance between the satisfaction of the
residents and the selection of location for the project (Park et al. 2013). This report
presents a high-rise construction involving a residential building in consideration.
The project considers a composite building, which refers to a tall structure through the
utilization of both the materials steel and concrete taking part compositely in the prime
structural part of the construction. The primary infrastructural framework for a tall building
can be witnessed as a vertical cantilever beam with the base of the structure fixed to the
ground (Lu et al. 2013). The structure is responsible of the vertical gravity and the relevant
loads, the lateral wind and the earthquake loads. The composite structures involve various
type of foundations, mainly categorized into two major classifications namely, the shallow
and deep foundation system. The project is oriented around the construction based on the
deep foundation, which extends several dozen feet into the ground and below the building,
utilizing the piles foundation. The load in this case can get transferred by pile basically by
two major methodologies namely, the end bearing piles that refers to the transmission of load
into below firm soil layer present in the ground that is through rock, gravel and vivid soil
structure. Another is the friction piles, wherein, the load gets transmitted through the deep
penetrable soil from the structure through skin friction between the soil and embedded pile
surface.
 Project Details inclusive of Cost and Timeline:
Time Scheduling for steel framed with Composite Floor: this aspect of the
construction management is accessed through the Microsoft Project 2003, for sure, it is

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an efficient way to construct it. Some initiating activities include PCC (7days), Footing
requires 15 days and the pedestal foundation requires 7 days on an individual basis.
While following the completion of column and beam erections regarding the first lift,
which needs about 33 days. Other activities related to the construction of composite floor
are simultaneously maintained with the construction of the second lift erection method.
Similarly, the entire structure can be erected utilizing the same methodologies with so
many various works faces open up all together. For the construction regarding composite
floor for all the various standards or levels, it requires 118 days as per the time schedule
is set up. This reveals that the building is expected to get completed in almost 180
working days. Inclusive of the holidays following the generalized norms, tjis would
require around 210 days approximately (Aziz and Hafez 2013).
Following the steel framed and precast concrete floor construction infrastructure
that is a framework with precast slab configuration, approximately 10 workers are
required for estimated 10 days for configuring the precast slab panels that includes the
activities of lifting, and the fixation of joint slabs within 14 working hours. The concrete
flooring is completed with the utilization of concrete pump with the support from 8
workers inclusive of pump operation within, approximately 2 days (Yi, Li and Gu 2013).
Following the tensioning of steel beams are strategized in particularly the same way the
steel frame with the composite floor structure as is estimated in the previous section. An
additional 143 days are necessary for the precast concrete flooring in this structure. For
each slab there is a slab cycle of 32 days but following the interlinking of the included
actions for the construction from floor to floor and columns lift to lift, the total estimated
duration for the same sums up to 56 days.

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Cost for Projects: The total estimated cost for the project can be divided among four
major construction initiatives or dedicated activities including foundation, column, beam
and slabs configurations and construction expenses relative to the mentioned activities
oriented around the building constructions (Zinzi and Agnoli 2012). The similar aspect is
put forward as percentage of the entire cost involved with the project as is shown in the
following tabulated form:
Commodities for Structure
Steel frame with Precast
Composite Floor (material
cost as % of total cost)
Steel Frame with Precast
Concrete floor with the
Post-Tensioning (material
cost as % of total cost)
Foundation 7 7
Column 10 10
Beam 45 46
Slab 38 37
Table: 1
It is witnessed that the steel frame with composite flooring followed by a precast concrete
slab infrastructure, the maximum cost area is applicable on the materials for beams and slabs
based on the percentage of cost on the entire cost. Based on the graph presented in the following
it is transparent about the construction cost associated with the post-tensioning of the beams.

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Figure 1: Material Cost
Figure 2: Construction Cost
Salient features of this project involves a multi-level Car parking Building, which
includes the major factors that bears the capability for 2000 vehicles in 10 days per day in initial
shift followed by 1000 in the later so calculating up to 3000 per day. Estimating the net cost for
the project is inclusive of the extra charges incurred as the interest on the loan and the car
parking rent on the scheduled days of construction, the material cost and the estimated
construction cost for the projects is calculated.

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Considering the interest rate based on the survey from different bans and few reputed
construction project companies the information collected for the interest rate on the loan for such
issues is estimated to be approximately around 11%. Advancing with the parking costs:
 Parking costs at multi-level car parking structures is estimated to be around 900 on each
vehicle per month.
 Parking capacity as pre-decided and researched would be 300 per day
 Extra cost necessary for car parking rent on the scheduled days = routine days*total
number of vehicles*parking charges/30.
The total estimated cost is tabulated as follows:
List for Costs Steel frame with Precast Concrete Floor
Project Duration 240
Cost in Lakhs 1290.679
11% interest on the related costs 93.353
Extra charges in parking 30.00
Net costs in lakhs 1415.032
Total Cost in Rs./m2 4413
Table: 2
 Types of Structural Components Used: the classifications oriented with the high-rises
or the tall composite buildings especially surrounding the structural components of the
system is based on the materials utilized for the project likewise steel and concrete.
Structural components of the high-rises are widely categorized into the following
categories: A) Interior Structure and B) Exterior Structure.

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The exterior structural structure is used in this project and with the following mentioned
specialized structure:
 Super Frame Structure
 Pictures for the Proposed Structure:
Figure 3: Super Frame Structure
Figure 4: Exterior Structure

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Figure 5: Seismic Isolation Devices
figure 6:Seismic Isolation
2. Design Documentation:
This refers to a set of documents in connection to the building construction work with
specifications, design and technical drawings, maintenance instructions. The concerned applicant
needs a building permit to carry forward the procedures of construction; accordingly, as the
applicant the building designs and the relevant documents in both the preliminary stage of
designing and any subsequent stage of the construction process are assessed regardless of the
stage of the construction. In relevance to the proper implementation of the integral solutions, the
building design related documents as per the rules and regulation should be submitted for the
application of the permit summing with the general arrangement plan of actions (Bhutta et al.
2012).
 Design Documentations Collected: the building design documents that needs to get
submitted to achieve the permit for the construction of the building contained the
following enlistment:

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i. General arrangement action plan: the layout presented for the achievement of
permits for the buildings contained in an obvious way, the location for the
construction process along with the maintenance strategies of the plot, the traffic
pattern, the landscape and the pavement configurations, data on the utility of
networks with the other relevant information.
ii. Water supply and sewage management plans: minimum plan for the pipe lines
and the sewage treatment plan and scopes are mentioned in the documentation for
the permits.
iii. Fire safety plans: the fire security methods, plans, methodologies and the
relevant purposes and ensuring the principles of construction process is presented.
iv. Energy performance segment: the energy performance report based on the
energy calculations is presented.
v. Heating and Ventilation segment: generalized clauses and principles of with the
characterized methods for heating, cooling and ventilation is provided.
 Discussion of Architectural/ Structural Drawings and Geotechnical Report:
The following segments were reflected in the application for the permit relative to the
construction process:
i. The architectural designs and the relevant solutions for the construction procedures
were included.
ii. The service life linked with the construction methodologies was included.
iii. The major structural definition and the details of the building in consideration with
the mention of the prime materials in need are provided in the report.