1.

Project Description:

1.1 Project;
Nowadays there is a rapid movement of building construction activities all around the island.
These constructions mainly focused on residential complexes, shopping malls, high rise
buildings etc..,
For the proposed project includes design and preparing of drawings, specifications, BOQs and
construction and completion of residential apartment complex at Tangalle.
1.2 Scope:
This project comprises construction and completion of three storied building including the
foundation. Floors are utilized for residential apartments.
The salient features of the building are;
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

Types: Type A and type B

Floor areas;
a. Type A = 800 ft2
b. TYPE B = 1000 ft2
No. of floors = 03 (Ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor)
Roof

The building to be constructed

with reinforced concrete foundation, columns, beams, slabs

and staircases
1.3 Building location:
The site location is Labeemawatte, Labeema,Pallikkudawa, Tangalle
1.4. Building Description;
Ground floor, first floor and the second floor are designed mainly for residential purposes. Each
duplex houses comprises of living, dining, bed rooms, pantry, bathroom and a balconies.
Architectural features of all these floors are similar.
Detail architectural drawings are attached herewith.

1.5 Design Criteria

The building is a braced structure. For the structural analysis, computer aided software and
manual calculation will be used.
1.5.1 Design Objective;
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Design of Foundation
Design of Columns
Design of Beams
Design of slabs
Design of staircase

1. 6. Soil Investigation
The site is located in an area where hard soil exists. Type of the soil is lateritic soil. The bearing
pressure of the soil will be finalized by using two trial pits.

2.0

Architectural Drawings:
(i)

Plan View

(ii)

Front elevation

(iii)

Side elevation

(iv)

Sectional elevation A-A

3.0

References and information on design;

1. Structural use of concrete, code of practice for design and construction BS 8110 Part1,
Part2 and Part3 , 1985.
2. Dias W.P.S.(1995) Graded examples in reinforced concrete design
3. Reynolds, Charles E.; Steedman, James C.; Threlfall, Anthony J

Reinforced

Concrete Designers Handbook, Eleventh Edition

4. Basic Data for design of Buildings
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Chapter V Loading Wind loads

CP3 Chapter V, Part2, 1972

5. Loading for Buildings , Part1, Code of Practice for dead and imposed loads, BS6399
Part1,1996
6. The institution of structural Engineers, The institution of civil engineers, manual for the
design of reinforced concrete building structures.
7. The institution of structural Engineers, the society standard method of detailing structural
concrete.
8. Allen A.H. (1988)., Reinforced concrete design to BS8110
9. Mackingley T.J. and Choo B.S., Reinforced concrete design theory and examples

10. William Henry Mosley, J. H. Bungey., Reinforced concrete design

4.0

Tentative Schedule for the design;

Task Name

Duration

Review of design theory

04 weeks

Understanding and familiarizing of computer package

05 weeks

Load calculation

03 weeks

Manual Analysis

04 weeks

Computer aided analysis

04 weeks

Detailing

03 weeks

Drawing preparation

02 weeks

Specification preparation

03 weeks

B.O.Q. Preparation

04 weeks

Final Checking

04 weeks