ARBE3305 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 2016

ASSESSMENT 3 STRUCTURAL DESIGN REPORT (20%) Due Week 10

(Friday 14th October)
Introduction
A new provisioning facility is proposed at Hexham for the servicing of trains. Part of this
project included a building for refueling and is shown on the drawings provided with this
brief.
As the concrete sub-contractor you are to focus on the concrete ground floor elements
only. Your team is part of the overall project, reporting to the head contractor and you will
need to consider the other trades on site.
At the commencement of your work on site, the ground preparations will be completed to
bulk earthworks level with your component consisting of the following scope of works:
Detailed excavation
Placing of blinding and membrane
Placing of reinforcement and holding down bolts, electrical conduits, in slab
services.
Placing of formwork
Placing of concrete, finishing and curing.
You are to prepare a report to the head contractor for the following issues:
A project time line and critical path.
A traffic management report for construction equipment entering the site from the
New England highway.
Details
The main construction program has determined that the ground slab is to be placed is 3
pour sequences with the pour breaks suiting the slab design and detailing.
Each pour will be serviced with one boom pump.
Site provision for storing of construction material for your works will be located adjacent
the works.

Tasks:
1. Review the drawings and the structural design and nominate the location of the
construction joints that is to be submitted for approval to the design engineer.
2. For the first pour estimate the volume of concrete and tonnage of reinforcement.
(Note that the tonnage of reinforcement can be based on 150kg/m3 of concrete.
You do not have to measure the reinforcement) You should allow +5% waste.
3. Note that the slab is placed directly on the ground. Comment on the nature of the
structural design of the slabs based on the reinforcement details provided
considering geotechnical issues.
4. Based on the above, estimate the number of concrete trucks and delivery trucks.
(reinforcement trucks carry 12 tonne maximum. Concrete trucks carry 5m3 of
concrete and you can assume 3 trucks on site at any one time). Include other
vehicles as needed.
5. Provide a project time line for the forming, placement of reinforcement, placing
of services, placing and finishing the concrete and curing the concrete for 7 days.
Do this for the first pour only. The second and third pours will be identical.
6. Provide a traffic management plan for the timing and number of trucks entering
and leaving the site at the new England highway to suit your first pour program.
Note that the trucks will need to traverse the site via temporary construction
access. Provide a geotechnical brief to enable geotechnical assessment to be made
for the access road.
Present the above in a concise logical report to the head contractor for approval.
Suggested set out as follows:
o Introduction
o Data and analysis
o Calculations as applicable
o Detailed Project time line for pour one only. Other two pours identical to
give overall program
o Traffic management plan.
Learning Outcomes:
Learning outcomes for this assessment include the following:
1. Understand the basic principles of geo-mechanics and their application in
infrastructure development.
2. Understand design of structural elements.

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