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VOLUME A
The art of construction and detailing
Introduction
The structural frame
- Introduction
- Structural frame elements
  - Columns
  - Beams
  - Slabs
  - Staircases
  - Foundation
- STRUCTURAL FRAME LOADING
- BEHAVIOR OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAME
  - The behavior and reinforcement of a slab
  - Behavior and reinforcement of beams and columns
Construction methods
- The materials
- The moulds
- Thermal insulation of structural elements
- Concrete
- The steel
- Reinforcement specifications of antiseismic design
- Industrial stirrups - stirrup cages
- Standardized cross-sections of reinforced concrete elements
Reinforcement
- Columns
- Shear walls
- Composite elements
- Beams
- Slabs
- Staircases
- Foundation
Quantity surveying
- Estimation of the concrete’s quantity
- Estimation of the formworks’ quantity
- Estimation of the spacers’ quantity
- Estimation of the reinforcements' quantity
- Total estimation of the materials’ quantities
- Optimization of the reinforcement schedule
- Estimation of the structural frame’s cost
- Electronic exchange of designs - bids - orders
Detailing drawings
- General
- The drawings’ title block
- Carpenter’s drawings
- Steel fixer’s drawings
Tables
- Table 1
- Table 2
- Table 3
Drawings
- Carpenter’s drawings
- Steel fixer’s drawings
Model (exemplary) construction

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Staircases

Although stairs are not part of the structural load bearing frame, they affect and they are af-fected by its behavior especially when horizontal loading is applied, mainly due to seismic ac-tions.

If the staircases are both properly placed in the structure’s plan and properly constructed they may even enhance the structure’s seismic behavior.

Staircases are architectural-service elements, they are cast together with the load bearing frame which they affect and they get affected by.

The main concern is to ensure that during of a seismic event, stairs will not suffer serious dam-age. This is necessary in order to ensure that after a strong earthquake, their repair will be tech-nically and economically possible, but most important, in order to ensure that they will remain in service allowing the evacuation of the structure since the elevator use will be prohibited.

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