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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
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- 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
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- 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

« Nominal/ Characteristic values of loads Imposed loads »

Brick masonry loads

Rowlock Stretcher(RS)	Lintel band in RS	Stretcher(S)

g=0.89 kN/m²	g≈0.07 kN/m²	g=1.23 kN/m²
	g=0.27 kN/m
Plaster	Lintel band in S	Insulation

g=0.45 kN/m²	g≈0.09 kN/m²	g=0.015 kN/m²
	g=0.36 kN/m

Figure 2.2.2.3-1: Loads per layer of brick masonry

Assumptions of brick masonry loads

Nominal dimensions of brick are 90x120x190, while the actual dimensions are approximately 85x115x185 resulting to weight≈17 N. The number of bricks of running rowlock stretcher brick masonry (thickness 85 mm) 39/m² and the number of bricks of running stretcher brick masonry (thickness 115 mm) 52/m².
Mortar joint 10 mm thick, of density 1.8 t/m³
Mortar plaster 20 mm thick and marble plaster 5 mm thick, of density 1.8 t/m³
Reinforced concrete bands of depth 120 mm at vertical spacing of 2.50 m, of density 2.5 t/m³
Insulation material of density 30 kg/m³=0.03 t/m³ (almost insignificant compared to the rest)

RS	RS-lintel band	S-lintel band	RS-RS-lintel band	S-RS-lintel band	S-S-lintel band
g=1.80 kN/m²	g=1.90 kN/m²	g=2.20 kN/m²	g=2.90 kN/m²	g=3.20 kN/m²	g=3.50 kN/m²
Example: W85-	Example: W85	Example: W115	Example: W250vv	Example: W250vh	Example: W300hh
height of 2.5m G=4.5 kN/m	height of 2.5m G=4.8 kN/m	height of 2.5m G=5.5 kN/m	height of 2.5m G=7.3 kN/m	height of 2.5m G=8.0 kN/m	height of 2.5m G=8.8 kN/m

Figure: 2.2.2.3-2: Total loads of brick masonry

The nomenclature of the examples on the table refers to the dimensions used by the builder following the corresponding dimensions of the woodworker whose nominal dimensions are the dimensions of the intended actual size of the completed masonry. Although the names as well as the layers of the walls vary they should certainly express the common practice.

The calculation of the linear wall loads of the example is based on the estimation of clear wall height of 2.50 m and the assumption that frames do not exist. Clear is being defined as the height from the level of the concrete slab of the storey's floor to the lower face of the beam of the storey's roof.

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