The Design, Specifications and Estimate of a Reinforced Concrete and Steel Warehouse (Classic Reprint)

Design, Specifications andE stimate of aC oncrete andS teel YI arehoti.se. INTRODUCTION .I tis the aim of the authors of this work to present the complete economic design of a concrete and steel warehotise. After careful consideration of the four general types of construction, namely (1) Frame construction, (: )S teel construction, () Hill or slow burning construction and (4) Reinforced concrete construction, it was decided upon to use a combination of the second and fourth types. The first and third types, not being fireproof, were rejected. The steel construction alone, although very efficient and durable, is very expensive in first cost, and for this reason is not an economical design for warehouses or factories. The reinforced concrete construction, on account of the reduction in the cost of Portland cement, and also its great fireproof qualities, has become quite a factor in the present design of such buildings as mentioned above. Therefore, the second and fourth types when combined, make a very efficient and economic design. From tests which have been made, and it has also been found in actual experience, concrete will withstand repeated and vibrating loads and this is a condition which designers have long attempted to obtain. In this design, standard steel shapes are used to aid the concrete where the loads are heavy. In cases where long spans are required steel girders incased in concrete are used.
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