Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 2: Concept Design 2 - v Contents Page No FOREWORD iii SUMMARY vi 1 INTRODUCTION: STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN OVERALL BUILDING DESIGN 1 1.1 Hierarchy of design decisions 2 1.2 Client requirements 3 1.3 Economics 5 1.4 Construction programme 6 1.5 Sustainability 7 2 BENEFITS OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION 11 2.1 Speed of construction 11 2.2 Construction process 12 2.3 Long spans and service integration 13 2.4 Lightweight structures and resource efficiency 14 2.5 Benefits of adaptability 15 3 CASE STUDIES ON MULTI-STOREY STEEL BUILDINGS 16 3.1 Office Building, Bishops Square, London 16 3.2 Le Seguana, Paris 18 3.3 Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce 19 3.4 Kings Place, Kings Cross, London 20 3.5 Kone Headquarters, Helsinki 21 3.6 AM Steel Centre, Liege 22 4 ANATOMY OF BUILDING DESIGN 24 4.1 Floor grids 24 4.2 Dimensional coordination 25 4.3 Structural options for stability 27 4.4 Columns 30 4.5 Structural options for floor systems 31 4.6 Factors influencing structural arrangements 35 4.7 Structure – service integration 37 5 FLOOR SYSTEMS 40 5.1 Composite construction 40 5.2 Composite beams and composite slabs with steel decking 40 5.3 Long-span composite beams with web openings 45 5.4 Cellular composite beams with composite slab and steel decking 47 5.5 Composite beams with precast concrete units 50 5.6 Non-composite beams with precast units 53 5.7 Integrated beams with precast concrete units 55 5.8 Asymmetric beams and deep decking 59 5.9 Beam connections 60 6 OTHER DESIGN ISSUES 63 6.1 Accidental Actions 63 6.2 Floor dynamics 65 6.3 Corrosion protection 67 6.4 Temperature effects 67 6.5 Fire safety 67 6.6 Acoustic performance 68 6.7 Energy efficiency 70 6.8 Cladding 70 REFERENCES 75