Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
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I wanted to make a little survey on the amount of steel used in your designs, for example, your latest housing building, commercial buildings, warehouses, etc., in terms of weight of the structure per area of it. Some of my clients tell me that I use too much steel, and that they have "other" engineers that will provide lighter structures. Are there really rules of thumbs for this?
Thanks!
Thanks!






RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
Dik
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
If, instead, it's an attempt to get you to skimp on structure, first make sure you're on the right track (pay another local engineer to backcheck you, or ask the client for another building to review yourself). If you've checked your loads and designed the building with a level of conservatism you are comfortable with, you have to just take the chance of losing those clients to another engineer. They may heckle him in turn to lighten the steel.
What I really suspect is, as haynewp said, they're comparing apples and oranges. Trying to estimate the average amount of steel in a given type of building is very difficult, it is so dependent on the architectural design, the loads and the systems used.
Good luck.
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building
RE: Weight of Steel Structures per Area of Building