Building Expansion joints in Middle East
Building Expansion joints in Middle East
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What is the normal or range of building expansion joint spacing in Middle East espcially in Saudi Arabia? Is it governed by the building code? I was told that the building expansion joints are much closer than in the normal practice found in other parts of the work due to extreme variation in temperature within a day from day to night.
How about the tall buildings? How are the expansion joints resolved within the tower structures?
How about the tall buildings? How are the expansion joints resolved within the tower structures?






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RE: Building Expansion joints in Middle East
RE: Building Expansion joints in Middle East
RE: Building Expansion joints in Middle East
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Building Expansion joints in Middle East
I am more interested in Middle East. In principles, the behaviour of thermal expansion are the same. But in Saudi Arabia, they may have some building regulations govern the spacing of expansion joints due to years of experience or due to extreme change in temp within a day such as freezing night and very hot day. Whereas in temperate countries, the range within a day can be much less than Middle East.
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RE: Building Expansion joints in Middle East
They can experience a lot of temperature change
- between construction and operation depending on weather conditions during construction
- when the airconditioning is turned off.
- in unairconditioned parking levels
And a lot of building in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world are concrete framed!