Separation Between Parkade and Office Building
Separation Between Parkade and Office Building
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I've got a project that consists of a new office building with curtain wall beside a new precast parkade on a tight site. The design team doesn't yet know which building will be constructed first. How much clear space should one provide between the structures in order to facilitate constructibility? Right now, we've got about 3'. That was just how the architect drew things however. The things that I worry about are:
1) If the parking structure goes first, can workmen get in to install the curtain wall? Probably.
2) If the office goes first, can precast members be craned into place without mucking up the curtain wall?
My gut tells me that 3' should be doable. There are surely much tighter sites than this in major down town centres.
1) If the parking structure goes first, can workmen get in to install the curtain wall? Probably.
2) If the office goes first, can precast members be craned into place without mucking up the curtain wall?
My gut tells me that 3' should be doable. There are surely much tighter sites than this in major down town centres.
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RE: Separation Between Parkade and Office Building
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RE: Separation Between Parkade and Office Building
Can that building be used to enhance construction: Put a smaller crane on the upper deck for the near-side wall construction.
Use the deck for laydown and fabrication area.
use the lower decks for construction site support and power and staging areas?
material storage areas and parking and work shelters?
Add scaffolding support and walkway bridges from the parking levels across to the larger building interior decks?
Stage forms and scaffolding from the parking levels for painting, masonry, steel, interior work?
RE: Separation Between Parkade and Office Building
Problem can be separation of the occupancies, or spatial separation in Canadian codes.
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