civil construction design
civil construction design
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good morning everyone,
i'm a mechanical engineer by profession but i have projects recently regarding to civil construction.
i would like to ask if there is a book for civil construction in which it has standard practices on how to construct houses.
for example that im looking for is the size of columns and its reinforcing steel and how much load it can carry, tie beam distance and its size.. etc.
i hope you can give me references to my inquiries.
best regards to everyone
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i'm a mechanical engineer by profession but i have projects recently regarding to civil construction.
i would like to ask if there is a book for civil construction in which it has standard practices on how to construct houses.
for example that im looking for is the size of columns and its reinforcing steel and how much load it can carry, tie beam distance and its size.. etc.
i hope you can give me references to my inquiries.
best regards to everyone
an equation a day keeps us from trouble away :)






RE: civil construction design
RE: civil construction design
When I lived and worked in Thailand for over a decade, I became familiar with their residential and commercial construction practices with concrete frame buildings which have brick or block infills for the walls (and they are often plastered on both faces). I think that this must be the type of structural system you are asking about.
This system is no different than any other frame system, except that it is concrete, instead of steel. Additionally, since you are interested in residential construction, the loads for residences and small business buildings are usually lower than for heavy commercial or industrial structures. Other than that, the design principles are essentially the same. Depending on where you are in Asia, you definitely should take seismic loadings into account.
Accounting for the proper loads, including the seismic ones, takes a particular knowledge base, which is not typically gained by just reading a series of books. I suggest that you learn this process from an experienced structural designer in your area before you take on this design responsibility.
Good luck,
Dave
Thaidavid
RE: civil construction design
i.e. don't design a column as a "lean" column when it is actually part of your lateral force resisting system.... or a beam for bending only when it acts as a drag strut... connections... diaphragms... etc.
If you don't have any experience in structural design.... I would probably recommend subcontracting out the work initially at least until you can do some research and make sure you are comfortable with the concepts and codes... even then I'd be careful on how far you step outside your area of expertise.
RE: civil construction design
RE: civil construction design
About structural design if you have no background on it you should look for loads and mechanical behaviour of materials.
After it you go for the eurocodes, if it's about concrete look for the eurocode 2.
This is basically what students learn in civil engineer degrees, but beware, it takes a lot of patience to get along with.
How to construct is, altough related, a different theme. Look for the construction handbook by R. Chudley
RE: civil construction design
Building Design is divided into two... Structural analysis and structural design.... You can learn the design part because it's pretty straight forward but the structural analysis is why you actually have to attend a university.