AIM OF THE PROJECT

The aim of the project is to plan and design the framed structure of a residential building.  
INTRODUCTION   The basics needs of human existences are food, clothing’s & shelter. From times immemorial man has been making efforts in improving their standard of living. The point of his efforts has been to provide an economic and efficient shelter. The possession of shelter besides being a basic, used, gives a feeling of security, responsibility and shown the social status of man.                    Every human being has an inherent liking for a peaceful environment needed for his pleasant living, this object is achieved by having a place of living situated at the safe and convenient location, such a place for comfortable and pleasant living requires considered and kept in view.  •  A Peaceful environment.  • Safety from all natural source & climate conditions .      • General facilities for community of his residential area.            The engineer has to keep in mind the municipal conditions, building bye laws, environment, financial capacity, water supply, sewage arrangement, provision of future, aeration, ventilation etc., in suggestion a particular type of  plan to any client.  

Construction Methods

The materials

In earthquake prone regions, the most crucial
factor of the reinforced concrete building’s
strength is the reinforcement placed inside its
structural frame.

As a rule, in an already built structure the load
bearing frame is not visible. Also, during its
con-struction phase only the structural
members are visible and the placed
reinforcement, which is the strength’s decisive
factor in earthquake resistant structures,
cannot be directly inspected. That factor, which
is the most crucial of all, is thoroughly
discussed in this chapter. Moreover the
ancillary equipment and the materials needed
for the combination of concrete and reinforce-
ment in order to form the structural frame are
also discussed.

The concrete is originally produced as a liquid
mixture and can be casted into different shaped
moulds. When these moulds are made out of
timber, as they usually are, they are referred to
as formworks.

In order to secure the reinforcement bars’
position inside the formwork, additional
supports are needed. These are called spacers.
They prevent the displacement of reinforcement
during the casting process and they get
incorporated inside the concrete’s mass.

concrete is a good heat conductor
and since the structural frame has a large
amount of mass, it critically affects the
building’s thermal-energy efficiency behavior;
therefore the struc-tural frame has to be
insulated.