Question: Each team will design a full - scale reinforced concrete, two - story office building according to the ACI - 3 1 8 - 1

Each team will design a full-scale reinforced concrete, two-story office building according to the
ACI-318-19 code.
The building layout must adhere to the following:
a) Overall building length: 80 feet
b) Overall building width: 40 feet
c) Clear height of each floor: 12 feet
d) Each floor is made of 6 inches reinforced concrete slab and 7/8" hardwood flooring
e) HVAC and mechanical duct allowance for each is 6psf
Specify material property (elastic modulus, yield strength, compressive strength, etc...) f) Add a green roof (add weight of green roof to dead load)
Estimate the gravity loads for each floor including roof (no snow or rain loads).
Design the reinforcement for the slab
Size the structural members to support the specified loads
a) reinforced concrete beams in each bay
b) reinforced concrete columns
Create drawings of the building as well as individual components. All drawings should be
generated with a computer or neatly by hand
The final report is due on the last day of class

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