Question: The figures and drawings below show the floor plan & section of a laboratory structure. The structure comprises steel beams and columns supporting a reinforced

The figures and drawings below show the floor plan & section of a laboratory structure. The structure comprises steel beams and columns supporting a reinforced concrete slab, all supported onto reinforced concrete pad foundations. The building is enclosed with 220mm brick walls on all 4 sides and a timber roof (30kgm2).
The first floor is a 250mm reinforced concrete floor supported on steel beams that span between columns as indicated. The steel beams have shear studs cast into the slab (the purpose of the shear studs is for lateral stability and not composite design). The floor has a finish of 30mm screed of weight 2200kgm3. The soffit of the slab has a 25mm plastered finish of 2300kgm3.
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The figures and drawings below show the floor

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