Group 7 - Block B (up to 28 floors)

Building & structural element

Parameter
Value
Reference
Number of stories
28
Typical storey
2.75m
Sales Brochure p.
height
35
Bottom storey
4m
Assume
height
Thickness of slab
(flat)
Thickness of slab
(corridor & lift
lobby)

160mm

Given

300mm

Given

Thickness of wall

200mm

Given

Window area

At least
5-10%
floor area

Guidance notes on
ventilation and
maintenance of
ventilation
systems 19
Cap 123

Height of window
from floor

Window width

Window height
Parameter
Grade of
concrete

Area >
1/16 of
floor area
>1.1m

1 window
width
<=700m
m
1000mm

24.5kN/m3

Poisson ratio of

0.2

At least 2.5m
measured from
floor to ceiling
(Cap. 123F
regulation 24)

Addendum:
Technical
Guidelines for
Minor Works
related to Window
Works in Domestic
Unit
Practice note for
registered
contractors 47
Assume

Material
Value
Reference
Grade 30
Assumption

Density of RC

Remarks

COP of Dead
and Imposed
Loads 2011
Appendix A
COP for

Remarks
Structural
design 1 notes
p.44

concrete
Concrete
ultimate strain

0.0035

Coefficient of
thermal
expansion

10x10-6 /oC

Concrete
maximum stress

0.67fcu

Concrete elastic
modulus

Grade 30
22.2kN/mm2

Steel Grade

500C

Steel elastic
modulus

200kN/mm2

Steel density

7850kg/m3

Poisson ratio of
steel
Coefficient of
thermal
expansion of
steel

0.3

Parameter
Density of RC
Weight of cladding
& finishes

12x10-6 /oC

structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.1.6
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.1.10
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.1.9
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.1.10
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
table 3.2
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.2.1
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.2.4
COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.2.5
Assume

Partial factor
of safety =1.5

500C
complying
with CS2

COP for
structural use of
concrete 2013
Cl. 3.2.5

Loading
Value
Reference
24.5kN/m COP of Dead and
3
Imposed Loads
2011 Appendix A
???

Remarks
Dead load
(material)
Dead load
(cladding &
finishes)

Classification of
floor uses

Class 1
(floor)

COP of Dead and

Imposed Loads
2011 Table 3.1

Class 7A
(roof)

COP of Dead and

Imposed Loads
2011 Table 3.1,
Table 3.7, Table
3.8
COP of Dead and
Imposed Loads
2011 Table 3.2
COP of Dead and
Imposed Loads
2011 Table 3.8
COP of Dead and
Imposed Loads
2011

Minimum imposed
load (floor)

2.0kPa

Minimum imposed
load (roof)

2.0kPa

Partition

1.0kPa

Floors for
domestic use
and residential
activities
Inaccessible
roofs and flat
roofs, roof slope
<50
Imposed load
Imposed load
Consider as
imposed load
(Cl. 2.2.2.2) (Cl.
3.6)

Design load
Dead load

Imposed load

Type of load
Concrete
Finishes
Cladding
Inside flat
Corridor
Partition

Loading
24.5kN/m3
0.5kPa
kN/m
Total =
2.0kPa
5.0kPa
1.0kPa
Total =