This report examines the design of multi-story office buildings. Three sites were chosen to explore zoning, access, parking and fire safety issues. Structural design alternatives for layout, member spacing, W shapes and open web joists were compared for cost and constructability. An inventory of options for the exterior wall systems was compiled, and the use of masonry was compared with the use of glazed aluminum. Fire modeling was used to investigate flashover conditions and the performance of structural elements.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Maestre, Aaron Peter
• Medeiros, Roy George
• Baker, Michael William
• Kwon, Jae-Wook

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D065M

Advisor

• Fitzgerald, Robert W.
• Albano, Leonard D.

Year

• 2004

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright