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Technical Assignments
This paper is designed to explain and spot check the overall structural systems used in the Christiana Hospital project. These systems include the foundation, columns, floor systems and the lateral force resisting systems.
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This paper is designed to investigate alternative solutions for the floor system of the Christiana Hospital project. After completing this investigation I will compare these alternate systems to each other and to the original system to see in what areas each performs best. In the end I will explain which system I feel best suits the Christiana Hospital and potentially find other systems that warrant further research.
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This paper is designed to explain the both the gravity framing system and the lateral systems used in the Christiana Hospital project. These systems are a combination of both concrete and steel construction. In addition to an explanation, spot checks regarding strength, drift, story drift, and overturning will be performed on the lateral systems and gravity systems. To complete this criterion both hand calculations along with a model done in ETABS will be used.