Final Report
Thesis Research on Eight Tower Bridge Complete!
The following report is a culmination of the past year's research and analysis of Eight Tower Bridge in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
The report includes a brief review of the existing steel structure of the building, and then presents an alternate concrete superstructure
for the building. The concrete superstructure includes two floor systems, concrete columns, and a series of concrete shear walls.
FULL
THESIS REPORT
Executive
Summary
Building
Statistics
Existing
Structural System
Proposal
Structural
System Design
Construction
Management Breadth
Mechanical
Systems Breadth
Conclusions,
Final Recommendations and Acknowledgements
Appendicies
User Note:
Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP,
please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work-in-progress for this thesis project.
Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this
senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Chris McCune. Changes and discrepancies in no way
imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements,
and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may
vary from the original design.
