Sean Howard

Structural Option
Executive Tower
1399 New York Ave, NW Washington, DC

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Final Report

The following is the table of contents for a thesis report on the Executive Tower located in NW Washington DC. This report is a summary of three studies with common goals of reducing the building lower the 130 foot height in efforts of add a 12th floor to the building plan. The three studies include a mechanical breadth of rerouting and optimizing the duct system, an architectural breadth focusing on the north corner at the entrance to Retail 2, and a depth study convert the flat slab framing system to a fully post tensioned slab.

Executive Summary
Building Description
Building Systems
Proposal
Mechanical Breadth
Architectural Breadth
Post Tension Depth Study
Conclusions
References
Appendix A - Post tension hand checks
Appendix B - Seismic Loads
Appendix C - Wind Loads
Appendix D - Lateral Load distribution and building drifts
Appendix E - Punching Shear check

Final Report
Final Report w/o Appendices

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