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General Description:
The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here. |
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User 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 Rachel Gingerich. 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. |
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Thesis Research |
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1. Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute: Committee on Design Aids. (2002). CRSI Design Handbook 2002. Schaumburg, IL: Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. |
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-Used to design concrete columns. Obtained copy from Library, however the CD with additional tables was missing and borrowed from Professor Parfitt. |
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2. Feigenbaum, Leslie. (2002). Construction Scheduling with Primavera Project Planner (2nd ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. |
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-Helpful refresher on how to create a schedule with little tid bits about lag times and other small details. For a Non-Construction Management Option, I suggest actually using Microsoft Project instead of Primavera, as it is a much simpler program. |
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3. Nilson, Arthur H., Darwin, David & Dolan, Charles W. (2004). Design of Concrete Structures (13th ed). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill Higher Education. |
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-Reference for all concrete design aspects and invaluable resource. |
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4. R.S. Means Co. (2006). Building Construction Cost Data (65th ed). Kingston, MA: Reed Construction Data. |
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-Used to obtain values for all material, labor, and equipment costs and duration of construction, except piles. |
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5. R.S. Means Co. (2006). Site Work & Landscape Cost Data (26th ed). Kingston, MA: Reed Construction Data. |
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-Used to obtain values for material, labor, and equipment costs and duration of construction for piles. |
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6. R.S. Means Co. (2006). Square Foot Costs (28th ed). Kingston, MA: Reed Construction Data. |
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-Used to obtain an approximate overall project costs, but was found to be not comparable to the actual. |
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