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Daniel C. Myers
Structural Option
University Hospitals Case Medical Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio

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Thesis Proposal

The Cancer Hospital has been evaluated previously in 3 technical reports including an overall strucural study, a slab evaluation, and a lateral system analysis. Through information obtained from these reposts, certain key areas of concern were developed. These distinct areas primarily involve serviceablility in respect to vibration, drift, and torsion. Improvement in these areas will increase the effciency of the vital sensitive spaces in the Cancer Hospital including the surgery, imaging, and reseach areas. In addition to the structural research to be performed, two breadths are presented for study.These breadths include a construction management evaluation which will determine the impact of the proposed revisions on the cost and schedule of the project as well as a building envelope study which will evaluate and compare different envelope systems in effort to improve energy efficiency and architectural effect.

This proposal will present the intended tasks necessary to obtain sufficient information needed to utimately propose a revised design which will improve the servicability of the Cancer Hospital, and theryby improve efficiency of its sensitive areas.

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Construction Management Breadth

Upon final selection of the optimal structural system to reduce vibration, drift, and torsion, a cost comparison will be conducted to evaluate the cost and feasibility of the existing Cancer Hospital design and the proposed design change. In addition to cost, scheduling of project phases and tasks will be performed for the revised system and will be compared to that of the existing design.

Building Envelope Breadth

Due to the atypical curved facade of the Cancer Hospital, an investigation into the construction, efficiency, and cost of the current building envelope will be conducted. Alternative building envelopes will also be investigated and compared to the original design. Specific improvements to be identified in the comparison include energy efficiency, light exposure, and architectural effect. Upon completion of the evaluations of the different systems, a building envelope will be chosen and proposed as an improvement.

Graduate Study

In order to provide a more in-depth study, The existing Cancer Hospital design will be modeled in its entirety using ETABS. The existing model created in technical report 3 will be further detailed and modified in order to more accurately compare systems. Upon selection of the most effecient design, the model will be finalized and data will be presented in the final thesis report.

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