Design of Civil Engineering Structures for a Hotel Project

The module will integrate knowledge already gained from other modules. The aim is to allow you to work as part of a team, both individually and collectively, to carry out the design of a civil engineering structure. The types of structures could include bridges, retaining structures and tunnelling set within the context of a larger project. Design work will include calculations and drawings in sufficient detail to allow a tender to be obtained and construction work planned. The design and construction proposals will be presented to a client and the end of the module.

On successful completion of the module you should be able to:

1. Identify the advantages and restraints of working in a team.

2. Carry out a feasibility study for an engineering project including its environmental, financial and social impacts.

3. Design and present design and construction proposals for a civil engineering structure project using appropriate current standards.

4. Apply construction programming and cost analysis techniques to the planning of the construction phase of procurement.

Existing site elements, topography, surrounding infrastructure,ground conditions, environmental, social and economic impact, existing health and safety issues.

Meeting the requirements of the project brief, clarification, meeting advice and support. Ascertaining specification and special requirements.

Outline design proposals including an appropriate structural form and materials with a justified selection of options.

Determination of appropriate variable and permanent actions on the structure.

Analysis of the effects of these actions on the structure including shear force, bending moment and deflection as appropriate.

Detail design comprising structural calculations to determine size, shape and specification of structural elements with reinforcement calculations if appropriate.

Compliance with relevant Eurocodes for concrete, steel, timber and masonry and other guidance documents. Preparation of tender drawings.

The Client who is a private investor needs a five storey framed Hotel building(s) to accommodate 200 guests and is proposed together with some inter-connecting Infrastructure with the Motorway which is not only necessary but required as a key element of the project; the building frame provides the structure for a series of high specification living hotel roomsand suites that are intended to be built in the south of England, around Heathrow Airport.The client requires the cheapest solution among considered alternatives which could be either Steel frame or RC design consideration, for the given project covering both the frame and the link infrastructure.

For a Steel alternative: Euro codes in general should apply and should be utilized but the following limits are imposed for the frame to keep fabrication and assembly costs to a minimum:

• Three column section sizes should be used, two for the upper floors and one for the ground floor and basement.

• Up to three beam sizes may be used although effort should also be made to keep these to a similar depth on any given floor.

• Only two beam connection details are required to avoid confusion over the size or type of bolts to be used (for steel structure).

• A maximum of two bracing/shear wall element sizes and connections are required