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BLD 510
Construction Technology III
TALL BUILDINGS
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CONTENTS
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 INTRODUCTION EVOLUTION OF TALL BUILDING WORLD TALLEST BUILDING PLANNING CONSIDERATION DESIGN FACTORS LOAD ACTION ON TALL BUILDING TALL BUILDING STRUCTURAL SYSTEM VERTICAL LOADING SYSTEMS HORIZONTAL LOADING SYSTEMS FLOOR SYSTEM FOR TALL BUILDING WALLS SYSTEM FOR TALL BUILDING FOUNDATION SYSTEM FOR TALL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF TALL BUILDING SAFETY SYSTEM FOR TALL BUILDING
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The term tall buildings is not defined in specific term related to height or the number of storeys. A building is considered tall when its structural analysis and design are in some way affected by the lateral loads, particularly sway caused by such loads. According to Emporis Standards Committee (ESC) Tall Building is defined as a building 35 meters or greater in height, which is divided at regular intervals into occupiable levels. To be considered a high-rise building a structure must be based on solid ground, and fabricated along its full height through deliberate processes (as opposed to naturally-occurring formations). According to the regulations of Danish, German and some other European countries, the 72ft. (21.6m = 8 stories buildings), having fire-fighting equipment, are known as tall buildings. Definitions represented by the U.S. Council on tall buildings and urban settlement refers to tall buildings as these in which the height, influences the planning, construction and spaces application aspects of the building considerably without specifying the number of stories.
PRESTIGE
free imposing advertisements for their owners and even the city it is sited. as a show of economic power political or
increase in the population density of cities increasing land prices make it necessary to maximise space utilisation by building upwards.
dominate the landscape and easily become landmarks human ego and competition
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Steel structures and sophisticated services such as mechanical lifts and ventilation, limitations on the height of buildings were removed.
Masonry wall bearing structures with thick and messy walls. The horizontal and lateral loads of these structures were mainly Resisted solely by the load bearing masonry walls.
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Empire State Building, New York, 1931 (highest structure in 19th century)
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b. Soil Condition
The performance of a building is dependent on the strength of the soil which it is founded. The foundation or substructure binds the superstructure to the soil. If the bearing capacity of the soil is rather low, piles or caissons may be required to reach the proper foundation support.
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g. Local Considerations
For example, height limitation, zoning regulations.
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Mobility
Evacuatian
Materials
Wind
Speed
5.0 DESIGN
the structural elements of the building must responds to all this forces where members must be arranged and connected to one another in such manner as to absorb the forces and guide them safely with a minimum effort to the ground. building must cope with vertical forces of gravity and horizontal forces of wind above grund and the seismic forces below ground
building envelope has to accommodate the differences in temperature, air pressure and humidity between exterior and interior environments
requires a team approach between the various disciplines of design, material fabrication and building construction
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Design Parameters
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a. Dead Load
Static forces caused by the weight of every element within the structure. The forces resulting in dead load consists of the weights of the load bearing elements of the building, floor and ceiling finishes, permanent partition walls, faade cladding, storage tanks, mechanical distribution systems etc.
b. Live Load
Occupancy Loads : Loads caused by the contents of objects within or on a building. Not part of the structure Include weights of people, furniture, movable partitions, mechanical equipments (e.g computers, business machines) etc. Variable and unpredictable. Change in live loads not only over time but also as a function of location.
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c. Wind Loads
Lateral action caused by winds. Wind velocity in general increases with height. The taller the building is, the more exposed the building to strong winds. Can cause the parts of the external wall or roof to be blown off. If the building is slender, it will sway or vibrate in the wind. Major problem for the designer of tall buildings.
d. Seismic Loading
The earths crust is not static; its subject to constant motion. Seismic motion acts on the building by shaking the foundation back and forth. The mass of the building resists this motion, setting up inertia forces throughout the structure
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e. Construction Loads
Loads during construction of a building example contractors commonly stockpile heavy equipment and materials on a small area of the structure. Causes concentrated loads that are much larger than the assumed live loads which the structure was designed.
Surface Elements
- Wall : either solid with peforation or trussed, capable of carrying axial and rotational forces
- Floor : solid or ribbed, supported on floor framing, capable of supporting forces in and perpendicular to the plane
Spatia Elements
- Faade envelope or core for example, tying the building together to act as a unit
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c. Rigid Frame
Rigid joints are used between an assemblage of linear elements to form vertical and horizontal planes. The vertical planes consists of columns and girders mostly on a rectangular grid A similar organizational grid is used is used for the horizontal planes consisting of beams and girders. With the integrity of the spatial skeleton depending on the strength and rigidity of the individual columns and beams, story height and column spacing become controlling design considerations
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f. Cantilevered Slab
Supporting the floor systems from a central core allown for a column-free space with the strength of the slab as the limit of the building size. Large quantities of steel are required especially with large slab projections. Slab stiffenes can be increased by tacking advantage of prestressing techniques.
g. Flat Slab
Generally consists of uniformly thick concrete floor slabs supported on columns No deep beams allowing for a mimimum story height
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h. Interspatial
Cantilevered story high framed structures are employed on every other floor to create usable space within and above the frame. The space within the framed floor is used for fixed operations, and the totally free space above the frame can adapt to any type of activity.
i. Suspension
Employing hangers instead of columns to carry the floor loads. The cables carry the gravity loads to trusses cantilevering from a central core.
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j. Staggered Truss
Story-high trusses are arranged so that each building floor rests alternatively on the top chord of one truss and the bottom of the next. Besides carrying the vertical loads, this truss arrangement minimizes wind bracing requirements by transferring wind loads to the base through web members and floor slab.
k. Trussed Frame
Combining a rigid (or hinged) frame with vertical shear trusses provides an increase in strength and stiffenes of the structure. The design of the structure may be based on using the frame for the resistance of gravity loads and the vertical truss for wind loads similar to the riogid frame and core case.
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m. Tube in Tube
The exterior columns and beams are spaced so closely that the faade has the appearance of a wall with perforated window openings. The entire building acts as a hollow tube cantilevering out of the ground. The interior core (tube) increases the stiffenes of the building by sharing the loads with the facade tube.
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n. Bundled Tube
An assemblage of individual tubes resulting in a multiple-cell tube. The increase in stiffnes is apparent and allows for the greates height and the most floor area.
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Year
1931 1968 1972 1974 1963 1971 1971 1970 1969
Stories
102 100 110 109 60 64 57 41 26
Slender
9.3 7.9 6.9 6.4 7.3 6.3 6.1 4.1 4.0
kN/m2
2.02 1.42 1.77 1.58 2.64 1.44 0.86 1.01 1.24
Structural
Braced rigid frame Trussed tube Frame tube Bundled tube Braced rigid frame Shearwalls+outrigger+belt trusses Shearwalls+outrigger+belt trusses K-braced tube Latticed tube
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c. Suspension System
The floors of the building are suspended over a long span. Ability to provide a column free floor. Three types: i. Hanger system ii. Bridge System iii. Catenary System
i. Hanger System
Loads are transmitted upwards through vertical tensile members to outrigger arms. The loads are then transferred from the outriggers to one or more piers that transmit the loads to the ground. The tensile members can be hangers or cables and the pier tower are either monolithic reinforced concrete load bearing walls or steel framed tower. e.g Sabah Foundation Building ; Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, Hongkong.
Central Pier Tower Tension Ring
Hanger Elements
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OCBC Singapore
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f. Transfer System
For building where lower floors have lesser columns than the rest of the building. The transfer is in the form of a horizontal elements. Consists of mega column and mega beams at lower floor Skeleton frame is positioned above the transfer mega structures. The loads are transferred from the transfer mega beams to the mega columns and then to the foundation.
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WIND FORCES
Wind is variable both in direction and strength. Wind exerts loads on the tall structure causing it to oscillate or sway like a pendulum. Oscillations must be kept to a minimum: to ensure occupants psychological and physical comfort. to prevent deterioration of joints in the curtain walling and building services.
EARTHQUAKES
Earthquakes create lateral forces on a tall building causing it to sway. Cause the ground to move horizontally and vertically Earthquake-resistant building has to absorb or counteract the forces.
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a. Structural Methods
i. Shear Walls Structural elements to induce stiffenes in the building. Monolithic walls of reinforced concrete, brick or masonry can be used to provide stiffenes ; walls with a moment resistant frame. Location of the shear walls are: - Central core of building - Ends or corners of building - At certain wall position inside the building
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a. Structural Methods
ii. Moment Resistant Frame Systems (also known as Skeleton Frame) Three dimensional grid of linear column and beams connected each other using rigid or semi rigid connections. Usually used tubes systems load bearing columns of the exterior perimeter are placed together to form a tube. - single tube ; tube within tube; bundling of tubes; braced tubes e.g : Xerox Building USA, Sears Towers USA
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a. Structural Methods
iii. Bracing Adding braces to the frame. The bracing can be in different locations in the structure. The bracing configurations includes: - some vertical and/or horizontal bays of the frame are braced. - solid beam bracing- used to brace shear walls together. - vertical truss consists of mega column, mega beam and mega brace single plane truss arrangement that is located along the height of the moment resistant frame. - a mega space truss that housed floor slabs, minor columns and beams. E.g: Bank of China, Hong Kong, John Hancock Building, USA, Hong Kong Shanghai bank, Hong Kong
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a. Structural Methods
iv. Diagrid Systems Consists of a grid of diagonal members that cross each other. The distrubution of the load is similar to that experienced in a single layer grid dome. The diagrid is tied to the core by the floor elements along the height of the building. At the top of the building the diagrid terminates to either a ring beam or the core itself. Hearst Tower ; Swiss Re Building, London; Hubbell Lighting Headquarters Greenville, S.C
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Passive Dampers
i. Viscoelastic Dampers Viscoelastic material is placed at various points in the structure ; often a rubber or neoprene pad sandwiched between the faces of two steel members. The pad provide shear resistance to the oscillations forces. Eg. Former World Trade Centre New York.
Passive Dampers
ii. Passive Tuned Mass Dampers These are sliding or horizontal moving mass of steel or concrete tuned to move in reaction to the horizontal movement of the building. The slab lies on a bed of oil and held in position by heavy springs (or hydraulic pistons) attached to the structural frame of the building. The movement of the building causes the mass to compress some spring and extend the others. The extended springs pulls on the building frame while the compressed springs pushes on the time. This counteracts the movement of the building Usually located at top of building where the swing of the oscillation is most.
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Passive Dampers
iii.Pendulum Tuned Mass Dampers A suspended mass acting as pendulum is used. The pendulum mass is held by pistons. Act similar to the passive tuned mass damper. Need high head room E.g : Taipei 101 building.
Passive Dampers
iv.Liquid Tuned Mass Dampers Consists of two large tanks or more whose water contents flow from tank to tank in response to lateral forces that sway the building. The sloshing forces of the water on the sides of the tanks as it moves from one tank to another counteract the swaying forces. Water tank for firefighting or air conditioning system of the building can be used for this purpose.
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Passive Dampers
v. Viscous Liquid Dampers.
Similar to the use of hydraulic pistons in cars to absorb vibrations from the road. Special hydraulic pistons contains viscous liquid are placed at suitable locations throughout the buildings. E.g: Torre Mayor Building, Mexico City
Active Dampers
Require sensors to detect the movement and initiate the mechanical hydraulic piston actuators that push against the damper mass and structure. Require external mechanisms and electricity to move them in response to the horizontal movement of the building. Computers are used to fine tune the responses to the swaying of the building.
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Hybrid Damper
Passive active damper that have both the passive damper and active damper The passive damper is used to for the initial movement up to a dynamic movement point where it turns off and the active damper activates to respond to the movement. Now used as an earthquake measure rather than resist wind induced oscillation. E.g: Fukuoka Building, Japan.
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c. Aerodynamics Methods
The building cross sectional plan is designed to have minimum air turbulence that could cause oscillation. The reduction or air turbulence can be obtained by: i. have circular plan rather than rectangular or square plan of the building. ii cutting or rounding off the corners of the building. iii. Providing for perforation at the corners of the building or in the building. iv. Having channels in the buildings silhouette that allow the wind to be channeled away from the face of the building e.g: Shanghai World Financial Centre
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Dilemma to the designer ; use of lighter materials (steel or lightweight reinforced concrete, using trusses and creating cavities in the structure ) to reduce loads and costs but building tend to sway in the wind.
-the main and structural material is reinforced concrete -the floor plate is supported by r.c joists that span between the perimeter beams of the floor bay. -generally use cast-in-situ concrete floors but sometimes precast concrete is used for the floors. -if have long spans without intermediate supporting columns, prestressed concrete slabs or either prestressed concrete joints are used.
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a. Curtain Walling
A form of external lightweight cladding attached to a frame structure forming a complete envelope or sheath around the structural frame. Non load bearing claddings which have to support only their own deadweight and imposed wind loadings which are transferred to the structural frame through connectors which are usually positioned at floor levels. A series of vertical mullions spanning from floor to floor interconnected by horizontal transoms forming openeings into which can be fixed panels of glass or infill panels of apaque materials. Constructed by using a patent or proprietary systems produced by profile metal fabricators.
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i. Stick System
Uses site assembled framing members, mullions (verticals) and transoms (horizontal) Glazing and infill panels are fixed into the carrier framing grid by clamping them into a glazing rebate The infill panels consists of mineral wool insulation. The carrier framework remains visible. E.g. Sears Tower.
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b.Infill Panel
The wall is installed between the exterior floor slab and columns of the structural frame. The panel layout can be so arranged to expose some or all of the structural members creating various optical impressions. Wide variety of materials or combinations of materials can be employed such as glass, pre cast concrete, aluminium etc.
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c. Cladding
The wall (in the form of large panel) is attached directly to the structural frame of the buildings or a backing wall. The panels are one to two storey high and span one or more horizontal bays of structural frame. Require large fixings and anchors to hold them on the building.
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a. Bored Pile
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b. Drilled Caisson
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c. Spun Pile
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d. Barretts Pile
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b. IBS - formwork
Types of Formwork
Prefabricated Job Built Forms that can be reused, usually referred to as gang or gang forms. Manufactured Forms, generally purchased or leased, sometimes as a total system.
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- pan forms
made of metal, fibreglass or plastic are used for floor slabs in multi-storey building . waffle slab floors have waffle-like indentations on the bottom surface formed by rectangular pans in the same manner as in the pan joist floor system. these forms are reusable and can be either rented or bought. they come in a wide range of sizes and depths.
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- internal forms
are round or rectangular laminated fibre and cardboard forms placed in deep (or thick) floors or beams and left in place to lighten the dead weight of member these produce a floor slab similar to the pan joist floor except both top and bottom surfaces are flat. the duct like void create a space between the joists, inside of the element. the ends of the tubes and boxes are closed off so that concrete will not flow into them expanded polystyrene can also be used to create internal voids
- tunnel forms
combined the walls on either side of a room and the slab overhead soffit from into a single unit. typically, the wall forms hinge to allow the slab soffit form to be stripped, and the entire assembly is hoisted to the subsequent area to be formed
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- column forms
square or rectangular columns can be built using the same system of form panels as used for walls. forms for round columns are available in laminated fiber, metal and glass fiber reinforced plastic as complete units
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- slipforms
Slipforms place concrete by extrusion. The concrete is placed in the forms, which are then pulled or jacked vertically or horizontally, extruding the concrete, in the shape of the forms. The most spectaculars use of slipforms is for tall towers, silos, elevator shafts in tall buildings and building walls. The movement of the forms is slow enough for concrete to gain the strength to keep its shape and support its weight.
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- stay-in-place forms
these forms are often steel or thin precast, prestressed concrete units that are placed on supporting formwork (when used for floors) and bonded to become the bottom of the concrete element. become part of the completed structure. they are often used for concrete floor and roof slabs cast over steel joists or beams, for bridge decks, for a top slab over a pipe trench or for other inaccessible locations where it is impractical and expensive to remove forms.
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a. Scaffolding
A temporary working platform erected around the perimeter of a building structure usually constructed from steel or aluminium alloy tubes clipped or coupled together to provide a means of access to high level working areas as well providing a safe platform from which to work. Supported from the ground or on a floor slab or platform Remain static and difficult to move. Types of Scaffolding:
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i. putlog scaffolds
These are scaffolds which have an outer row of standards joined together by ledgers which in turn support the transverse putlogs which are built into the beds joints or perpends as the work proceeds, they are only suitable for new work in bricks or blocks.
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Tying-in
All putlog and independent scaffolds should be tied securely to the building structure at alternate lift heights vertically and not more than 6m centres horizontally. Suitable tying-in methods include connecting to tubes fitted between sides of window openings or to internal tubes fitted across window openings.
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v. gantries
These are elevated platforms used when the building being maintained or under construction is adjacent to a public footpath. A gantry over a footpath can be used for storage of materials, housing units of accommodation and supporting an independent scaffold.
b. Cranes
These are lifting devices designed to raise materials by means of rope operation and move the load horizontally within their limitations of any particular machine. The range of cranes available is very wide and therefore choice must be based on the loads to be lifted, height and horizontal distance to be covered, time periods og lifting operations, utilisation factors and degree of mobility required Types of crane:
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- types of crane
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On top of the slewing unit are three parts: The long horizontal jib (or working arm), which is the portion of the crane that carries the load. A trolley runs along the jib to move the load in and out from the crane's center: The shorter horizontal machinery arm, which contains the crane's motors and electronics as well as the large concrete counter weights: The operator's cab: The machinery arm contains the motor that lifts the load, along with the control electronics that drive it and the cable drum, as shown here: The motors that drive the slewing unit are located above the unit's large gear:
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To rise to its maximum height, the crane grows itself one mast section at a time! The crew uses a top climber or climbing frame that fits between the slewing unit and the top of the mast. Here's the process:
The crew hangs a weight on the jib to balance the counterweight. The crew detaches the slewing unit from the top of the mast. Large hydraulic rams in the top climber push the slewing unit up 20 feet (6 m). The crane operator uses the crane to lift another 20-foot mast section into the gap opened by the climbing frame. Once bolted in place, the crane is 20 feet taller!
The maximum load that the crane can lift is 18 metric tons (39,690 pounds), but the crane cannot lift that much weight if the load is positioned at the end of the jib. The closer the load is positioned to the mast, the more weight the crane can lift safely. The 300 tonnemeter rating tells you the relationship. For example, if the operator positions the load 30 meters (100 feet) from the mast, the crane can lift a maximum of 10.1 tonnes.
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The crane uses two limit switches to make sure that the operator does not overload the crane:
The maximum load switch monitors the pull on the cable and makes sure that the load does not exceed 18 tonnes. The load moment switch makes sure that the operator does not exceed the tonnemeter rating of the crane as the load moves out on the jib. A cat head assembly in the slewing unit can measure the amount of collapse in the jib and sense when an overload condition occurs.
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c. Derricks
The Derricks crane is a simple and inexpensive solution for lifting heavy weights (10 tonnes or more) at long radius (up to 30m) Two types:
i. Guy Derrick
Guy Derrick has several guys (cable ties) that holding up the mast and to help slewing of the cranes boom. The other ends of the guys are anchored to the building structure. The boom is hinged to the base of the mast. Winches located at the mast base.: use to derrick the boom and hoisting the load
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e. Hoists
These are designed for the vertical transportation of materials, passengers or materials and passengers. Materials hoists are designed for one specific use (i.e. the vertical transportation of materials) and under no circumstances should they be used to transport passengers. Most material host are of a mobile format which can be dismantled, folded onto the chassis and moved to another position or site under their own power or towed buy a haulage vehicle.
Passenger hoists are designed to carry passengers although most are capable of transporting a combined load of materials and passengers within the lifting capacity of the hoist. A wide selection of hoists are available ranging from a single cage with rope suspension to twin cages with rack and pinion operation mounted on two sides of a static tower.
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f. Elevators (lifts)
These move on tracks. They are more stable and have higher capacities as compared with a gondola.
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g. Helicopters
When it is not possible to use crane to lift the topmost part of the building (such as telecommunication tower mast) helicopter becomes a viable solution despite its very high cost.
g. Rubbish Chutes
Used to direct disposals of debris from various floor to the bin on the ground floor The simple concept of connecting several perforated dustbins. The tapered layered cylinders are produced from reinforced rubber with chain linkage for continuity. Overall length are generally 1100mm, providing an effective length of 1m. Hoppers and side entry unit are mede for special applications.
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14.1Falls of Person
Measures against fall of persons:
A working platform should be provided to workers whenever practicable : should be of adequate width, carrying capacity and with sufficient guardrails to afford a safe and steady foothold and handhold. The width should not be less than 635mm and toe-boards must be provided. Safety belts and lifelines; in the case where platform cannot be provided for reasons of space constraint.
Safety Belt
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Safety Helmet
Safety Netting
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CASE STUDY:
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS. TURNING TORSO, SWEDEN. BURJ HOTEL, DUBAI
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THANK YOU
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