“Our goals are to finalize the materials used for our structural design, and to complete our engineering analysis on this design. We are looking forward to starting on our prototype with architecture soon. Unfortunately this has been delayed because of our dependence on other groups.”
“Current Goal: To select effective, efficient and environmentally friendly methods of construction for the housing construction using the new information we have.
Progress:
− Consulted Civil Engineering professors at the U of C
− Decided on using mainly steel and concrete for construction, using modular designs
− Rationale for material choices: Steel and concrete have the same expansion rate, we can alter the use of each as the building height changes to keep the right type of strength
− Idea: Assemble modular components like a jigsaw puzzle to create each floor”
“They have decided where they will be placing all of their main load bearing walls. At this point they're also looking at the final floor plans to determine how they can maximize materials for plumbing.”
“The civil group has done extensive research on the insulation to use and its environmental effects (numerous calls to environment Canada).”
“- Fully researched use of materials.
- Have decided on exactly which materials will correspond to which walls and elements.
- Foundation – Pillar system composed of steel bars enclosed in concrete
- Exterior non load bearing walls – Carbon fiber reinforced concrete sheets
- Interior non load bearing walls – Basic lumber frame
- Load bearing walls – Basic steel frame consisting of various columns and I-beams
- Moment Frame attached to steel frames will be necessary to counteract the non-vertical forces present”
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