A 4-Storey Steel Office Building

P r e s e n t e d t o : D r. A n j a n B h o w m i c k
P r e s e n t e d b y : B e n y a m e B a h i r u , J e s s i c a C a r m o s i n o , ( K a r i s ) H o Yu e n C h e u n g ,
S a l v a t o r e L e e G i u l i o n e , R o b i n R a m i r e z , A n d r e w Ta m

Quebec City
Located in North-Eastern
Quebec in the SaintLawrence River valley
2 hour drive from
Montreal
Population: 765 000
Average high temperature:
22C to 25C
Average low temperature: 13C to -18C
Last major earthquake: 1663
Charlevoix earthquake with a
moment magnitude of
between 7.3 and 7.9

4 Storey Office Building

Design according to National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2010) and the Canadian Standard for Design
and Construction of Steel Building (CSA-S16-09).
Plan Dimensions: Length = 55m, Width = 30m
First Floor Height: 5.8m
Typical Storey Height: 3.75m
Total Elevation: 17.05m (low-rise)
CBFs on either side of building to resist lateral loads (wind & earthquake)
2 staircases: East & West side of building
Designed the office building by determining the live, dead, snow, wind, and earthquake load that the
structure must resist under specific conditions that vary in Quebec City.
Also designed the CBFs to satisfy safety standards.

AutoCAD for the structural and architectural drawings.

ETABS for analysis of the structure.

Assumptions
Dead Load Calculation: 10% steel allowance
Importance Factor, I: 1.0 (normal building)
Open terrain environment
CBF stiffness, K = 1
Building is situated on top of very dense soil and soft rocks -> Class C
No storage load for each floor
Considered the beams as laterally supported

Introduction
Objective: A four story office building
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Climatic Data:
Design Temperature
Province
and
Location

Qubec

Elev.
(m)

120

January

July 2.5%

2.5%
oC

1%
oC

Dry
oC

Wet
oC

-25

-28

28

22

Degree
- Days
Below
18oC

Table1: Climatic Data of Qubec City (Appendix C Climate Data)

5080

Snow
Load,
kPa 1/50
Ss

Sr

3.6 0.6

Hourly
Wind
Pressures,
kPa

Seismic Data

1/50

Sa(0.2)

Sa(0.5)

Sa(1.0)

Sa(2.0)

PGA

0.41

0.55

0.32

0.15

0.052

0.30

Load Calculations
Ground Floor 2nd Storey

3rd Storey

4th Storey

Roof

Dead Load, kPa

4.51

4.51

4.51

4.51

1.045

Live Load, kPa

4.80

2.40

2.40

2.40

1.00

Snow Load, kPa

3.48

Wind Load E-W direction, kN

47.30

37.18

37.18

18.89

Wind Load N-S direction, kN

84.72

66.54

66.54

33.29

Earthquake Load E-W, kN

222.91

367.03

511.15

151.83

Earthquake Load N-S, kN

231.05

380.44

529.83

157.38

Table2: Load Calculations

Structural Plan

Structural Plan

Structural
Plan in
East and
West
Direction

Structural
Plan in
North and
South
Direction

Selected Sections for Beams: Hand

Calculations
Floor

Ground

2nd Story

3rd Story

Roof

Floor Beam

W310x33

W310x28

W310x28

W310x33

Main Beam

W530x74

W460x68

W460x68

W460x68

Edge Beam

W410x54

W360x39

W360x39

W410x46

Table3: Selected Sections

Selected Sections for Columns: Hand

Calculations
Columns

Section

Interior

W310x118

Edge Horizontal

W310x86

Edge Vertical

W360x74

Corner

W360x74

Table4: Selected Sections

Elevation with Final Beam and Column

Sections (ETABS)

EAST
AND WEST CBF

NORTH
AND SOUTH CBF

Deflected Shape

Deflected Shape
3D

Mode Shape

Architectural
Ground Floor
Plan Layout
-

1 Security Desk
1 Coffee Shop
2 Staircases
2 Entrances
2 Washrooms

Architectural
Typical Floor
Plan Layout
-

1 Electrical Room
1 Store Room
2 Lunch Rooms
2 Washrooms
2 Conference Rooms
2 Reception Areas
2 Staircases
2 General Manager
Office Rooms
- 10 Office Rooms
- 128 Cubical Offices

Architectural
Elevation- North

Architectural
Elevation- South

Architectural
Elevation- West

Cost Estimation

Project:
Type of Work:
Owner:
Contactor:
Period Ending:

Item
Total W section Beam/Columns
Total HSS Section

4 Story Office Building

Unit
lb

Estimated Quantity
504,890.32 $

ft

263.82 $

Unit Price
1.50

Amount
757,335.48

4.50

1,187.19

Deliver Steel Members

lump sum

1 $ 25,000.00

25,000.00

Erection of Steel Members

lump sum

1 $ 20,000.00

20,000.00

6.50

461,771.70

471.9 $ 1,050.00

495,495.00

Steel Deck

square foot

Slab Concrete

cubic meter

Floor Finish

square foot

71041.8 $

8.03

570,465.65

Wall (Brick)

square foot

2936.39 $

16.25

47,716.34

Dry Wall Partition

square foot

14734.39 $

3.49

51,423.02

square meter

2625.7 $

41.65

109,360.41

Gravel

cubic yard

0.566 $

29.50

16.70

HVAC System

lump sum

1 $ 41,675.00

41,675.00

Exterior Glass

Table3: Cost Estimation

71041.8 $

Total

$ 2,581,446.48