“What are Structural Engineer Plans?”
“What are Structural Engineer Plans?”
Structural Engineers work long and hard hours to complete these plans for each and every specific project, the plans have several components that make the final product complete. The information that is produced during this process is crucial to building a structure that is safe and up to standard to the Building Codes.
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– ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ
– ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌ
– ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ
– ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
– ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ
– ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
General Notes typically talk about the materials and the responsibilities the Contractor has to go by. All the design codes and criteria are also specified in this section, along with the Geo-Technical Information. The main concept of all of this is to inform you of the strength of the soil, water level, and the recommendation for the foundation. The General notes also talk about the instructions the contractors should follow. The materials have to be very specific and a list of all the delegated items is also on this General Notes page. The Delegated items are basically everything the structure doesnโt require these could be fences, stairs, railings, and all the other miscellaneous metals.
The Plan views are depending on the structure and the floors it has. Thereโs a foundation plan and a plan is included per each floor until we reach the Roof Framing Plan.
The Schedule sheets are more or less the index to the plans it explains what each code means. Throughout the plan, itโs more convenient to put certain codes to explain parts of the structural design and in this schedule sheet, it has all the classifications with the explanation for each of them.
The Sections of the plan are shown in the aspect of the structure being cut in half and explaining exactly what the inside of each side looks like for a structural point of view.
The Details are a zoomed in version into the small details like connections, these could be concrete or steel. There are general details and then specific details, and The Elevation is the outside perspective of the building for each of the sides.
The second portion of the General plans are the calculations. We use Etabs when we calculate new construction. The Calculations of the structural general plans are what summarizes the structural members for the intent loading, these could be typical or environmental.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ.
