1. Refer to the Floor plan of an institutional building given in next page.
2. Students shall form groups of 3-4 persons and complete full design with
detailing for:
– Continuous beam A-B-C-D
– Slab ABEF
3. Assume appropriate loads and design data. All slabs are assumed to span
in two directions.
4. Clearly specify your assumptions, with reasons, made for r the design. Complete the assignment with a proposal in report format.

 

BSEN 1991 Table 6.1 – Categories of use

Category Specific Use Example
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Category	Specific	Use Example
A	Areas for domestic and residential activities	Rooms in residential buildings and houses; bedrooms and wards in hospitals; bedrooms in hotels and hostels; kitchens and toilets.
B	Office areas
C	Areas where people may congregate (with the exception of areas defined under category A, B, and D1)	C1: Areas with tables, e.g., areas in schools, cafés, restaurants, dining halls, reading rooms, receptions.
	C2: Areas with fixed seats	e.g., areas in churches, theatres or cinemas, conference rooms, lecture halls, assembly halls, waiting rooms, railway waiting rooms.
	C3: Areas without obstacles for moving people	e.g., areas in museums, exhibition rooms, etc., and access areas in public and administration buildings, hotels, hospitals, railway station forecourts.
	C4: Areas with possible physical activities	e.g., dance halls, gymnastic rooms, stages.
	C5: Areas susceptible to large crowds	e.g., in buildings for public events like concert halls, sports halls including stands, terraces and access areas, and railway platforms.
D	Shopping areas	D1: Areas in general retail shops; D2: Areas in department stores.

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BSEN 1991: Table 6.2 – Imposed loads on floors, balconies, and stairs in buildings

Categories of Loaded Areas

Category	Loaded Area	Qk (kN/m²)	Qk (kN)
Category A	Floors	1.5 to 2.0	2.0 to 3.0
	Stairs	2.0 to 4.0	2.0 to 4.0
	Balconies	2.5 to 4.0	2.0 to 3.0
Category B	Floors	2.0 to 3.0	1.5 to 4.5
	Stairs	1.5 to 4.5	2.0 to 3.0
Category C	C1	2.0 to 3.0	3.0 to 4.0
	C2	3.0 to 4.0	3.0 to 5.0
	C3	3.0 to 5.0	4.5 to 5.0
	C4	4.5 to 5.0	5.0 to 7.5
	C5	5.0 to 7.5	3.0 to 4.0
Category D	D1	4.0 to 5.0	4.0 to 5.0
	D2	3.5 to 7.0	3.5 to 7.0