COMPUTERIZED COMPLETION

It is described how when a major San Franciscso project almost came to a halt because the original design required too much reinforcement, the project was redesigned with state-of-the-art structural analysis software and postprocesing, bringing costs back in line. Using latest structural analysis tools, the structural design of the project, the $200 million Fillmore Center in San Francisco, was refined, reducing reinforcing steel requirements by 35% and formwork and concrete by 10%, and cutting project costs by $15 million. Modeling was done on IBM 386 with a structural analysis package, ETABS which offers a postprocessor for concrete shear wall design. It automatically generates the best design parameters based on the structural analysis. Details of the package are described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Watry, N
• Publication Date: 1991-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 70-71
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 61
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Construction; Costs; Design; Software; Structural analysis; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Redesign
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605115
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM