CISC-CSCE Low-Rise Building Design Aid Workshop
Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Battery Hotel and Suites, St. John's, Newfoundland

Structural Design has changed.  Are you ready?

    In 1997, Algoma Steel Inc. announced the introduction of CSA G40.21 grade 350W to replace 300W as the basic grade of steel for W and HP shapes produced by Algoma.  This fundamental change in the base strength of W shapes available to Canadian designers necessitates a fresh look at the underlying framing decisions to be taken by designers of structural steel buildings.  This workshop will focus on key decisions to economically frame a typical 3 story office building in CSA G40.21 350W steel to the requirements of the 1995 National Building Code of Canada and the requirements of CSA S16.1-94.

    In this one-day intensive workshop, the design of the key framing elements and systems will be discussed in specific detail appropriate to local conditions.  Instruction in the lateral load resisting system has been tailored to be representative of systems appropriate to the jurisdiction.

    This workshop, adapted for CSCE Newfoundland and Labrador, is based on the 1998 edition of the Low-Rise Office Building Design Aid and the Seventh Edition of the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction (350W).  The Low-Rise Building Design Aid will include the lateral load and design solutions for all regions of Canada, but only those appropriate to local conditions will be discussed in detail.  The workshop materails are developed with the assistance of the Steel Structures Education Foundation.

Workshop Content:

• selection and design of the floor system,
• selection and design of the roof system,
• determination of lateral loads for local conditions,
• selection and design of the lateral load resisting system for local conditions,
• composite beam design,
• design of beams and columns,
• design of braced frames for local conditions,
• design of ductile eccentricity braced frames for local conditions,
• fire resistance rating issues,
• fabrication issues which influence design choices,
• material issues,
• economics of framing in structural steel.

Michael I. Gilmore, P. Eng., FCSCE, is Secretary of the CSA Technical Committee, S16, Past Chairman of the Research Council on Sructural Connections, Editor of the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction, and member of national and international standards writing committees.

Alfred F. Wong, P. Eng., MCSCE, is a member of the Standing Committee on Structural Dsign, Part 4 of the NBCC, and a member of the Technical Committee of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC).  He is the Manager of the Project Analysis Division of CISC.

For more information on this or any other workshop offered by CSCE, please call Gordon Jin at 729-5467 or e-mail wst01246@wst.gov.nf.ca, or call Maurry Epstein at (514) 933-2634.
 

Last Updated: February 16, 2001 12:24:08 AM.