03-26-2010, 11:17 AM
Heavily reinforced concrete beams formed part of the structural arrengement for this building. Considering the fact that the beams at each floor level are to support principally but only the floor directly resting on them, the fact that the floors are to not to carry special loads but serve mainly as offices, hotel accommodation etc (for which the typical live load is 2KN/M^2) and the fact that light weight materials were used for the floor construction, I do not see the need for employing heavily reinforced concrete beams for this structure (if the framing was optimised).
Please say what you think about it.
Regards
Teddy
Please say what you think about it.
Regards
Teddy