Building Superstructures

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Building Superstructures

• Construction
• Mr. ORourke

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3 Kinds of Superstructures

• Mass
• Bearing Wall
• Framed

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Mass Structures

• Nearly/totally solid
• Little or no space inside
• Use large amounts of material

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Mass Structures (contd)

• Most materials are in natural state
• Soil, rock, reinforced concrete, asphalt paving
• Materials are mixed
• Keeps costs low

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Bearing Walls

• Have usable space, thick walls
• Made of brick,
• block, or rock
• Not as good for
• buildings with 1 story

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Bearing Walls (contd)

• Concrete Block walls- Industrial and commercial
• Tilt-up Bearing walls-
• Reinforced concrete

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Frame Structures

• Made from wood, reinforced concrete
• or steel
• Have a skeleton usually enclosed
• Frames are made of beams, rods, poles and boards

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Frame Structures (contd)

• Provide more
• space inside
• Use less materials
• Easy to insulate
• 1-4 story buildings
• use wood-gt
• concrete-gt
• steel