Steel Structural Design
This means that if used to support a building where the loading is mainly human and furniture e.g. offices and residential buildings, the PEB system will work excellently since if it can support the heavy load of cars, then it can support the light load of humans and furniture.
Earthquake Loading design.
The structural design of the PEB will depend on the Live loads, Earthquake, collateral and wind loads that are specified by the consultant structural engineer in conjunction with the relevant Local Authority Building approval department.
PEB subsystems
The main building structure comprises of 2 subsystems:-[1]a rigid steel frame including columns,rafters,beams and purlins and [2] wall and roof panels.
The roof and walls are made of Sandwich panels. Sandwich panels comprise of an exterior metal skin, a polyurethane interior core and an interior flat skin made of metal. The core thickness is available in 35, 50, 75 and 100mm.The density of the polyurethane is 35-40Kg/m3.
Design Code.
The design code used is in accordance with the Steel Construction Manual published by the American Institute of Steel Construction [AISC].
All welding is done in accordance with the Structural Welding Code-Steel D1.1 of the American Welding Society[AWS].
PEBs are designed using guidelines published by Metal Building Manufacturers Association of U.S.A which is a world-recognized authority on pre-engineered steel buildings and its guidelines are accepted as standard practice in his industry.
The Universally recognized code is the International Building Code published by the International Code Council of U.S.A.
In Kenya, recently, a commission was formed under he Ministry of Hosing to review the country’s Building Code which was published in 1963 and is out-dated. This code is based on the British Building code and hence effectively discourages other cost-effective methods of construction such as PEB in Kenya. Once the new Building Code is published, we hope that it will include other innovative building construction methods found all over the world especially now that we have seen a few buildings collapsing around Kenya.
Available Suppliers
More technical details and cost estimates can be obtained by contacting Mr. Anis Gafoor of Mabani Steel -Tanzania [+255 688 025125] which is an U.A.E company with a branch in Tanzania. www.mabanisteel.com. Mr. Gafoor was recently in Nairobi in the week of January 17th 2010 to January 23rd 2010.
Frank Gichuhi.
Architect.
www.a4architect.com
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