COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus

Department of Civil Engineering

Assignment No 3
Class: BCV-7A & 7B Time Allowed: NA
Subject: Reinforced Concrete Design II (Lab) Instructor: Engr. Shoaib Ahmad
Total Marks: 10 Deadline: October 29, 2022

Problem statement:

Suppose you are working as a design engineer in an organization of your hometown. A client from your
hometown comes to your organization for designing a high-rise commercial building no less than 12 stories that
should be resistant to wind loadings and seismic vibrations. At first you are asked by the client to establish a
floor plans in AutoCAD, once the floor plans are approved by the client then further you will be asked to
perform the analysis and design the particular building.

Q1. Make plan of high-rise commercial building no less than 12 stories.

(CLO2-PLO5-P4) (Marks = 5)

Q2. Determine the dead loads, live loads, parameters for the wind loads and static dynamic analysis. Also,
determine the parameters for performing response spectrum analysis and time history analysis.
(CLO1-PLO4-C3) (Marks = 3)

Note: These loads and parameters should be determine using Building Codes of Pakistan – 2007.

Q3. Comply with work ethics and show continual desire to work independently considering that you are
supposed to design the required building in your hometown. (A3-CLO3-PLO9)(Marks = 2)

Note:

a. The final report should have AutoCAD drawing, Introduction to the building and all the required loads and parameters determined
using BCP-2007
b. Copied assignment will be marked zero.
c. Assignments having similar floor systems will be marked zero.
d. Assignment to be submitted on Dec 29, 2022 (Thursday) before 11am.
e. Negative marking will be done in case of late submission.