MASTER PLANNING, DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN

AND RESIDENT SUPERVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT OF JALOZAI ECONOMIC ZONE
NOWSHERA

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR WATER TANK, DISPOSAL STATION

AND ALLIED STRUCTURES

1.0 GENERAL

The structural Design criteria describes general design requirements applicable to the
structural design of all sdfds sfasweqw all parts, thereof for safe support of all
superimposed live and special loads in addition to the dead loads.

All structures and their components for the captioned project shall be analysed for all
phases of construction for a high degree of structural competence, reliability and ease of
construction, as per the various standards & codes as described below.

2.0 DESIGN LOADS

2.1 DEAD LOADS

The dead loads on the structure will be computed from the unit weights of the materials.
Following unit weights will be used for computing dead loads, unless otherwise
specified.

Material Unit Weight (pcf)

Reinforced Concrete 150

Plain Concrete 144
Water 62.4
Brick Masonry 120

2.2 LIVE LOADS

Live loads for building structures are as per ASCE 7-10, floor live loads as per occupancy
and intended use requirements.

2.3 WATER PRESSURE

Lateral and gravitational water pressures as per ACI – 350 R.

2.4 EARTH PRESSURE

Lateral earth pressures due to b

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fill will be computed by the classical theories taking into account the effect of submergence and
seismicity of the area.

3.0 LOAD COMBINATIONS

The design of structures shall be carried out for the load combinations for service and
ultimate load conditions as per ACI-318-08.

4.0 MATERIAL PROPERTIES

4.1 REINFORCING STEEL

All reinforcing steel, to be used in rfhsfdsh einforced concrete works shall be deformed,
hot rolled billet steel bars
covers shall conform to the ACI 318 Code requirements.

4.2 CONCRETE

All reinforced concrete for water retaining structures shall have minimum compressive
cylinder strength of 28 N/mm2 (4000 psi) at 28 days and (3000 psi) at 28 days for other
members.

Adequate protection shall be given to concrete against direct exposure to earth and to
possible physical damage at locations like vehicle entrances by bitumen coating, corner
angles, bollards etc.

4.3 BRICK WORK

All brick work shall be laid in first class Brick Masonry. A good first class brick shall
be sound hard and well burnt with uniform size , shape and color, homogeneous in
texture and free from flaws and cracks. Minimum crushing strength of first class burnt
bricks shall be 14 N/mm2 (2000 psi).

5.0 ANALYSIS

The analysis for final design shall be carried out using computer software of analysis and
design as listed below.

ETABS - Extended. Three Dimensional Analysis of

Building System.
SAFE - Slab analysis by the finite element method

SAP - Integrated solution for Structural analysis program

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6.0 DEFLECTION

The vertical deflections and lateral displacements of any structural component shall be
limited by the values set forth in ACI 318-05 Code.

7.0 DESIGN

All reinforcement concrete structure shall be designed by the ultimate strength method, as
defined in ACI 318-05 except for all concrete liquid retaining or sanitary engineering
structures which are designed and detailed based on method as recommended by ACI
committee 350. A minimum factor of safety against sliding or overturning of 1.5 shall be
used for all structures.
As future equipment and building extensions are anticipated, therefore all main structural
elements shall be designed accordingly and be specifically notified on the drawings.

8.0 CODES AND REFERENCES

The design, fabrication and erection shall in general conform to the latest editions of the
following codes which are to be applied with proper engineering judgment.

BCP-2007 “Building Code of Pakistan”

ACI-318-05 “Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete”

UBC – 97 “Uniform Building Code”

AWS "Structural Welding Code II AWS 1.1”

AISC “Manual of Steel Construction”

ASCE 7-98 “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and other

Structures"