CASE STUDY :

TOWER
CENTER
INTERNATIONA
L BUCHAREST 
 • Plan :25,5m x 41.5m
• Span :7.5m
• Bay: 7.5m
• Storey height :4.0m

BUILDING
• Total height :106.3m
• Foundations: Mat foundations + piles, “Top-down”
method
MAIN DATA  • Main structure :Partially encased steel columns, steel
beams and bracings, composite slabs
• Location :The building neighbours the city centre of
Bucharest
• Erection: March - November 2006
• Completion May, 2007
Description of the
frame system
• Dual frame structure, (rigid frames +
centrically brace frames)  In order to
increase the lateral stiffness against
wind and earthquake actions, outrigger
and truss systems at top and mid
height)
 Outrigger and belt truss system:
• Outrigger system – main core connected
to the exterior columns by stiff horizontal
Description members
• Belt truss – trusses around the structure
of the at the level of outrigger
structural
system Main benefits
• Increase the lateral stiffness
• Improve global behavior under seismic
motion
• Improve robustness against unexpected
progressive collapse
Columns
• Cruciform cross sections columns from hot
rolled profiles
• MRF bays: cross section columns of
800x800mm
• CBF bays: cross section columns of
1000x500mm
• Columns were partially encased in reinforced
concrete S355 steel
•Beams 

• IPE 450 to IPE 550 hot rolled profiles for regular beams
•  HEB 800 profiles for link beams, beams connected to inverted V braces 
• IPE O 300 – secondary beams 
•  Composite action of beams and concrete slab - headed stud connectors S355 steel 
Braces
• Centric X braces made of hot rolled
profiles
• X-braces - sections varying from HEB
450 (bottom) to HEA 340 (top)
• V braces - sections varying from
HEM 450 (bottom) to HEB 400 (top)
• Lower yield steel grade S235
Connections
• High-strength bolted connections
• easy assembly good quality control