Title:
Unit Buildings Cut Construction Costs
Author(s):
L. G. Farrant and W. C. Harry
Publication:
Journal Proceedings
Volume:
47
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
669-679
Keywords:
no keywords
DOI:
10.14359/12028
Date:
5/1/1951
Abstract:
Design of a parking garage, sperating the building into many parts, resulted in a highly functional and flexible low cost structure. The authors recongnize that the principle of unit buildings can be applied to any type of structure. A flat slab readily adapts itself to this principle and in this design it was again proved that the methods of analysis recommended by ACI can be applied to a slab of unconventional nature to obtain adaquate safe design.