Tuesday, April 22, 2008


This is a construction detail of a multi story brick office building. Important things to note regarding this section are that there are multiple ways of constructing this, i have shown a brick construction. This section also gives window and entrance door details. the structural system uses both primary and secondary beams, which are 'I' beam coated inc concrete, they work on like a grid system and is hard to differentiate in a sectional view. Thus the secondary beam is not seen visually here yet hidden behind the primary beam. The ceiling is a suspended one, the beauty of having a bondek slab is that the accessories available with it, you can purchase little clips which lock into the bondek and suspend the ceiling from cables giving a nice neat ceiling. The weep holes are also important to note their location, just above every flashing where the brick is cut into to allow a window or a door.

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