General contractor:
FCC a.s., Prague,
Czech Republic
Length:
52m
With:
27m
Height:
17m
Volume:
14 500m
3
Mass:
136 000kg of steel + 30 000kg of ribbed sheets.
Why is this project important?
The building is located on one of the
main streets of
Prague connecting airport with downtown. It will be very
visible and will dominate at this part of the city.
Why is this project so special?
The new steel structure is to be connected to existing
reinforced concrete frame structure and utilize stiffness of
this structure up to 2nd floor.
On the roof of concrete part
of building was erected steel frame structure several years
ago. This structure
will become a part of a new steel
structure but it must be strengthened due to new loads.
Several problems have occurred within the work over the
steel design. The claim
was bolted connections of
members and possibility of floor after floor assembling (no
continuous columns), shape of bearing steel structure
(pyramid turned upside down), no fixed-end anchorage
on existing concrete frame structure (only hinges) and big
forces in anchorage.
Use of ESA-Prima Win
Description of the technical questions to be solved
with ESA-Prima Win:
The first problem
was the geometry of designed steel
structure. Using of DXF files created in AutoCAD solved
this one. The other one was a static diagram of structure
and its stiffness regarding the claims for assembling.
A description of your experience with ESA-Prima
Win when realising the project:
I
would say that
my experience
with ESA-Prima Win is
long enough (over 10 years now) and the fact that I am a
faithful user means my satisfaction with software. There
was no surprise for
me
when realising the project. I
appreciate a flexibility of the program and its fastness.
There are some details I
would
welcome but nothing
fundamental.
Modules used:
Nexis 32 release 3.30.09, P3D,
DO1,
OP
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