Question

A 1.2 M Wide, overhanging balcony is to be provided along 3 M side, for a hall measuring $3 M \times 6.5 M$ Draw a framing plan for the hall and balcony. indicating slab reinforcement for both slabs. Assume $230 \times 450$columns at four corners of the hall. propose suitable beam supports for the balcony Draw detailed section through hall and balcony slabs showing reinforcement. Scale.1:20.

Answer 1

Concrete frame structures are a very common - or perhaps the most common- type of modern building internationally.  As the name suggests, this type of building consists of a frame or skeleton of concrete.  Horizontal members of this frame are called beams, and vertical members are called columns.  Humans walk on flat planes of concrete called slabs (see figure 2 at the bottom of the page for an illustration of each of the major parts of a frame structure). Of these, the column is the most important, as it is the primary load-carrying element of the building . If you damage a beam or slab in a building, this will affect only one floor, but damage to a column could bring down the entire building.