Planning Analysis and Design of Commercial Building Using STAAD Pro and Other Softwares

Abstract

The AIM of our project is to design the commercial Apartment (Ground+5 floors) by taking considerations to Indian Standard codes. The design of this commercial building can be done manually or with the help of Software such Staad pro, Struds, Etabs, Tekla structural designer Fespa IS, SAP, SAFE, etc. We have chosen to do our project with the Staad pro Software because designing the structure manually consumes lot of time and it is also very difficult to get accurate result and effort can contain errors whereas by using software we can save time and obtain results without errors. As mentioned above, we have used software named “STAAD pro” abbreviated as “Structural Analysis and Design Program”. The purpose of using the software is that it is user friendly and has unique features like it designs the structural components individually along with their Analysis and Results. Another useful feature of this software is that we can view the Shear force, Bending moment, Torsion diagrams at each level of the building. The procedure followed by us is as follows: We have collected the drawing plans along with its specification from the construction site. After studying the plan and its criteria we have commenced our project by designing the structural components of building namely slabs, beams, columns and footings. The design of slab was designed by us as mentioned in the plan after which we have placed the columns in their desired locations. Then, we have given the material properties along with their grades to beams and columns.