STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA

OF

100 BED DISTRICT HOSPITAL

IN

AZARA, ASSAM

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 100 BED DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AZARA, ASSAM

INDEX

S.NO DESCRIPTION

01. SCOPE

02. CODES AND STANDARDS

03. LOADS AND FORCES

04. COMBINATION OF LOADS

05. CONCRETE AND FOUNDATIONS

06. DESIGN PARAMETERS

07. BUILDING MOVEMENT

08. HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION

09. SOFTWARE USED

10. SOIL PARAMETERS

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 100 BED DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AZARA, ASSAM

1. SCOPE

This criterion covers the structural design basis for Proposed “100 BED DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AZARA,
ASSAM". The buildings will be made with RCC framed structure with cast-in-situ columns, beams and
slabs to suit the approved/ finalised architectural drawings. The buildings are multi-storey buildings with
floors at different levels, as per various architectural drawings.
The buildings shall be as per the Architectural requirement for civil and structural works, standard
specifications, relevant I.S. codes and local regulations.

2. CODES AND STANDARDS

All the design shall be based on Indian standard & codes as specified here.

List of commonly used Codes and Standards:

• IS-875 (Part 1,2,4, & 5)-1987 - Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than Earthquake) For
Buildings and Structures

• IS-875 (Part 3)-2015 - Code of Practice for Design Loads (Other Than Earthquake) For Buildings and
Structures

• IS1893-2016 - Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures

• IS-456-2000 - Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice

• IS-13920-2016 - Ductile Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Seismic Forces -

Code of Practice

• IS-800-2007 - Code of Practice for General Construction, In Steel

• Code IS 1786 -2008 - Specification for high strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete
reinforcement

• SP-34 – Handbook on Concrete reinforcement and Detailing

• SP-16 – Design aids for IS-456

• IS 1904 - Indian Standard Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Foundation in Soils:
General requirements.

• IS 11384:-Code of practice for composite construction in structural steel and concrete.

• National Building Code of India. NBC-2016

• In addition to above any additional code wherever applicable to be followed. In absence of Indian
codes, international codes to be followed. In case of revisions in code, latest codes to be followed.

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3. LOADS AND FORCES

Loads and forces used for design shall be as defined in IS875, and is specified below.

The following type of loads and forces shall be considered.

• Dead load (DL)
• Live load (LL)
• Wind load (WL)
• Earthquake load (EQ)

3.1 Dead Load (DL)

Dead load is the load of the structure itself

Following are the unit weight of major construction materials.

• Reinforced Cement Concrete 25.0 kN/m3
• Plain Cement Concrete 24.0 kN/ m3
• Floor Finish density 24.0 kN/ m3
• Structural Steel 78.5 kN/ m3
• Saturated soil density 19.5 kN/ m3
• Masonry wall including plaster 20.0 kN/ m3
• AAC Wall 8 kN/m3
• Floor finish margin of 50mm will be considered for design.

Sunk load shall be taken considering the density of filling above 150mm as 8kN/ m3 and filling below 150mm
as 20 kN/ m3, wherever required.

3.2 Live Load (LL)

Live load for building and structure shall be in accordance with IS875 part 2 unless otherwise specified or
required by the user or equipment requirement for areas not covered underneath.

Live Load
a) Ward 3 kN/m2
b) Laboratory 3 kN/m2
c) Staff room 3 kN/m2
d) Passage, Balcony, Stairs 4 kN/m2
e) Toilet 2 kN/m2
f) Bedrooms/ 2 kN/m2
Dorms
h) Lift M/C Room (Impact Loading) 10 kN/m2
i) Terrace 1.5 kN/m2 (Accessible Roof)
j) Resident doctor 3 kN/m 2

3.3 Wind Load (WL)

Wind load to be applied for structures shall be in accordance with IS875 part 3, and noted below.
• Basic wind speed, Vb, shall be 50m/sec
• Risk coefficient ‘K1’ shall be equal to 1.0. (Design Life considered is 50 years.)
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 • Terrain Height & Structure Height factor ‘K2’ shall be obtained from Table 2 IS 875 part 3.
Terrain Category – 3 (Considering scattered buildings around the project structure).
• Topographic factor K3 = 1.0
• Importance factor for the cyclonic region,K4 = 1.0

Design wind speed Vz at any height z in m/sec

Vz = Vb x K1 x K2 x K3x K4

Wind pressure pz at any height z in N/m2

pz = 0.6 Vz2

• Wind Directionality Factor, Kd= 0.9 (for buildings, solid signs, open signs, lattice frameworks, and
trussed towers (triangular, square, rectangular)
• Wind Directionality Factor, Kd= 1.0 (for circular or near-circular forms)
• Area averaging Factor, Ka (as per Cl. 7.2.2, IS 875 Part 3:2016)
• Combination Factor, Kc (as per Cl. 7.3.3.13, IS 875 Part 3:2016)

Design wind pressure pd at any height z in N/m2

pd = Kd x Ka x Kc x pz

The value of pd shall not be taken as less than 0.70 pz.

Force coefficient as per Fig. 4 of IS-875 Part-3 shall be used to calculate wind force.

3.4 Seismic Load (EQ)

Seismic loads to be applied for structures shall be in accordance with the applicable

Provision of the IS 1893, 2016 and noted below.

• Seismic Zone Factor, Z, shall be 0.36.

• Importance factor I, shall be 1.2 (for buildings with occupancy greater than 200 persons), 1.5 (for
important buildings like hospital, library, academic, admin buildings etc.) and 1 (for other buildings)
depending on the usage of building as per table 8 IS 1893: 2016.
• Response reduction factor shall be 5.0 for RC building with SMRF & ductile RC structural walls with
SMRF (dual system) or 4 for ductile RC wall building.
• Average response acceleration factor

Ah = Z/2 x I/R x Sa/g

E = AhX W

Where ‘W’ is seismic weight of structure with appropriate live load.

The approximate fundamental natural period of vibration (Ta) in seconds, of buildings, shall be estimated

by the empirical expression,

T = 0.075 x h0.75 (For moment-resisting frame buildings without any masonry infill)

T = 0.09 x h / (d)0.5 (For moment-resisting frame buildings with brick infill panels)
Where
d = length of the building the considered direction of earthquake
h= height of the building

4. COMBINATION OF LOADS
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Concrete structural members shall be designed to have, at all sections, a calculated strength necessary to
carry the following factored loads and forces as per table 18 of IS 456.

Wind load & earthquake load will not act in tandem & each one to be checked with provisions of

combinations as per design/loading codes. In the above combinations, wind to be substituted for
earthquake & checked in additional combinations.

5. CONCRETE AND FOUNDATIONS

All concrete design shall conform to IS456-2000, unless noted otherwise. The detailing of concrete

reinforcement shall be in accordance with the requirements given in IS13920.

RCC retaining walls will be provided in accordance with Architectural drawings in the basement periphery

considering cracked section. Water proofing lining/layer for wall area under water and active earth pressure

along with 1 T/m2 surcharge loading will be considered.

6. DESIGN PARAMETERS

RCC structures shall be designed based on limit state method of design as given in IS: 456-2000 & ductility
provision in detailing of RCC structures shall be considered judiciously based on IS: 13920-2016 for Lateral
force resisting elements or the structure. The following parameters shall be used:

RCC grade shall be as per drawings in accordance with clause 6.0 (Table 5) of IS 456-2000 for all. Minimum

grade shall be M25 for all structural elements.

Reinforcement steel grade 500 N/mm2: High yield strength deformed bars conforming to IS 1786 with

minimum elongation of 14.5%.

Environmental Exposure condition for all structure shall be considered as Moderate as per Clause 8.2.2.1 of

IS456:2000 except mild for plastered surfaces.

7. BUILDING MOVEMENT

Vertical Deflection
The deflection shall generally be limited to the following:

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a) The final deflection due to all loads including the effects of temperature, creep and shrinkage and

measured from the as-cast level of the supports of floors, roofs and all other horizontal members, should

not normally exceed span/250.

b) The deflection including the effects of temperature, creep and shrinkage occurring after erection of

partitions and the application of finishes should not normally exceed span/350 or 20 mm whichever is less.

8. HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION
Horizontal movement will occur due to creep shrinkage, temperature effect and Drift due to

Earthquake& Lateral Sway due to wind are also considered.

These movements will occur throughout construction and during the life of the building.

Drift:

The storey drifts in any storey due to the minimum specified design lateral force, with partial load factor of
1.0shall not exceed 0.004 times the storey height.
Lateral sway:

Under transient wind load the lateral sway at the top should not exceed H/500, where H is the total height
of the building.

9. SOFTWARE USED

ETABS & SAFE, a Product of Computers and Structures Inc. & STAAD Pro a product of Bentley Engineers,

along with MS Excel shall be used for the analysis & design of the structure.

10. SOIL PARAMETERS

Allowable bearing pressures and/or pile capacities shall be in accordance with soil report.

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