Cody Webb & Caleb Harmon December 6, 2016

WVUIT

The purpose of the project was to evaluate the consolidation of two elementary schools in the area of Elkview, West Virginia

Stemmed from the aftermath of the historic flood that took place in central to southern West Virginia during June 2016

Alternative to the cost of rehabilitation of the existing schools in the area

Pertinent for the relief efforts to recover from the floods

Initially may cost more to build the proposed school, but would be cheaper in the future

Rather than pay the costs to restore the existing infrastructure and pay for maintenance of several different school buildings, there would be one cost

The proposed project is outside of the flood plain, unlike the existing schools

Currently, there are no other alternatives that are generally available to the public yet

In the future, there will be other alternatives to be explored as the project progresses

The proposed project has a site location that is not inhabited by anything other than the forest

There would be a school building located where there was once a wooded area alongside the highway

One centralized location for an elementary school

It will be easily accessible

Out of the flood plain, so no worry about future flood catastrophe

Reduced maintenance costs by only having one building

The community would have a sense of relief from safe school building for their child’s education for years to come

Project was designed using generally accepted practices in regards to Civil Engineering standards

All necessary calculations were completed for the following aspects:

Structural Integrity

Hydraulics/Hydrology

Geotechnical

Geometric Roadway Design

Projected Project School Building Layout

Design of Frames

Check Adequacy of Members

Calculated all necessary loads needed for the project

Dead, Live, Snow, Wind

Adhered to ASCE 7-10

Wind Pressures were determined using the directional procedure as outlined in ASCE 7-10

Wind pressures were calculated in a

spreadsheet that I created

The building was purposely designed symmetrically in a series of 30’ by 30’ bays

Moment Frame

Runs in N-S Direction

Braced Frame

Runs in E-W Direction

Beams: W12x22

Girders: W14x74

Columns: W10x33

Using tributary areas,

distributive loads were

calculated for the beams,

girders, and columns.

The loads were used for

SAP2000 analysis

Before modeling in

SAP2000, the beams

were checked for

deflection.

This resulted in the

W12x22 being

inadequate.

Buckling

Soil properties were obtained from the USDA soil survey website

The foundation for the building were designed using the GEO5 computer software