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MEng year 1

Structural Engineering design project

Large Span roofing structures The design brief:

This project brief requires you to provide a large span roofing structure over existing national sport facilities. The facilities are the athletics running track (Figure 1- Marsa Sports Ground) and the national swimming pool, (Figure 2-Tal Qroqq). The proposed roof structures must provide shelter from the elements, but should also be aesthetically pleasing and structurally innovative.

Figure 1 - Athletics running track Marsa

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Figure 2 - National swimming Pool Tal-Qroqq

Marsa Running Track

The running track structure must cover the entire spectator area, and the warm up area behind the stand, located on the west side of the running track. Whilst designing your structure you may change the layout of the existing spectator stand to accommodate your structural solution.

National Swimming Pool – Tal Qroqq

Your structural solution must provide a fully enclosed indoor facility. Due consideration to temperature and humidity control should be given in your design.

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The project This project will be split into three phases, an informal review will be held at the end of phase I, a further intermediate review will be held at the end of phase II, with a final review at the end of phase III.

This is an individually assessed design project.

The project timeline: PHASE I – 3 weeks duration.

This phase of the project requires you to prepare a preliminary scheme, with preliminary calculations for your roof structure

Due consideration of the prevailing ground conditions should be taken into consideration when choosing your structural solution.

You will submit an A3 report highlighting the various case studies and structural typologies that exist for the building being considered.

An informal presentation will be held to review the structural solution of your choice.

Date: 27th April 2017

PHASE II – 2 weeks duration.

You are to provide preliminary constructional/structural drawings and detailed calculations for the structural solution of your choice, calculations should include member and foundation sizing. During the intermediate presentation you are to discuss the various structural options that you have considered, as well as, highlighting the reasons for your preferred final structural solution.

An informal presentation will be held to review the structural solution of your choice.

Date: 11th May 2017

PHASE III – 4 week duration.

During this phase of the project you are required to prepare detailed constructional details and your final presentation.

Your final solution should strive to be safe, robust, structurally efficient, innovative, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.

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The following points should be considered:

(a) Material choice (b) Structural behaviour (c) Foundation design (d) Structural detailing (e) Constructional detailing (f) Energy efficiency and environmental control

Your final submission shall include but not be limited to:

(1) A building report describing the structural philosophy/structural constraints and design assumptions taken whilst producing your final design. This is to include factors for your choice of material, structural building type, site constraints and buildability, etc;.

(2) Sufficient structural calculations for your final structural solution.

(3) An A3 booklet with architectural/structural/structural and architectural detail drawings with sufficient detail to explain your proposed design.

(4) No more than 2 in A0 project presentation boards. These boards will be used during the final

presentation. The boards should provide a concise overview of your final building proposal.

(5) A DVD with all the above in digital format.

At the end of this phase there will be individual design reviews, you will be allotted 15minutes to present your final design, with a further 10 minutes for questions.

Date: 8th June 2017 (to be confirmed)

Design Tutors:

Perit John Valentino

Dr Jeanette Abela

Dr Marc Bonello

Prof Dion Buhagiar