SEUSMIC RETORFIT OF EXISTING STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS

SEUSMIC RETORFIT OF EXISTING STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS

THE PROPOSED SEISMIC RETROFIT TO THE NORTH FACILITY KITCHEN/DINING ROOMS/ GYM GROUP OF STRUCTURES (CONSTRUCTED) IN 1956) INVOLVES STRENGTHENING THYE ROOF PLANE BY INSTALLING STEEL BRACE FRAMES BELOW THE EXISTING ROOF; ADDING DIAPHRAGM TIES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE ROOF AND WALLS; REINFORCING THE ROOF TO BEAM CONNECTIONS; AND INSTALLINS SEISMIC SEPARATION JOINTS BETWEEN THE LOWER ROOF AND THE TALLER GYM. THE SEISMIC RETROFIT TO THE VOCATIONAL BUILDINGS VS-1 (CONSTRUCTED IN 1959) INVOLVES THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR EXTERIOR, STEEL BRACE FRAMES IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL BRACING RODS WHICH HAVE BEEN CUT TO ACCOMMODATE DOOR OPENINGS AND VOCATIOAL SHOP EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION. THE SEISMIC RETORFIR OF THE WING V, EDUCATION BUILDING (CONSTRUCTED IN 1950) INVOLVES ADDING A NEW INTERIOR SHEAR WALL WITH FOUNDATION NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING TO RESIST ECCENTRIC ROTATIONAL SEISMIC FORCES. THE NEW WALL WILL CONSIST OF REINFORCED CONCRETE RISING FROM THE FOUNDATION IN THE CRAWL SPACE OF THE BUILDING, THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TO CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING CONCRETE FLOOR GIRDER. THE NEW SHEAR EILL BE DISCONTINUOUS HORIZONTALLY AT THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR CORRIDORS.

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