What considerations affect a project team's decision-making when deciding the floor-to-floor height to use in a multi-story building?
From the real estate developer considerations about maximize the area within the height limits and cost efficiency affect when deciding floor to floor height, architects considerations about aesthetics, comfort, daylight, ventilation, and integration of mechanical systems, engineers consideration are how to accommodate the structural depth and ensure service space without increasing cost, contractor considerations about constructability, and minimizing complexity, and owner considerations of functionality and operation cost.Â
What are the advantages of stacking the levels of a multi-story building vertically?
The advantage of stacking the levels of a multistory building vertically is that it reduces the lateral load complexity, it makies the mechanical and plumbing routing easier, optimizes land use and lowers cost per square foot of floor area.Â
Why do stairs follow specific proportions with a set relationship between the tread length and riser height?
The stairs follow specific proportions with set relationship between tread length and riser height because of human comfort and safety cause the stairs must be climable without fatigue and descendable without tripping.