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Who Is A Structural Engineer?

This document provides information on structural engineering, occupancy categories and their functions, design requirements subsections, sections on minimum design loads, data from Chapter 2 including design loads and live loads, information on wind speeds and faults from Panay Island, allowable foundation and lateral pressures from Chapter 3, minimum requirements for foundations from Chapter 3, and top 10 sections from Chapters 4, 5, and 6 on structural concrete, structural steel, and wood respectively.

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Who Is A Structural Engineer?

This document provides information on structural engineering, occupancy categories and their functions, design requirements subsections, sections on minimum design loads, data from Chapter 2 including design loads and live loads, information on wind speeds and faults from Panay Island, allowable foundation and lateral pressures from Chapter 3, minimum requirements for foundations from Chapter 3, and top 10 sections from Chapters 4, 5, and 6 on structural concrete, structural steel, and wood respectively.

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1. Who is a structural engineer?

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER is a registered Civil Engineer with special qualification in


the practice of Structural Engineering as recognized by the Board of Civil Engineering of the
Professional Regulation Commission as endorsed by the Philippine Institute of Civil
Engineers (PICE) through the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP)
or specialist members of the Structural Engineering Specialty Division of PICE.

2. Give several occupancy categories and its function?

Essential Occupancies having surgery and emergency treatment areas,


Facilities Fire and police stations,
Garages and shelters for emergency vehicles and emergency aircraft,
Structures and shelters in emergency preparedness centers,
Aviation control towers,
Structures and equipment in communication centers and other facilities
required for emergency response,
Facilities for standby power-generating equipment for Category I structures,
Tanks or other structures containing housing or supporting water or other
fire suppression material or equipment required for the protection of
Category I, II or III structures,
Public school buildings,
Hospitals and
Designated evacuation centers.

Hazardous Occupancies and structures housing or supporting toxic or explosive


Facilities chemicals or substances,
Non-building structures storing, supporting or containing quantities of toxic
or explosive substances.

Special Single-story school buildings


Occupancy Buildings with an assembly room with an occupant capacity of 1,000 or
Structures more,
Educational buildings such as museums libraries, auditorium with a
capacity of 300 or more students,
Buildings used for college or adult education with a capacity of 500 or more
students,
Institutional buildings with 50 or more incapacitated patients, but not
included in Category I,
Mental hospitals, sanitariums, jails, prison and other buildings where
personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained,
All structures with an occupancy of 5,000 or more persons,
Structures and equipment in power generating stations, and other public
utility facilities not included in Category I or Category II, and required for
continued operation.

Standard All structures housing occupancies or having functions not listed in


Occupancy Category I, II or III and Category V.
Structures

Miscellaneous Private garages, carports, sheds and fences over 1.5 m high.
Structures

3. Give several design requirements sub sections.


Strength Requirement
Serviceability Requirement
General
Analysis
Stability against Overturning
Self-Straining Forces
Anchorage
Foundation Investigation
Design Review

4. Give several sections on Chapter 2: Minimum Design Loads


Section 201 General Section 207 Wind Loads
Section 202 Definitions Section 208 Earthquake Loads
Section 203 Combinations of Loads Section 209 Soil Lateral Loads
Section 204 Dead Loads Section 210 Rain Loads
Section 205 Live Loads Section 211 Flood Loads
Section 206 Other Minimum Loads

5. Give the following data (including units) from Chapter 2


5. a. Design load for Concrete, Plain, Stone
22.6 kN per cubic meter
5. b. Design load for Concrete, Reinforced, Stone
23.6 kN per cubic meter
5. c. Design dead loads for floor and floor finishes, cement (25mm) on stone-concrete fill
1.53 kPa
5. d. Live loads (uniform load) for office use
2.4 kPa
5. e. Live loads (uniform load) for lobbies and platforms
4.8 kPa
5. f. Wind speed for Panay Island
V = 200 kph
5. g. Wind speed for Quezon province and rest of eastern part of Luzon area
V = 250 kph
5. h. Active fault near Panay Island
West Panay Fault
6. From Chapter 3, give Allowable Foundation and Lateral Pressure (Table 304-1) for
class materials, allowable foundation pressure and lateral bearing below natural grade.

Class of Materials Allowable Lateral Bearing Below


Foundation Natural Grade
Pressure (kPa) (kPa/m of depth)

1. Massive Crystalline Bedrock 200 200

2. Sedimentary and Foliated Rock 100 60

3. Sandy Gravel and /or Gravel(GW & GP) 100 30

4. Well-graded Sand, Poorly-graded Sand, Silty 75 25


Sand, Clayey Sand, Silty Gravel and Clayey
Gravel (SW, SP, SM, SC, GM and GC)

5. Clay, Sandy Clay, Silty Clay and Clayey Silt 50 15


(CL, ML, MH, and CH)

7. From Section 305 Footings, give the Minimum Requirements for Foundation (Table
305-1)

8. Give the top 10 sections for Chapter 4: Structural Concrete


Section 401 - General
Section 402 - Definitions
Section 403 - Specifications for Tests and Materials
Section 404 - Durability Requirements
Section 405 - Concrete Quality, Mixing and Placing
Section 406 - Formwork, Embedded Pipes and Construction Joints
Section 407 - Details of Reinforcement
Section 408 - Analysis and Design-General Considerations
Section 409 - Strength and Serviceability Requirements
Section 410 - Flexure and Axial Loads

9. Give the top 10 sections for Chapter 5: Structural Steel


Section 501 - General Provisions
Section 502 - Design Requirements
Section 503 - Stability Analysis and Design
Section 504 - Design of Members for Tension
Section 505 - Design of Members for Compression
Section 506 - Design of Members for Flexure
Section 507 - Design of Members for Shear
Section 508 - Design of Members for Combined Forces and Torsion
Section 509 - Design of Composite Members
Section 510 - Design of Connections

10. Give the top 10 sections for Chapter 6: Wood


Section 601 – General
Section 602 – Definitions
Section 603 - Minimum Quality
Section 604 - Design and Construction Requirements
Section 605 – Decay and Termite Protection
Section 606 -Wood Supporting Masonry or Concrete
Section 607 - Wall Framing
Section 608 - Floor Framing
Section 609 - Exterior Wall Coverings
Section 610 - Interior Paneling

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