The challenge of designing tall buildings is mostly with regards to their safety and security. There is mainly the fear of natural forces like wind and fire and earthquake etc, that has to be considered. Basically, a perfect and good balance is required between the budget, technicalities and construction management. Modern metropolitan cities always have a shortage of land and it is inevitable that the future is going to see a rise of high buildings and skyscrapers from the best construction service companies.

Importance of Substructure

How deep underground should the skyscraper building foundation go? Well often it has to reach the bedrock itself and once the foundation is built on hard bedrock, the building can be safely anchored to remain strong. Therefore, identifying bedrock is an important step of the civil engineering process, which could be often 100s of feet below the ground. Best architects while designing the actual building different loads are calculated and determined like dead load, live load and lateral wind loads etc.

Tube Design system

The tube may be a structural engineering system that's utilized in the development of high-rise buildings. These tubes actually resist wind loads. It acts as a hollow cylinder cantilever. The system is also known as the Khan System. Quite often bundled tube structures have been used to give a better stable building. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is a good example of such a design. The gravity loading is shared by the walls and the tubes.

Elevators

Elevators and escalators are important aspects of tall buildings. Today we have traction elevators and also fast gearless ones. The traditional steel ropes are being replaced with carbon fiber with high friction coating and the coming future of elevators is believed to be based on ropeless system using magnetic principles. Terms like sky lobbies, executive elevators are a part of tall and huge structures across cities. Most luxurious penthouses are today on top floors thanks to the efficient elevator consultants in place.

Shear walls

Shear walls in building construction are a must for every tall building and these can be made from different materials depending on the height of the structure in consideration. It is mainly a guard against forces of wind etc. Even though all buildings have external shear walls, large structures require internal shear walls. On a typical architectural plan, shear walls are shown as thicker lines. These shear walls can be made of plywood, steel or concrete depending on the height of the building.

At Avon Constructions we are quite aware of the pitfalls of the industry and always handle the entire project in a professional manner from beginning to handover.