High-Rise Building Requirements

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Site-Design Requirements

 All site-design should follow municipal and provincial standards

 Choosing a Site
 Land status and zoning
 Services and their capacities on the site
 Impact on vehicle and foot traffic
 Geotechnical studies (physical soil properties)
 Environmental site assessment
 Non-intrusive assessment of the risk of
environmental liability
 Topographic survey
 Studying the area for flood susceptibility
 Potential for archaeological resources to be on the site 
 Take photos of the site
 Site-Design
Requirements
 Design requirements
 Allow proper and safe access to driveways, roads, and paths
 Meet municipal standards
 Accessible to physically challenged people
 Try to separate major vehicular traffic from pedestrian traffic
 Utility Requirements
 Use of a grid co-ordinate system for dimensions of utilities 250 South Carriage High Rise. (n.d.). Strik Baldinelli Moniz. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from
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 Enough capacity to properly maintain site’s needs
 Storm water management
 Cannot run storm mains under the building
 Sewer system and Water services follow Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks or Storm Drainage Systems and Local
Municipal Standards (Technical Design Requirements for Alberta Infrastructure Facilities 2020, p.252)
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 Site-design standards must be shown through drawings
and a site plan
 Required Elements of Commercial Site Plans
 Description and address of site
 Property lines
 Parking (street and garages/parkades)
 Fire hydrants and no parking zones
 Streets surrounding the site or on the site
 Traffic lights and signs
 Desired location of utilities (e.g., Electrical lines, water
pipes, gas pipes)
 Layout North Delta Skyscraper. (2017). North Delta Reporter. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from
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 Floor elevations
 Building height
Engineering-Design
Requirements 

 Engineers Role in Building a High-Rise

 Follow Standard Engineering Practice
 Obtain Fundamental Design Requirements
 Fundamental Design Standards That Must be
Followed
 CSA (Canadian Standards Association)
 ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)
 Building codes 
 Zoning Laws
“CSA Group Distributes National Model Codes of Canada.” CSA Group, 11 Aug. 2021,
https://www.csagroup.org/news/csa-group-distributes-national-model-codes-of-canada/. 
Engineering-Design
Requirements

 Standard Engineered Systems of a

High-Rise Building
 Structural
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 Water, Sewer, HVAC
 Electrical
 Power, Lighting, Communications

Building Engineering Systems. Energy Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2021,
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Requirements

 Other Engineering Systems

 Service tie ins
 Fire suppression systems

“Subsurface Utility Data Modeled in 3D.” Esri, 28 May 2019,

https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcnews/subsurface-utility-data-modeled-in-3d/. 
 Architectural Requirements

 Site Regulations 
The building should compliance with local city's and provincial regulations related
to height, design and LEED.
 Structural Integrity 
Horizontal and vertical structure load bearing is necessary so that it does not lose
its integrity due to accidents.
 Building's Exterior Appeal
The building's exterior should be visually appealing by using materials and
designs that are meant for certain climate changes and risk -free structure.

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 Architectural  
Requirements 
Architectural Plan - 
Floor Plan 
The geographical map that includes buildings plan including the location
of  floors, doors, windows, accessibility and traffic pattern of a building.

Site Plan 
This includes the birds eye view of the building and they are important
because they include the local and provincial building regulations
including parking space, landscape features, utility poles, power lines and
structural elements.

Elevation and Sectional Plan 

The elevation plan is a drawing, 2D or 3D plan that shows the sides of the
building and it is mainly used to display the outside of the building.
Editors, A. (2019, February 12). Architecture 101: What is a section drawing? - architizer
The sectional plan displays the vertical cut of the building and reveals both journal. Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from
the interior and the exterior design of the site. https://architizer.com/blog/practice/details/architecture-101-what-is-a-section/#media-5 . 
 Building Envelope 

 Building Envelope is built to control the internal environment of

the building from the external environment. This can be achieved
by - 
1. Air Barrier 
2. Vapor Barrier
3. Thermal Insulation Barrier
Building Envelope also determines the appearance of a high-rise
building by determining the -
4. Profile Shape
5. Color 

What is the building envelope? Efficiency Matrix.

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High-Rise General
Construction
Foundation

 Foundation: Usually the foundation

starts with concrete or steel piles, which
are cylinders of concrete buried deep
into the ground. These piles are
engineered differently based on
different variables like the hardness of
the ground, seismic activity in the area
etc.
 Usually, these pilings connect to
footings on which the building will rest.
 This stage of construction is the most
important stage because the
whole integrity of the building relies on
the foundation.

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Floor Construction

After the foundation is done, a crane is usually erected

to lift materials for this the next stage of construction.
Firstly, a "ground floor slab" made of concrete is
constructed to build the rest of the Highrise on top of.
Each floor is then constructed onto pillars and this
process is repeated until the final floor is constructed.
While each new floor is being constructed, different
trades are working on the floors below to install the
mechanical, electrical and plumbing requirements,
while also "sealing" the building, so it is water-proof. 
Once a floor is sealed and all the windows are
installed, finish work like drywall can start.

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Finish work
 After the building is complete
the crane will be taken down so that
finish work can be completed
 The service tie-ins will be
completed.
 Usually, the surrounding area will be
landscaped with pavers, sidewalks
and/or trees.

Engineering Picture. UofC Engineering Building. (2021, October 20). Retrieved October 29, 2021. 
 Resources
Engineering

Building Engineering Systems. Energy Systems. (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2021, from http://energysystems.am/supervision/building-engineering-systems/. 

“Types of High-Rise HVAC Systems.” React Industries, 6 July 2021, https://www.reacthvac.com/types-of-hvac-commercial-buildings/. 

“CSA Group Distributes National Model Codes of Canada.” CSA Group, 11 Aug. 2021, https://www.csagroup.org/news/csa-group-distributes-national-model-codes-of-canada/. 

Government of Canada. National Research Council Canada. “National Building Code of Canada 2015 – Intent Statements.” National Research Council Canada, 16 Apr. 2020, https://codes-guides.nrc.ca/IA/15NBC/intentframe.html. 

Tsisserev, Ark. “Use of the Codes and Standards in Electrical Design and Installations.” IAEI Magazine, 24 Mar. 2018, https://iaeimagazine.org/features/use-of-the-codes-and-standards-in-electrical-design-and-installations/. 

Based on the 2018 Canadian Electrical Code - TSASK. https://www.tsask.ca/public/images/ElectricalCodeInterpretations-2018.pdf. 

“Subsurface Utility Data Modeled in 3D.” Esri, 28 May 2019, https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcnews/subsurface-utility-data-modeled-in-3d/. 

Site Design

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North Delta Skyscraper. (2017). North Delta Reporter. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://www.northdeltareporter.com/news/35-story-tower-proposed-in-north-delta/

Architectural Design 

Hullebusch, J. (2019, May 10). 7 high rise building design considerations. AirFixture. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from https://airfixture.com/blog/high-rise-design-considerations. 

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says:, A. G. (2020, August 2). The Architectural Plans (with examples). ArchiAdvisor. Retrieved October 27, 2021, from https://archiadvisor.com/architectural-plans. 

9 basic elements of a site plan. Pickett, Ray, and Silver. (2021, May 25). Retrieved October 27, 2021, from https://prs3.com/9-basic-elements-of-a-site-plan/. 

What is the building envelope? Efficiency Matrix. (2017, June 12). Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://efficiencymatrix.com/what-is-the-building-envelope/. 

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General Construction:

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Stantec Tower and Sky Residences. English (US). (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.pcl.com/ca/en/our-work/stantec-tower-and-sky-residences--. 

For lease - loopnet. (n.d.). Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://images2.loopnet.com/d2/TPklhkqfORYi7hz83oSc88bTJEFjTTtpjejSOlBWAgo/document.pdf.