Value Engineering
ISAT Provided Value Engineering
The preconstruction process is where the biggest advantages are gained when trying to value engineer the impact of seismic bracing of non-structural mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) utilities on a project.
Upon a comprehensive review of the documents, design intent and specific building designs, ISAT will provide many ways of value engineering the eventual cost of bracing. Utilizing our comprehensive library of MEP seismic systems already designed and published, cost effective alternatives can be reviewed up front and alternative designs can be incorporated.
With recent code adoptions throughout the United States, many design teams are unaware what impact the actual location of the utilities within a buildings design will have to the structure or the amount of bracing required.
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According to current building codes, seismic forces are increased as you move up the building closer to the roof. Because of this, an appropriately engineered bracing system must account for this increase in design force (g forces or Fp-horizontal seismic forces) on a floor by floor basis and increasing up the building. As the bracing solution gets closer to the roof, the seismic bracing system will have to compensate for these greater loads. This translates to stronger bracing connections, greater loads to the structure or bracing more often to reduce the loads applied to the structure. In other words, if the mechanical room is located in the penthouse of a building, great consideration must be given to loads imparted on the overhead structure. Typically, if not dealt with up front, costly supplemental steel will be needed to compensate for these unforeseen loads.
If we deal with issues like this in advance, we suggest relocating the mechanical room or advise the structural engineer of the design forces so he can consider them in his building design, thus removing the need for the supplemental steel and associated change orders.
Take advantage of our vast library of knowledge and specific niche experience by Contacting ISAT about your project.
Hospital Experience?
Unmatched and Undeniable!
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# of Hospital Projects |
Subcontractor Trades |
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2007
2006
2005
2004
2003 |
147 Hospital Projects
125 Hospital Projects
98 Hospital Projects
91 Hospital Projects
88 Hospital Projects |
339 Separate MEP Trades
287 Separate MEP Trades
216 Separate MEP Trades
180 Separate MEP Trades
165 Separate MEP Trades |
The seismic restraint of suspended HVAC ducts, fire protection piping, electrical utilities and plumbing/piping systems for hospital construction projects has been a daily function of ISAT for many years. Although we have a broad range of project types under our belt, we are extremely proud of our hospital experience.
If you are involved in healthcare construction, you are familiar with the issues that compound the process. Highly congested hospital corridors, more stringent code requirements and ambiguous inspection influences all complicate an already tricky construction project. Past experience has proven a solid understanding of inherent issues and a good base knowledge of the seismic bracing code requirements by the entire construction and design team, can drastically streamline issues surrounding seismic bracing code compliance.
Contact ISAT to provide the latest insight to streamline your scope of work regarding seismic bracing code compliance for the IBC 2000/2003 and OSHPD projects.
Key Aspects to Consider
The ISAT Design, Installation and Inspection Manual OPA-0485 is the most comprehensive OSHPD pre-approval in existence. Utilizing the ISAT OPA-0485 pre-approval, combined with our current OSHPD experience, has proven to be the single most effective tool in streamlining the OSHPD document review and plan approval process. Contact ISAT to learn more regarding our approach.
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