Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1
Multi-storey Structures ~ these buildings are usually designed for
office, hotel or residential use and contain the means of vertical
circulation in the form of stairs and lifts occupying up to 20% of
the floor area. These means of circulation can be housed within a
core inside the structure and this can be used to provide a degree
of restraint to sway due to lateral wind pressures (see next page).

Multi-storey Structures

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