CASE STUDY: First Florida project with SidePlate Bolted is a huge success
The Oviedo Medical Center project entailed a horizontal expansion to an existing hospital. The SE and GC had previously used SidePlate designs on seismic projects, but this was their first with SidePlate on a non-seismic project.
Benefits of the SidePlate design using W14 cols:
--saved 105 tons of steel vs. conventional design
--46% fewer moment connections
--31% fewer moment frame beam ends
--no field welding or Ultrasonic Testing
Here's what the team had to say:
John Thomas, Project Manager for Layton Construction: "
This project was a mirror image of two others recently completed in Texas which did not utilize the SidePlate technology. Each of those projects required the use of two cranes to meet a 12 week schedule, while the SidePlate structure needed a single crane to maintain the same schedule, saving roughly $70K."
Kaylor McCain of Structural Design Group: "The owner benefits from the cost savings of an economical design. The contractor benefits from the time savings. The EOR benefits from the design and detailing assistance provided by the professionals at SidePlate, who went above and beyond my expectations to make this project a success."
Size: 3-story, 209,000 sq ft
Architect: Gould Turner Group, Inc.
Structural Eng'r: Structural Design Group (TN)
Fabricator: Wylie Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Erector: Group Steel Erectors
Contractor: Layton Construction
Click the picture above to see some drone footage of the SidePlate frames in the building. And this link has more footage of the overall construction progress.
Moment frames are typically governed by drift, rather than strength. And engineers don't have many conventional options for controlling drift, other than adding more frames or heavier steel sections. But a SidePlate connection is much stiffer than any other, which reduces drift and makes lateral frames more efficient. This means that SidePlate designs use less steel tonnage and likely have fewer moment connections than other moment frame designs.
SidePlate isn't just another connection option, it's an entire lateral system. Click the image above for a short overview on how a SidePlate project works.
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