Overview

This unit aims to provide students with practical skills which are necessary for the structural design of buildings, and to put these skills into practice by working on industry engaged projects.

Requisites

Prerequisites
CVE20003 Design of Concrete Structures
CVE30002 Design of Steel Structures

or
Admission to PG degree with a cognate discipline

Assumed Knowledge
Structural analysis and design

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Undertake conceptual design for buildings covering floor layout and identify suitable lateral load resisting systems (K1, K2, K3, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, A1, A5, A6)
  • Carry out design of composite and prestressed concrete floors (K1, K2, K3, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, A1, A5, A6)
  • Calculate wind loads and seismic loads on multi-story buildings according to AS1170.2 and AS1170.4 (K1, K2, K3, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, A1, A5, A6)
  • Apply their knowledge of building design to design lateral load-resisting systems for multi-story buildings (K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S3, S4, A1, A2, A4, A6, A7)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		21.00 12 weeks 252
TOTAL300

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual/Group 20 - 30% 1,2 
AssignmentIndividual/Group 20 - 30% 1 
AssignmentIndividual/Group 10 - 20% 1,3 
AssignmentIndividual/Group 30 - 40% 1,3,4 

Content

  • Conceptual design of gravity and lateral load resisting systems in multi-story buildings
  • Design of composite floors
  • Design of prestressed concrete floors.
  • Design for wind loads according to AS 1170.2
  • Design for seismic loads according to AS 1170.4
  • Design of lateral force resisting systems.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.