How high of a building can be constructed using the Girder-Slab System?
As high as any other steel building. The D-Beam and the hollow core plank carry the gravity loads. The height of the building is a function of lateral bracing and/or shear walls.3. I have been on your website and looked thru your design guide, I cannot understand how the D-Beams get manufactured is such a way that the openings in the web line up with the openings in the hollow core slabs?The design guide and details are graphic illustrations; the openings in the D-Beam are not always going to line up with the openings in the hollow core slabs. When the openings do not line up the rebar is placed on an angle or hooked to find its way into the openings of the hollow core. Note: Design Guide dimension tables show the web opening sizes for various D-Beams.4. The D-Beam top flange is specified in your Design Guide as a flat bar 3 x 1 or 3 x 1-1/2 (Grade 50). I would like to substitute flame cut plate, is this ok and what weld would be required when the plates butt together?A572 gr 50 or A52
