Abstract:
This project report is based on an extensive survey of
warehouses built by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development
Corporation (BADC) throughout the country. Details of construction
and loading faulmand subsequent deterioration
impairing serviceability, are recorded and remedial measures
are suggested. These include depression of floor, deterioration
of surfaces due to chemical reaction of urea, loading
pattern, ventilation problem, cracks in roofs and shear walls,
leakage of rainwater through roof, faulty expansion joints
and plastering and depression of platform etc. From structural
point of view the warehouses were found to be heterogeneous
in construction. The study revealed that a considerable
amount of saving, both in the time and cost of construction
could be achieved if a standardized design could be adopted
in the construction of superstructure and substructure. An
attempt has been made in this study to arrive at a standardized
design for such warehouses which will provide structurally
sound and most cost effective solution ,to this problem. The
result of analysis revealed that a warehouse with a roof
span of 22.5 ft by 32 ft would provide an optimum solution
from technical and cost point of view.
