Many buildings also have diagonal beams running between the girders for extra structural support.
Skyscraper floor thickness.
In a steel frame building the floor is typically concrete on metal deck with a thickness of about 6 150mm.
I have found tons of information about how thick the concrete slabs normally are but i am interested in how much space is normally needed for the entire thing everything between floor and the ceiling below.
Click build to see how the parts of a skyscraper work together.
My question is how thick is it normally between the ceiling to the floor on the floor above.
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If course you still have to reckon either the depths of the steel beams which will typically be from 18 to 24 deep 500mm to 650mm with some up to 30 to 36 850mm to 950mm.
The height of each storey is based on the ceiling height of the rooms plus the thickness of the floors between each pane.
Generally this is around 14 feet 4 3 m total.
So say you have a commercial building with 12 clear between floors take 2 of that for mech elec.
In residential buildings you will see bulkheads used more commonly as well as some with inslab venting.
When accounting for joist width subflooring flooring and standard ceiling drywall a floor framed with 2 by 10s will be very close to 11 1 4 inches thick.
It is a 5 story office building.
Typical slab floor thickness in buildings.
However it varies widely from just under this figure to well over it.