Live support chatPlanning and Design of Pre-Engineered Buildings (PEB)
Credit: 3 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Mahmoud Ahmed, P.E., M.Sc., M.ASCE, GMICE
In Planning and Design of Pre-Engineered Buildings (PEB), you'll learn ...
- Benefits of pre-engineered buildings (PEB)
- Planning of structural systems for PEB, including the optimal selection of systems to meet functional requirements
- Main, secondary and sub-structural systems and crane-supporting systems in PEB
- Structural loads on PEB: dead, roof live, live, snow, dust, sand, machinery, crane, wind, seismic, temperature, and settlement loads.
Overview
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Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 74 pages
Over the past several decades, the accelerated adoption of steel in construction has led to its widespread use across a variety of building types. Many of these structures share similar specifications, functions, and architectural requirements. To enhance efficiency within the industry, the concept of pre-engineered buildings (PEBs) was introduced, aiming to reduce the time required for planning, design, detailing, material procurement, fabrication, and erection.
This efficiency is achieved through the provision of standardized design sections (profiles) that accommodate a broad range of building spans and lengths, along with uniform accessory dimensions, including purlin clips, fascia parapets, sliding doors, canopies, and roof extensions.
This course provides a comprehensive examination of key aspects of the PEB industry. It begins with the planning of structural systems for pre-engineered buildings, including the optimal selection of systems to meet functional requirements, followed by the determination of structural loads acting on PEB structures.
The course offers an in-depth analysis of primary structural systems—such as clear span frames, multi-span frames, and multi-gable frames—secondary structural systems—including braced frames, transitions, expansion joints, jacking systems, and end wall systems—and sub-structural elements, such as purlins, girts, and eave struts. Additionally, crane-supporting systems, including crane brackets, separate columns, stepped columns, and trussed columns, are examined.
The structural loads considered include dead, roof live, live, snow, dust, sand, machinery, crane, wind, seismic, temperature, and settlement loads.
Following load determination, the course addresses the analysis and design of these systems. Emphasizing one of the primary advantages of PEBs—cost-effectiveness—the course also presents guidelines for selecting the most economical sections for each structural system.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The concept, components, and advantages of pre-engineered buildings, including standardized sections, modular systems, and fabrication efficiencies.
- Main structural systems used in PEBs, including clear span, mono-slope, multi-span, multi-gable, roof systems, floor systems, and lean-to systems.
- How to plan and dimension PEB layouts by selecting appropriate bay spacing, roof slopes, and eave heights to achieve functional, architectural, and economic performance.
- How to analyze and design secondary and sub-structural systems, including bracing systems, end-wall systems, jacking systems, expansion joints, purlins, girts, and eave struts.
- How to design flooring systems in PEB structures, such as mezzanines, roof platforms, and catwalks, accounting for loads, coverage options, and practical detailing requirements.
- Crane-supporting systems, including bracketed columns, separate columns, crane towers, and stepped columns, based on crane loads and structural constraints.
- How to determine and apply structural loads relevant to PEBs, including dead, collateral, roof live, floor live, machinery, crane, dust, sand, snow, wind, temperature, and settlement loads.
- How to evaluate snow loading conditions such as balanced, unbalanced, partial, drift, sliding snow, and rain-on-snow surcharge, and understand how each affects roof and frame design.
- How to assess wind load requirements for PEBs by classifying building enclosure, exposure, and height, and calculating MWFRS and C&C pressures consistent with ASCE 7 methods.
- How to apply seismic design principles to PEBs, including determining seismic weight, base shear, and load distribution using the equivalent lateral force procedure.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 74 pages
