{"id":1654,"date":"2018-05-25T10:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idcanada.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1654"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:15:46","slug":"structural-engineering-coordination-in-restaurant-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/structural-engineering-coordination-in-restaurant-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Engineering Coordination in Restaurant Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an Interior Designer in the field of restaurant design, we deal with all aspects of the build out of restaurants.\u00a0We don\u2019t just place things for what looks best, there\u2019s a lot of considerations that must be addressed when designing the whole infrastructure of what makes a restaurant tick.\u00a0In this case, here is an excerpt of an email I sent to a building owner when discussing the MAU (make-up air unit) and RTU (roof top unit) and the requirement to have a structural engineer involved in a certain stage of the project:<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regards to structure, it would be best if a structural engineer would be contacted for the placement of both the new RTU and MAU locations.<\/p>\n

Simply installing structural supports without a structural engineer\u2019s input may not fly with the City.<\/p>\n

When a roof top unit of any sort is added to an existing structure, the engineer needs to do their calculations based on the size and weight of the unit along with the placement on the roof in relation to the joists as well as in relation to the other equipment located on the roof as well as any wind or snow loading requirements.<\/p>\n

The drawings that were given to you from our mechanical engineer does not take into considerations all those calculations, only bases it on the mechanical engineer\u2019s preferred locations and requirements for separations by code.\u00a0You can not have the KEF (Kitchen Exhaust Fan) within 10 feet of any air intake from adjacent RTU\u2019s or the MAU.<\/p>\n

So, the structural engineer will need to look at the mechanical engineer\u2019s preferred location and ensure that it is ok or do the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. First, if those locations are fine, the AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) will need a letter indicating this.\u00a0The AHJ may require new drawings especially if a new RTU is being placed.<\/li>\n
  2. If the units\u2019 placements can be slightly adjusted and not require structural support added, then the cost and time of having those supports is gone.<\/li>\n
  3. If the units\u2019 placements need to be relocated by a large amount, then the mechanical engineer will need to be consulted if those new locations are acceptable to the ducting runs below.<\/li>\n
  4. If the structural engineer\u2019s placements away from the mechanical engineer\u2019s placements cannot be met and structural support will need to be required, then the structural engineer needs to create a drawing that will let the contractor know what size and types of supports (and where) they will need to be placed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Randomly placing heavy equipment on the roof can cause problems and damage to the roof structure if not designed properly.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ve included the drawing provided to us by a structural engineer for another project in Abbotsford as of late. In this case, the joists were wood.\u00a0I believe you have steel. XYZ structural engineers are the same for your building as the Abbotsford project according to the base building drawings I was provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

    If this aspect (which is one of many) of the build out is not addressed properly, this restaurant\u00a0will not be allowed to open\u00a0and the goal is obviously to achieve that.<\/p>\n

    Article written and published with permission by\u00a0Karl Travis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As an Interior Designer in the field of restaurant design, we deal with all aspects of the build out of restaurants.\u00a0We don\u2019t just place things for what looks best, there\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1655,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idcanada.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}