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Assessment & Additions Commercial Industrial — Miranda, Cauca

Miranda Furniture Store

Commercial Building with a Long-Span Steel Structure

Structural Design Steel Design DC-CAD ETABS NSR-10

Key Highlights

  • Long clear spans for the retail space
  • Additional beam designed for a construction change
  • 16-page beam report
  • Verification of critical joints 4-A, C-4 and C-5
  • Combined foundation: footings + grade beams

Technical Specifications

Structural System
Steel moment-resisting frames
Codes & Standards
NSR-10, AISC 360
Software
ETABS, DC-CAD
Foundation
Isolated footings + grade beams + pedestals

Context

Three-story commercial building for a furniture store in Miranda, Cauca, designed with steel moment-resisting frames. The layout required long clear spans for display areas without intermediate columns, with a maximum span of 5.5 meters. During construction, an additional beam had to be designed for a field modification, documented in a 16-page beam report.

Role

Structural engineer supporting the design, modeling, production of rebar detailing drawings and calculation reports.

Process

  • Development of the structural configuration for a long-span retail space requiring display areas free of intermediate columns
  • ETABS modeling with steel moment frames to achieve the clear spans required by the architectural program
  • Design of an additional beam after a field modification during construction that required structural justification
  • Detailed verification of 3 critical joints (4-A, C-4 and C-5) for shear and moment transfer per AISC 360
  • Preparation of a 16-page beam design report documenting all flexure and shear checks
  • Design of the combined foundation system: footings + grade beams + pedestals

Results

  • Long-span retail space achieved for furniture display, with no intermediate columns obstructing circulation
  • Additional beam designed and documented during construction without delaying the project schedule
  • 16-page beam report covering all flexure, shear and lateral stability checks
  • Three critical joints verified for proper force transfer, ensuring the integrity of the most heavily loaded connections
  • Combined foundation system spreading the concentrated loads of the steel columns to allowable soil pressures

Lessons Learned

Field modifications during construction are unavoidable in commercial projects — the key is having a calculation workflow agile enough to respond within the construction schedule. The additional beam at Miranda Furniture Store required a complete verification cycle (modeling, design, drawings) compressed into days instead of weeks, because the steel was already being fabricated.

3D Model / Renders (26)

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ETABS Analysis (9)

ETABS model 01 – Miranda Furniture Store
ETABS model 01 – Miranda Furniture Store
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Structural Drawings (3)

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Structural drawing 01 – Miranda Furniture Store
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Structural drawing 03 – Miranda Furniture Store