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STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS
June 2016
1 column to steel roof
The column to column/CLT panel connection consists of 5 steel ledgers
round steel hollow structural sections (HSS) fastened to
CLT is supported at the concrete core by steel ledger
The column to roof structure connection is similar to steel plates connected at the top and the bottom of each
angle (L203 x 152 x 13 thick LLH) welded to an embedded
the column to column connection, roof beams will be column using threaded rods epoxied into the column.
plate (300 mm wide) cast into the core walls.
supported on a welded steel assembly that will be bolted
The smaller HSS at the column base fits into the larger
to the top of the glulam columns.
Connection accommodates vertical and horizontal shear
one at the top of the column below.
transfer at the connection point.
The assembly will be adjusted for the sloping of the steel
The CLT panels are supported on top of the lower CONCRETE CORE WALL
roof structure.
columns, and are bolted to the steel plates by four EMBEDDED STEEL
PLATE
threaded rods. BOLTED CONNECTION
The connections transfer vertical loads directly through STEEL DRAG STRAP
FASTENED TO CLT
the columns only. GLULAM COLUMN
CONCRETE
TOPPING
4
THREADED RODS
1
3 column to concrete slab
STEEL DECK
The concrete slab to column connection is similar to the
STEEL W-BEAM column to column connection except that the bottom
plate is bolted to the concrete transfer slab.
5
ROOF SLOPE GLUED INTO GLULAM
GLULAM COLUMN
HOLLOW STRUCTURAL COLUMN 19 DIA. x 150 LONG HOLES
STEEL 127x127x6.4
STEEL PLATE STUB TO SUIT STEEL PLATE 265x265x25
265x215x10 THICK 350W
L2 TRANSFER SLAB
Images courtesy of Acton Ostry Architects Inc., CadMakers Inc., and UBC Research Team