Work is underway to prepare a preliminary design of a 3-storey office building using this new modular construction system. This application is helping to understand and improve configurations of prefabricated column and beam modules proposed for the new construction system. The use of standardized prefabricated connections in modules and between modules will contribute to the quality of construction and ease of design. The development of a flexible modular prefabricated construction system based on engineered wood products will also simplify the conceptual design process. The conceptual design of a class of buildings will only require selection of a few specific prefabricated column and beam modules with predetermined load carrying capacities, which may be guaranteed by testing or analysis.
Building construction - Design - Computer simulation