Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-16
COST

AN| NNHN
COST.
The total cost NJ the structural steel
erected in building. uf CIutae. depends
upon the weight required and The cur-
rent quotations Cor the plain mntcrlni.
aa we'll a. upon the workmanship there
on its hauling Co and erection at the
building elite The weight of STRUCTURAL
rtorI boz % building is very difficult tu
estimate unless plnna uHl Hpc0Iuuntluuf
are nrHt drawn un. ua thlH VIII depend
upon the design. Tho number uf stories.
tho dead and live load Goo Boz carried
ulr square foot OF n1us Goo Noifht of
brick or stone work RESTING on the out.
side rirdofa. and the allowable unit
Htraraor on the steel. While ihH allow.
able stresses per squnf" IuOh lrU pretty
Wrll determined hS our building laws.
which nfo almost Identical with each
other. yet the former nutlf1 nro " no
wilde range us 60 mako each Individual
case different. However, Coz th1 WoIaht
uf the steel skeleton of tho average
office building. whnHH wallis are carried
hy tho atrnl work Wr have found rs
careful records 90 tnr weight OF steel
required that che following formula cHn
De- ured with sunici0ut accuracy TOR
preliminary cltimnteI;
W equals y. q 40 plus ,-to Min which
"M' is equal Co. thn total WnlEht Iu
pounds OF the structural material roe
uulrpd. ~ b. equal tu the number uf
floors Including The roof HH nuur and
"F' ia the number ri square feet 100
each nour The first number inside 1f
tho parcnthorls when multiplied By the
factor y D. will give tho weight % the
beams and ntilngs required 10 the
iiuon while the second member mul-
tlpliUi hy tho same factor represents
inc woirht uf the columns Thus We
have f0r tho weight lf the skeleton
steel Tor such a building having h floor
area % 40 900 square feet ana 10 stories
high. 2fOl.o00 pounds ~ beam work
and t.ig9. 900 pounds OF column work. OF
total N tia2 900 pounds NJ steel work.
A. regards tho cost while this Will
vnry somewhat. due TO design, We
might safely assume that unless the
construction o. complicated. owing TO
uu Irregular lot line ur unusual cun-
HtruCtluu such nH n found ln ihontrrH,
music halls, etc, the average cost iur
ntting bcums Will seldom exceed y cent
per pound above the price nf plain MAE
tgrinl. iuclullnr the painting. whIie for
column work. "a cents prr pound above
the price Of plain material We have,
therefore. Cor our building noted above,
assuming the prlco of plain material
viii average cents per pound, the
cost NJ the beams would Do 2a cents per
pound and that ~ the columns la
cents per pound or "a total cost ~ the
beams. 10000. 90. columns. $500 90.
making 70 total amount of fllh. geo 90 Tor
the steel work T. %. %. ears rittahurg.
painted. To this must be- added the cost
OF freight hauling, and erection. The
hauling can generally De- done Tor IN
cents per ton. while the erection VIII
seldom exceed 80 % per ton. thus maxi
lng the hauling and erection 500 per
ton. The hauling and erection % the
steel for our building would therefore
be- fiA6i2.00. making u total cost ~
/ iia2 .gi2 90 for the steel work, erected Va
| pittshurE na per your plans ana Hpccl-
/ ncnuonH These nrurra are Kept Houu-
what on the safe slide. aud appear hlrh
/ today. owing 90 having used r. base
/ price N cents per pound for the plnln
/ steel. which. AZ you know. % almost
double the market price u one year
/ ago.
since writing this paper the price 81
/ steel has again advanced and the cost
| o. our building would now be NNry
nearly fii.O00.0o more.
/ thank you Tor your Kind attention