Formal Progress Update

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Avon By The Sea newly rebuilt boardwalk

Stakeholders in the project- the tourist and people of the town

         

Working Drawings

Complete view of Site plan

Wireframe view of the support system

Conceptual view of concrete supports

Conceptual view of concrete supports with sub decking 

Attachment method from concrete supports to wooden joists- hurricane straps

Conceptual view of  a completed piece of the system- concrete piling, sub deck, wear deck, and fasteners 

Testing Results

Drawings were published on blog and emailed to mentor Matthew Zwingraf.  Mr. Zwingraf completed survey to determine if the solution met specifications and limits.  Mr. Zwingraf then reviewed drawings for technical details.  His comments are as follows:

Poster w/o testing results

Presentation poster.  Space open to describe testing procedure/results at a later date

Construction Schedule

           The Avon Boardwalk Redesign is a civil/ architectural project as opposed to a product design project. Instead of filling out inquiry sheets for needed parts to create a product, I have compiled a schedule of materials which detail what items and how many of each I will need to supplement my design, if built.  After determining that the design calls for 168 of the concrete pilings that I designed, I calculated the amount of concrete that is needed to construct one piling.  I then multiplied this amount by 168 and cam to a total of 10.57 sh tons of concrete.  I then went back to my piling detail and calculated how many of the fasteners are needed to attach the joists to the piling in addition to calculating the number of joists the design calls for.  After I calculated the total amount of joists, I found the surface area the boardwalk will cover.  I used Trex Transcend, the initial product I chose for my intended solution.  I used the company's installation PDF to determine how many additional decking fasteners my design calls for.  

Site Plan

Construction Schedule

MATERIALS SUMMARY
Material Designation	Item	Product/service	Color/Type	Dimensions	Amount	Notes
M1	Concrete	Industrial Concrete Construction (Lyndhurst, NJ)	NA	NA	10.57 sh ton	168 pilings (20.3 CF per piling)= 10.57 sh ton
M2	Steel reinforcement cages	Owens (Chicago, IL)	#5 (16mm)	3'x3'x30'	336 cages	Square column rebar cages welded from #5 rebar, 168 pilings (2 cages per piling)= 336
M3	Hurricane straps	Simpson Strong-tie	HM9KT	5-1/4"x1 3/4" Titen	6346 units
M4	Trex Transcend	Trex; trex.com	Gravel Path (GP) XX010620TS48	1" x 5.5" x 20'	26020 SF	1" Square Edge Board
M5	Strong-Drive SD Structural-Connection Screw	Simpson Strong-tie	SD10212MB	#10 (2 1/2in)	2000 per pack, 54 packs
M6	6-Lobe Painted Head Dexxter Composite Decking Screws T17 305 Stainless Steel	FMW Fasteners; tmwfasteners.com	Gray	3"	1750 per pack, 87 packs
M7	Prime Pressure Treated Lumber	Lowe's; www.lowes.com		2" x 6" x 16'	3173