Des Moines 1W 1959 Structural Designs.pdf

This document is a comprehensive set of architectural and structural plans for an addition and alterations to Building No. 1 in Des Moines, Iowa, prepared by the Veterans Administration. The drawings include detailed foundation, basement, first through fifth floor framing plans, roof and penthouse framing plans, wall sections, elevator sections, and complete schedules for slabs, beams, footings, and columns with soil boring data.

The plans specify structural requirements for a multi-story building addition featuring reinforced concrete construction with steel framing elements. Key details include foundation plans with tank supports, ribbed slab construction with specified reinforcement patterns, column and footing specifications with diameter and depth requirements, beam schedules identifying size and reinforcement configurations, and comprehensive wall sections showing construction joints, reinforcement placement, and material specifications. The document contains multiple cross-sectional views (Sections A through Y) detailing construction methodologies for typical vertical joints in concrete walls, wall footings, beam-to-column connections, and floor openings. Schedules provide precise measurements for caisson diameters, column reinforcement, stirrup configurations, and subsurface soil boring data at identified boring locations around the building site. All drawings are drawn to scale and include structural notes addressing temperature reinforcement, construction sequencing, concrete placement procedures, and reinforcement anchoring requirements typical of federal construction standards during the mid-20th century.