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Exercise de-ex-13

Draw the slab edge including the glazing support and the fire stop.

In this guide
PRACTICE PROMPT

Use this fictional setting to practise clear reasoning. It is not an assessment or institution paper.

The setting

A slab edge at a fully glazed elevation with no perimeter beam.

Your task

Draw the slab edge including the glazing support and the fire stop.

What a useful response would show

Edge stiffness, deflection at the head of the glazing below, and the movement allowance.

Reflect afterwards

  1. What assumption mattered most?
  2. What would you check before using this on a real project?
  3. Could another engineer follow your recommendation?