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488 University Avenue - Toronto: Redefining possible in the vertical expansion of buildings

 488 University Avenue - Toronto: Redefining possible in the vertical expansion of buildings
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023, published in , pp. 760-768
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.0760
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488 University Avenue condominium is a unique, first-ever designed and constructed 55-story tower, where 37 stories of residential units were added above an existing 18-story office building. This ...
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Author(s): (Motioneering Inc., Guelph, Ontario, CANADA)
(Motioneering Inc., Guelph, Ontario, CANADA)
(Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023
Published in:
Page(s): 760-768 Total no. of pages: 9
Page(s): 760-768
Total no. of pages: 9
DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.0760
Abstract:

488 University Avenue condominium is a unique, first-ever designed and constructed 55-story tower, where 37 stories of residential units were added above an existing 18-story office building. This was made possible by an innovative structural solution assisted by extensive wind tunnel testing and the implementation of a tuned sloshing damper (TSO} system to achieve the required strength and serviceability performance targets.

In this paper, a detailed description of the structural solution implemented for this building is first presented. Then, the wind tunnel testing considered for the evaluation of the wind performance of the building is discussed with a particular focus on the assessment of wind-induced motions and their acceptability for occupant comfort. Lastly, the implementation and the as-built performance verification of the TSO are demonstrated using full-scale measurement data obtained from a long- term structural monitoring program.

Keywords:
high-rise buildings structural monitoring wind tunnel testing serviceability performance vertical expansion motion comfort tuned sloshing damper