1. Sylomer & Sylodyn Architectural Applications
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2. SOUNDOWN CORPORATION Salem, MA
Noise and vibration control solutions: manufacturer, distributors & acoustic engineers.
Getzner partner since 1983.
Providing Vibration control solutions for MRI’s, Machines, Floated floors, Performance stages, Studios, etc…
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3. Example applications:
Economic steel flange supported floated floor system
Condos above rail tracks, 6.5Hz Nf… “Riverside I” , upper west side, NYC
‘Standard’ Isolated inertia slab
Solar Taurus 60 Co-gen Turbine 12.8 Hz at “Bio-Gen”. Cambridge, Mass USA
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4. New York upper West Side
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5. CRP / Extell Parcel “Riverside ‘I’ “ LP
The Rushmore
CRP / Extell Parcel “Riverside ‘I’ “ LP
Extell Development Co. 3rd Ave. NYC
Architects: Costas Kondylis & Partners, NYC
Structural Engineers: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Acoustic Engineers: Shen , Milsom & Wilkie
Project Management: Bovis Lend Lease Inc.
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6. Floated Floors above Railways The Rushmore Building
Spans 63rd to 64th Street
Overlooking Hudson River: “Upper West Side”
50 story ‘High-end’ residential Condos.
Straddles 2 Amtrak rail lines & a light rail.
Float 1st and Mezzanine floors.
6 to 7 Hz Nf targets.
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7. Excellent teamwork Getzner & Soundown!
Making it happen
Between 5 design revisions.
Soundown:
Bid, Data clarification, client interfaces.
Negotiations, timing, initial solutions.
Getzner:
Prototype bearing design, testing & solution simplification.
Final eng. solutions, bearing design & sign-off.
Excellent teamwork Getzner & Soundown!
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8. “Std” Getz sub-floor/grid/float fl. Consistent loadings
First Floor
“Std” Getz sub-floor/grid/float fl.
Consistent loadings
We could influence CMU spacing
And…available bearing area.
Commercial vs. residential loads
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9. Mezzanine Loading South Floor New concept:
Column supported 26.6cm slab floor.
Architecturally: Slim & effective.
Loading
North Floor
Variable loads
Form factor concerns
Sylodyn selected for consistent deflections
Low Nf = 87.5 mm bearings developed.
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10. Mezzanine calculations
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11. Mezzanine Floor Support “T’s” On columns: Column Steel Web T
1” Air Gap
L12 bumper
Pour Stop
Floor Slab
Sylodyn 87
Bearing Layout
Schema
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13. Mezzanine floor wooden form work. Future floated first floor.
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14. Steel Web “T” floor/ bearing support.
Column 12” x 16”
Mezz
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Steel Web “T” floor/ bearing support.
7mm Concrete ridge needed chipping to make flush for wind load L12 bearings
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15. First floor with Mezz shoring in place
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27. It Works!!
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30. Boston / Cambridge Massachusetts
Bio-Gen Idec Campus
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31. Solar Turbine (Caterpillar Co
Solar Turbine (Caterpillar Co.) Steam Turbine Assisted Cogeneration System (STAC)
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37. Bio-Gen before…
And then…PSI, the pinch effect!
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38. During…
Insulation pins
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39. Re-Bar & Pour
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40. After…
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41. Results: Vertical vibration
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42. Results: vibration velocity
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43. Thank you for your time & attention. Brian Thompson, Chris Murray,
& Dennis Huckins
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