Multi-Criteria Assessment of Timber-Based Structural Systems for a Grocery Store

To reduce the negative impact on the environment, architects, designers, and construction companies need to find and apply eco-friendly and sustainable building solutions. Due to its renewable nature and numerous advantages, timber has become an attractive substitute for steel and concrete in both r...

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Published in:Buildings (Basel) 2024-05, Vol.14 (5), p.1335
Main Authors: Gecys, Tomas, Tupenaite, Laura, Kanapeckiene, Loreta, Naimaviciene, Jurga
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Architects
Architecture
Building construction
Civil engineering
Climate change
Columns (structural)
Complexity
Concrete
Construction companies
Construction industry
COPRAS
Decision making
Design
Designers
Emissions
Environmental impact
glued laminated timber
Glulam
Green buildings
Green design
Grocery industry
Grocery stores
House construction
Industrial plant emissions
Limit states
Literature reviews
Load bearing elements
multi-criteria assessment
Multiple criterion
Project engineering
Reinforced concrete
Research methodology
Residential areas
selection
structural systems
Sustainability
Timber
timber construction
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Summary:To reduce the negative impact on the environment, architects, designers, and construction companies need to find and apply eco-friendly and sustainable building solutions. Due to its renewable nature and numerous advantages, timber has become an attractive substitute for steel and concrete in both residential and non-residential construction projects. However, timber application in the construction of grocery stores is a relatively new concept. The purpose of this research is to propose three alternative timber-based structural systems for a grocery store in Lithuania and to select the most efficient option based on multi-criteria decision-making methods. Three alternative glued laminated timber (glulam) structural systems—the glulam column and truss system, the glulam three-hinge frame system, and the glulam column and double-tapered beam system—were designed. The systems were evaluated against ten criteria, reflecting structural properties, cost efficiency, assembling complexity, and aesthetics. Multiple-criteria assessments by the COmplex PRoportional ASsessment (COPRAS) method and simple additive weighting (SAW) method revealed that the best-performing alternative is the glulam column and double-tapered beam system due to the lower cost of load-bearing structures, the smaller quantity of required steel details and fittings, and the highest maximum utility ratio according to serviceability limit states compared to other alternatives.
ISSN:2075-5309
2075-5309
DOI:10.3390/buildings14051335