Optimized roof top tower design

Abstract

Errection of Telecommunication towers has become one of the key elements in any network expansion project in telecommunication industry at present days. Roof top towers play a dominant role in this context especially in urban and suburban areas since the possibility of erecting green field towers is limited in these areas due to factors like scarcity of lands, social factors, economic factors, etc. But, a proper scientific research on rooftop towers or effects that are caused by the tower installation on existing buildings ha<; not been carried out yet in Sri Lanka. Even in world context, a very few researches have been done in this regard. Hence, this topic was selected for my MEng(structural) research with the main objectiv{; of find ways to optimizing cost for roof top towers and identification or structural effects 011 existing structures on which roof top towers arc installed.A comprehensive scientific study was carried out within the so1pe of this work and finally it has reached to some important conclusions that can be practically adopted for the betterment of this roof top tower design and construction field. Also, 1 hope this report will be a motivator to the practicing engineers in this field to carry out more and more research in this field for the betterment of the industry