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Building Construction Paper 2,Nov/Dec. 2013  
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Question 1

            SPECIFICATIONS

FOUNDATION:                                              675 x 225 concrete strip laid at a depth of 1200 below ground level.

            FLOORS:       GROUND FLOOR:                Earth filling;
                                                                                    300 hardcore; 
                                                                                    150 concrete slab;
                                                                                    25 mortar screed.
                       
                                    FIRST FLOOR:                     150 concrete slab;
                                                                                    25 mortar screed.

WALLS:          STRUCTURAL WALLS:       225 thick sandcrete hollow blocks
                                                                        with 12 mortar rendering on both sides.

SCREEN WALLS:                 2000 x 4000 built with 150 thick perforated blocks 900 above ground floor level.
           
DOORS:                                                         D1 – 3000 x 2100 over-head roller-shutter  
                                                                                    metal door;
D2   – 2400 x 2100 (double) glazed
            aluminium door;
D3 – 1200 X 2100 glazed metal door;
D4 – 900 X 2100 X 40 panel wooden door
            with 100 x 75 hardwood timber frame;
D5 – 750 x 2100 x 40 flush wooden door with
            100 x 75 hardwood timber frame.

WINDOWS:                                                    All windows are single glazed sliding type
                                                                        with aluminium frames:
W1 – 1800 x 1200 (3 – bays);
                                                                                    W2  – 1200 x 1200 (2 – bays);
                                                                        W3  – 1200  x 600 (2 – bays);
                                                                        W4 – 900 x 600 (2 – bays);
                                                                        W5 – 600 x 600 (2 – bays).

 

BEAMS AND LINTELS:                    225 x 225 reinforced concrete.

COLUMNS:                                        225 x 225 reinforced concrete.

ARCHES:       ARCH 1:                     Height – 2400;
                                                            Span – 1925.
           
                        ARCH 2:                     Height – 2400;
                                                            Span – 2400.

WARDROBES:                                  Partitioned into cloth and box compartments. 
                                                            1800 x 600 x 2800 with sliding flush wooden doors
                                                            in 50 x 75 hardwood timber frames.

            STAIRCASE:                                      Reinforced concrete half turn stair;
                                                                        Landing slab – 150 x 1000 x 2000;
                                                                        Total going – 2000
                                                                        Total rise – 2975;
                                                                        Rise – 175;
                                                                        Tread – 250;
                                                                        Waist – 100.

THRESHOLD STEPS:  FRONT:     Width – 6700;
                                                            Rise    –   150;
                                                                        Tread  –  250.

                                                   REAR:          Width – 1500;
                                                                        Rise – 150;
                                                                        Tread – 250.
           
            VERANDAH/BALCONY:                   Metal balustrade (MB) 900 high measured from
                                                                        floor level.

ROOF:                                                Double pitched timber roof with corrugated galvanized iron roofing sheets;
                                                            Pitch – 15O;
                                                                        Eaves projection – 750;
                                                            Height from finished ground floor to soffit of first
                                                            floor slab  - 2775;
Height from finished first floor to ceiling – 2800.

           

Question 1

To a scale of 1:50, draw a detailed section X – X of the building from foundation to the roof.


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OBSERVATION

Most candidates were able to:

-           draw the timber roof truss properly;
-           label the members correctly;
-           show the earth filling, hardcore filling, concrete floor slab and walls using appropriate conventional symbols.

However, they were unable to:

-           produce the sectional drawing to the scale specified (1:50);
-           indicate the drawing title;
-           show the correct door and window type.

The detailed section X – X of the building from foundation to the roof is as shown on the
next page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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