building construction Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2018

Question 1

 

(a)        List two members in each of the following construction teams:

(i)Builder’s team;

(ii)Client’s team;

(iii)Statutory personnel.

(b)        State two purposes of a strip foundation.
(c)        Sketch each of the following types of setting out tools:

(i)Builder’s square;

(ii)Club hammer.

 

Observation

 

 Majority of the candidates were able to:
-           state the purposes of a strip foundation;
-           sketch the given types of  tools used in setting out a building.
However, some of them were not able to list the two members in each of the following construction teams:

  • builder’s team;
  • client’s team;
  • statutory personnel.

The expected response to question 1 is as given below:
1 (a)     Two members in each of the following construction teams:

  • Builders team

-           The contractor, subcontractors, contract supervisor;
-           Site agent, general foreman, trades foreman, apprentices.

(ii)        Clients team:
-         Architects;
-         Quantity Surveyor;    
-         Clerk of works

  • Statutory personnel:

-           Building inspector;
-           Public health inspector;
-           Factory inspector;
-           Fire officer;
-           Town planner.                                                                        
(b)        Two purposes of a strip foundation:

  • provides support for the walls of the building;
  • provides supports for the columns;
  • serves as the base for the walls;
  • transfers loads from the building to the ground.

(c)