building construction Paper 3 May/June 2015

Question 3

Draw to a scale of 1:100, the following views:

(a)        front elevation;
(b)        right side elevation.

Observation

Majority of the candidates succeeded in:

-           locating the position of doors and windows correctly;
-           showing the threshold steps;
-           producing the drawing to the scale specified (1:100)
However, some of them were not able to:

-           distinguish graphically, the ground level from the floor level;
-           construct geometrically, the semicircular arches;
-           show the ridge – cap and fascia board in elevation.
The respective front and right side elevation of the clinic is as shown below: