Question 1
SPECIFICATIONS
FOUNDATION: 675 x 225 concrete strip foundation laid to a depth of 900
below the ground level.
FLOOR: Earth filling.
Hardcore 300.
Concrete slab 150.
Cement sand screed 25.
WALLS: All walls are 225 sandcrete hollow blocks walls.
BEAMS/LINTELS
AND COLUMNS: 225 x 225 reinforced concrete.
ARCHES: All arches are semi-circular reinforced concrete type.
Arch 1: Height – 2500.
Span – 2600.
Arch 2: Height – 2500.
Span – 2400.
DOORS: D1 – 1200 x 2100 glazed aluminium door.
D2 – 900 x 2100 panelled wooden door with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.
D3 – 750 x 2100 panelled wooden door with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.
WINDOWS: All windows are glazed aluminium sliding type.
W1 – 1200 x 1200 (3-bays).
W2 – 1200 x 1200 (2-bays).
W3 – 600 x 600 (2-bays).
WARDROBE: 1575 X 600 X 3000.
Cloth compartment - 1575 x 940
Box compartment - 1575 x 1935
THRESHOLD STEPS: Width – 1500.
Tread – 300
Rise – 150.
ROOF: Double pitched timber roof with long span aluminium roofing sheets.
Eaves projection – 750
Pitch - 15º
Height from ground floor to ceiling – 3000.
Observation
A good number of candidates did well by:
- representing correctly the ground floor elements with conventional symbols;
- showing in details, the timber roof structure, right from ceiling b oard to ridge-cap.
Hower, majority of them failed to:
- show the damp-proof course (d.p.c) at 150 mm above ground level;
- indicate the 25 mm mortar screed floor finish;
- hatch the walls in section and show the 12 mm rendering on both sides.
The expected response to question 1 is as given below:
