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.
