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.
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