It was observed that many of the candidates were unable to:
- draw to scale;
- dimension their drawings;
- prepare the doors and windows schedules.
To overcome these weaknesses, candidates should be:
- well grounded in the rudiments of technical drawing;
- given ample drawing assignments;
- well acquainted with scales used in the production of building drawings.
4. DETAILED COMMENTS ON EACH QUESTION
SPECIFICATIONS
FOUNDATION: 675 x 225 concrete strip laid at a depth of 900 below ground level.
FLOORS: Earth filling.
Hardcore 300 .
Concrete slab 150;.
Mortar screed.25
WALLS: All walls are 225 sandcrete hollow blocks with 12 mortar rendering on both sides.
DOORS: D1 – 1200 x 2100 glazed metal door;
D2 - 900 x 2100 2-panel wooden door with 100 x 75 hardwood timber frame.
D3 – 750 x 2100 Flush wooden with 100 x 75 hardwood timber frame.
WINDOWS: All windows are glazed aluminium sliding type:
W1 – 1800 x 1200 (3 – bays);
W2 – 1200 x 1200 (2 – bays);
W3 – 900 x 1200 (2 – bays)
W4 – 600 x 600 (2 – bays).
ARCH: Semi-circular type.
Span – 2400
Height – 2400
BEAMS/LINTELS: 225 x 225 reinforced concrete.
COLUMNS: 225 x 225 reinforced concrete.
WARDROBES: Partitioned into cloth and box compartments.
600 x 2100 x 3000 with sliding flush wooden doors in 50 x 75 hardwood timber frame.
THRESHOLD STEPS: Tread – 300
Riser – 150
ROOF: Double pitched timber roof with galvanized iron roofing sheets.
Eaves projection – 750.
Pitch – 15º.
Height from finished ground floor to ceiling – 3000.
