waecE-LEARNING
Building Construction Paper 3,May/June. 2014  
Questions:   1 2 3 4 5 6   Main
General Comments
Weakness/Remedies
Strength

candidates weakness/remedies

            It was observed that many of the candidates were unable to:

  1. draw to scale;
  2. dimension their drawings;
  3. 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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