CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDING MATERIALS In the general environment for humans’ survival‚ all the materials or products used in structures or buildings are called building materials which are the material foundation for all the construction engineering. There is a wide variety of building materials. They are usually classified from different angles for the sake of study‚ application and description. The most common classifications are based on their chemical components and functions. Building materials are
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Building Types (Low Rise) Building type | Structural form | Description | Advantages | Disadvantages | Dwelling – detached semi-detached up to three storeys. | Traditional masonry cavity wall structureTimber frame Structure.Lightweight steel structureStraw bale construction. | Dwellings are lightweight structures requiring relatively small spans. The enclosing walls usually carry the load uniformly throughout their length down to a strip foundation.The enclosing walls are either masonry formed
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development and quality of life. Construction activity accounts for more than 50% of the national outlays. Building Construction costs registered an increase in rates year after year at scales much faster than inflation. It is seen that in view of the increase in cost for basic input materials like steel‚ cement brick timber and other materials as well as the cost of construction labour‚ buildings cost increase at around 20% to 30% annually even when inflation is in single digit. Even though income
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Large public buildings (Introduction: mention that public buildings exist in all cities and towns‚ large and small‚ e.g. post office‚ court pause‚ places of worship‚ theater) A public building is a building that belongs in some way to the state. The number of public buildings in any town or village will depend on the size of that community and its needs. For example‚ you will usually find a town hall of some sort‚ a school and a place of worship at he least. In anger communities there will be
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LOGO TEAM WOR K What is a TEAM? "A team is a group of two or more people with complementary skills‚ organized to work together‚ to achieve a set of objectives that cannot be achieved effectively by individuals.” A Work Team generates Positive Synergy through coordinated efforts. Their individual efforts results in a level of performance that is greater than the sum of those individual inputs.” Benefits of Team Work Accomplish projects an individual cannot do Many projects in the workplace are
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P6 & M3: Political‚ legal and social factors impacting the business There is a range of influences that can affect the business in the business environment. Usually these influences cannot be controlled by the business itself. In P5 and M2 tasks I have presented the different economic impacts‚ and now I will present the political‚ legal and social factors in my P6‚ M3 and D2 tasks. Political factors There are 3 types of government that affect the country and these are Local‚ National Government
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soaring skyline wouldn’t be the same without the Empire State Building. Reaching 1‚250 feet‚ it hold the title of the seventh tallest building in the world. It remained the worlds tallest building for 41 years until the World Trade Center topped it off and seven followed. Built during the depression in 1930 and 1931‚ it cost a whopping 41 million dollars. The engineer who took on this giant project was H.G. Balcom. The design of the building changed 16 times during planning‚ but the 3‚000 workers
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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Task-1 1.1 Explain the quality control testing before you allow starting the concreting work for the foundation‚ columns‚ slab and beams. There are two main tests to be done on concrete The slump test: the slump test shows the workability of concrete. The compression test: the compression test shows the best possible strength Concrete can reach in perfect conditions. Testing should always be done carefully. Wrong test results can be costly. SAMPLING The first step
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BASE ISOLATED BUILDINGS What is base isolation? When a building is built away (isolated) from the ground‚ resting on flexible bearings or pads known as base isolators. It is of the most popular means of protecting a structure against earthquake forces. HISTORY The first evidence of architects using the principle of base isolation for earthquake protection was discovered in Pasargadae. One of the world’s first base-isolated structures – the William Clayton building Base Isolation
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important that you have a customized body building workouts that are meant for you. What it means is that you have to take into consideration of your body type and genes‚ and how your metabolism rate is like when determining your workout routine as well as your muscle building diet. Following blindly without being able to improvise and improve will be as effective as compared to body building workouts just for you. One common mistake that most people made when building muscles is that they do not measure
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