Transcript Introduction to Building - Civil Engineering Society

BCT 1033
ELEMENT OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
Lecturer : Mdm. Norhidayah Rasin
A2/LR-6
ELEMENT OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
• TYPES OF BUILDING
• BASIC MATERIALS USED FOR BUILDINGS
• COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING
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FOUNDATIONS
FLOORS
WALLS
ROOF
DOORS AND WINDOWS
TIMBER JOINERY
IRON MONGERY
STAIRCASE
Week Learning Outcomes
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2
Topics
Assignt./ tasks
LO 1 – Introduction 1. General
to Building
2. Types of Building
3. Components of a
Building
LO 2 – Basic
1. Stones
ASSIGNMENT 1
Materials Used for 2. Bricks
(LO2, LO3, LO4,
Buildings
3. Concrete
LOC 5 & LOC 6 )
4. Metal
5. Timber
LO 3 - Foundations 1. Functions and
Objectives
2. Materials of
Foundations
3. Types of Foundations
 Pad foundations
 Raft foundations
 Strip foundations
 Pile foundations
Reference Books
Title : Construction
Technology Vol 1,2 ,3 &
4, 2nd Edition
Author : Roy Chudley
Publisher : Blackwell
Year : 1987
Title : Construction
Technology
Author : Roy Chudley &
Roger Greeno
Publisher : Longman
Year : 1999
Title : The Construction
of Building Vol 3,4
Author : Barry
Publisher : Blackwell
Year : 1996
Week Learning Outcomes
Topics
Assignt./ tasks Reference Books
2
LO 4 - Floor
1. Functional
Requirements
ASSIGNMENT 1 Title : Construction
Vol 1,2 ,3 &
2. Construction
(LO2, LO3, LO4, Technology
nd
4, 2 Edition
principle and
LOC 5 & LOC 6 ) Author : Roy Chudley
Publisher : Blackwell
materials
Year : 1987
3. Types of Floor and
Title : Construction
Floor Finishes
Technology
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LO 5 – Walls
1. Objectives and
Author : Roy Chudley &
Roger Greeno
Functional Elements
Publisher : Longman
TUTORIAL/QUIZ
2. Walling Materials
Year : 1999
3. Classifications of
Title : The Construction
of Building Vol 3,4
Walls
Author : Barry
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LO 6 - Roofs
1. Function of Roof
Publisher : Blackwell
2. Types of Roof
Year : 1996
Week
Learning Outcomes
5
LO 7 – Doors and
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6
Topics
Doors
1. Types and Function
Windows
of Doors
Windows
1. Types and Function
of Windows
LO 8 – Timber Joinery 1. Types and function
LO 9 – Iron Mongery 1. Types and Function
TUTORIAL/QUIZ
7
LO 10 – Staircase
REVISION
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FINAL EXAMINATION
1. Types of Staircase
2. Construction
Requirements
Assignt./
tasks
Reference Books
Title : Construction
FINAL EXAM Technology Vol 1,2 ,3 &
(LOC 6, LOC 7, 4, 2nd Edition
LOC 8, LOC 9 Author : Roy Chudley
Publisher : Blackwell
& LOC 10)
Year : 1987
Title : Construction
Technology
Author : Roy Chudley &
Roger Greeno
Publisher : Longman
Year : 1999
Title : The Construction
of Building Vol 3,4
Author : Barry
Publisher : Blackwell
Year : 1996
ASSESMENT
•40% - ASSIGNMENT (1 ASSIGNMENT,
INDIVIDUAL)
•60% - FINAL EXAM
TOPIC 1 :Introduction to
Building
GENERAL
• Buildings come in a wide amount of shapes and functions, and
have been adapted for a wide number of factors:
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building materials available
weather conditions
to land prices
ground conditions
specific uses and
aesthetic reasons
• Buildings serve several needs of society – primarily as shelter
from weather and as general living space, to provide privacy,
to store belongings and to comfortably live and work.
What are the elements of Building
Construction?
Refers to the dictionary
Element - A fundamental,
essential, or irreducible
constituent of a composite
entity.
Elements - The basic
assumptions or principles of a
subject.
Building
• Something that is built, as
for human habitation; a
structure.
• The act, process, art, or
occupation of
constructing.
Type of Building
Residential
building
Non-residential
building
•constructed for
residential occupancy
and can accommodate a
person (s) to live in.
•used for some purpose
other than residential.
Residential building
•single family housing (bungalow, terrace house)
Residential building
•multiple family housing (apartments, condominiums).
Condominium — A type of ownership in real property where all of the owners own
the property, common areas and buildings together, with the exception of the interior
of the unit to which they have title.
Apartment — A room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and
usually leased as a dwelling.
Non-residential building
•commercial (bank, shopping mall, office building)
•manufacturing/industrial (factory, refinery, mill)
•agricultural (barn, greenhouse),
•educational building (school, college, library),
•government building (police station, post office),
•military building (barracks, block house, fort)
•religious building (mosque, temple, church).
Commercial building
•is a building that is used for commercial use (business
purposes).
•Example: bank, shopping mall, office building
Manufacturing/industrial building
•Manufacturing building is the building for production
of goods for use or sale.
• using labor and machines, tools, chemical and
biological processing.
• Example: factory and refinery
Agricultural building
•Buildings and structures associated with farming and
the agricultural industry.
•Example: barn, greenhouse
Educational building
•Educational Building a building designed for various activities in a
primary, secondary, or higher educational system and often
including living areas for students, such as dormitories
•Example: school, college, library
Government building
•a building that houses a branch of government or
government service activities.
• Example: police station, post office
Military building
•A military building is any structure designed to house
functions performed by a military unit
• (barracks, block house, fort)
Religious building
•For religion activity
•Example: mosque, temple, church
COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING
• Substructure
 lowest support of a structure
 Basically a structure that inside the ground level such
as foundation, tunnel, cofferdam.
• Superstructure
 Extended part of the substructure
 A structure that stands above the ground level
 Example: Form of beam, slab and column
 Material: steel structure, wood or reinforce concrete.
COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING
• FOUNDATIONS
• FLOORS
• WALLS
• ROOF
• DOORS AND
WINDOWS
• STAIRCASE
• TIMBER JOINERY
• IRON MONGERY
FOUNDATIONS
FLOORS
WALLS
ROOF
DOORS AND WINDOWS
STAIRCASE