Unit Number and Title

2 Construction Technology

Academic Year

2019/20

Unit Tutor

Dr Victor Oke

Assignment Title

Construction Technology

Issue Date

26th September 2019

Submission Date

9th December 2019

IV Name & Date

S. Samad

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Discuss the terminology used in construction technology.

LO2 Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria.

LO3 Identify the different types of civil engineering infrastructure technology used in support of buildings.

LO4Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

SCENARIO

You have been appointed to prepare an initial conceptual design and implementation report on a Hotel building complex near the motorway that links an international airport in the UK, Heathrow to the specific. The site is separated from the motorway by a large fast flowing Stream that flows parallel to the motorway and finally finds its way into the River Thames .This Stream which is about 10m wide lies in the middle (that is midway) of the one kilometre land space between the chosen Hotel Complex site and the motorway.

The Client who is a private investor needs a five storey framed Hotel building(s) to accommodate 200 guests and is proposed together with some inter-connecting Infrastructure with the Motorway which is not only necessary but required as a key element of the project; the building frame provides the structure for a series of high specification living hotel rooms and suites that are intended to be built in the south of England, around Heathrow Airport. The Hotel complex can be developed with steel or concrete or a combination of both. The access infrastructure road can be flexible or rigid and the bridge across the stream and the walkway across the motorway can be made of either RC concrete or steel, all in line with your choices.

Produce a conceptual design Report, which should consider the terminology, functional requirements and design selection criteria for different elements of typical commercial building. (Scenario provided). It should take into account of the following for the given scenario, within a sustainable context in construction and the built environment.

Task 1 Introduction

• Describe the differences between residential, commercial and industrialbuildings.

• Discuss the ways in which sustainability can be promoted in buildingprojects.

• Apply the terminology used in construction technology to a given building constructionproject.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass

Merit

Distinction

LO1 Explain the terminology used in construction technology.

D1 Evaluate how the functional characteristics and design selection criteria impact on the eventual design solution.

P1 Describe the differences between residential, commercial and industrial buildings.

P2 Explain how the functional characteristics and design selection criteria are informed by proposed building use.

P3 Discuss the ways in which sustainability can be promoted in building projects.

M1 Apply the terminology used in construction technology to a given building construction project.

LO2 Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria.

D2 Prepare a design report identifying superstructure, substructure and civil engineering structures necessary for a given building construction project.

P4 Describe the pre-design studies carried out and types of information collected for a given construction site.

P5 Explain the functional characteristics and design criteria for primary and secondary elements of a building substructure and superstructure.

M2 Analyse how site conditions impact on the design of foundations.

M3 Illustrate how the component parts of an element allow it to fulfil its function.

LO3 Identify the different types of civil engineering/infrastructure technology used in support of buildings

P6 Describe techniques used for remediating the site prior to construction commencing

P7 Describe the types of substructure

M4 Compare different types of structural frame used to carry the primary and secondary elements of the superstructure

works carried out by civil engineers.

LO4 Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building

D3 Appraise how the distribution of the primary services impact on the

overall design of the building

P8 Describe the supply arrangements for primary services.

P9 Explain the distribution arrangements for primary services

M5 Demonstrate the elements of the superstructure used to facilitate the primary services