This course relates to further understanding and application of graphic skills in communication and also introduce the students to the general provisions of the National Building Code and its implementation during the period of construction.
Main outline of the course include:
1. Further work in representative techniques, i.e. sketch design and site development plans graphical representation of materials, service drawings e.g. electrical and plumbing and drainage installations.
2. Further work on working drawings, i.e. development of foundation plans and details elevations and typical sections through the building elements.
3. Specifications and schedules of materials.
4. Component and assembly drawings: doors and windows schedules
5. Structural detailing including preparation of bending schedules.
- Teacher: Daniel Hagan
This course provides a general overview of behavior of materials and structures under various conditions. The course introduces students to the chemistry of cements and limes and their production. The course also offers an overview of the effect of temperature movement and heat transmission in building materials. Furthermore, the experimental analysis of mechanical properties of common building materials is discussed. The course also provides basic methods to soil testing to determine bearing pressures and characteristic behavior of soil on which structures are constructed.
LEARNING OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES
On completing the course the student should be able to do the following:
- Understand the Composition and Compound content of commonly used Portland cements, i.e. functions of Tricalcium silicates and aluminates and iron compounds in setting and hardening of cement and Calcinations of limestone
Explain the effects of Temperature Movement (Expansion and contraction of solids, liquids and gases) and Heat Transmission (Transfer of heat through materials, i.e. convection, conduction and radiation)
Understand the principle Elasticity, plasticity and deformation of building materials
Explain the experimental analysis of mechanical properties of common building materials, i.e. compressive, tensile and shear stress tests on masonry materials, steel and wood.
Explain basic methods of disturbed and an undisturbed soil testing to determine bearing pressures and characteristic behavior of soil, consolidation, compaction and settlement.
PRESCRIBED TEXT
- McMullan, Randall, Environmental Science in Building, Third Edition 1992 McMillan
- Addleson, Materials for Building Vol. 1 1971
- Adams, E.C. Building Science, Vol. 1 and 2, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.
- Taylor G.D: Construction Materials
- Adams, E.C: Building Science 3
- Gourd L.M: An introduction to engineering materials
- Bodig& Jayne: Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites
- Neville & Brooks: Concrete Technology.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Chemistry of cements and Limes
- Temperature Movement
- Heat Transmission
- Elasticity, plasticity and deformation
- Experimental analysis of mechanical properties
of common building materials
Disturbed and an undisturbed soil testing
- Teacher: Aaron Tony Turkson