BCT 1033ELEMENT OF BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION

Lecturer : Mdm. Norhidayah RasinA2/LR-6

ELEMENT OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

• TYPES OF BUILDING• BASIC MATERIALS USED FOR BUILDINGS• COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING

FOUNDATIONS FLOORS WALLS ROOF DOORS AND WINDOWS TIMBER JOINERY IRON MONGERY STAIRCASE

Week Learning Outcomes Topics Assignt./ tasks Reference Books

1 LO 1 – Introduction to Building

1. General2. Types of Building3. Components of a

Building

ASSIGNMENT 1(LO2, LO3, LO4, LOC 5 & LOC 6 )

Title : Construction Technology Vol 1,2 ,3 & 4, 2nd EditionAuthor : Roy ChudleyPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1987Title : Construction Technology Author : Roy Chudley & Roger GreenoPublisher : LongmanYear : 1999Title : The Construction of Building Vol 3,4Author : BarryPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1996

1 LO 2 – Basic Materials Used for Buildings

1. Stones2. Bricks3. Concrete4. Metal5. Timber

2 LO 3 - Foundations 1. Functions and Objectives

2. Materials of Foundations

3. Types of Foundations Pad foundations Raft foundations Strip foundations Pile foundations

Week Learning Outcomes Topics Assignt./ tasks Reference Books2 LO 4 - Floor 1. Functional

Requirements2. Construction

principle and materials

3. Types of Floor and Floor Finishes

ASSIGNMENT 1(LO2, LO3, LO4, LOC 5 & LOC 6 )

Title : Construction Technology Vol 1,2 ,3 & 4, 2nd EditionAuthor : Roy ChudleyPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1987Title : Construction Technology Author : Roy Chudley & Roger GreenoPublisher : LongmanYear : 1999Title : The Construction of Building Vol 3,4Author : BarryPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1996

3 LO 5 – Walls

TUTORIAL/QUIZ

1. Objectives and Functional Elements

2. Walling Materials3. Classifications of

Walls4 LO 6 - Roofs 1. Function of Roof

2. Types of Roof

Week Learning Outcomes Topics Assignt./ tasks

Reference Books

5 LO 7 – Doors and Windows

Doors1. Types and Function

of DoorsFINAL EXAM(LOC 6, LOC 7, LOC 8, LOC 9 & LOC 10)

Title : Construction Technology Vol 1,2 ,3 & 4, 2nd EditionAuthor : Roy ChudleyPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1987Title : Construction Technology Author : Roy Chudley & Roger GreenoPublisher : LongmanYear : 1999Title : The Construction of Building Vol 3,4Author : BarryPublisher : BlackwellYear : 1996

Windows1. Types and Function

of Windows6 LO 8 – Timber Joinery 1. Types and function6 LO 9 – Iron Mongery

TUTORIAL/QUIZ

1. Types and Function

7 LO 10 – Staircase

REVISION

1. Types of Staircase2. Construction

Requirements

8 FINAL EXAMINATION

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:

• 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?

Building• Something that is built, as

for human habitation; a structure.

• The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.

Element - A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity.

Elements - The basic assumptions or principles of a subject.

Refers to the dictionary

Type of Building

Residential building

•constructed for residential occupancy and can accommodate a person (s) to live in.

Non-residential building

•used for some purpose other than residential.

•single family housing (bungalow, terrace house)

Residential building

•multiple family housing (apartments, condominiums).

Residential building

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.

•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).

Non-residential building

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

• 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

COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING• FOUNDATIONS

• FLOORS• WALLS• ROOF

• DOORS AND WINDOWS

• STAIRCASE• TIMBER JOINERY• IRON MONGERY

COMPONENTS OF A BUILDING

FOUNDATIONS

FLOORS

WALLS

ROOF

DOORS AND WINDOWS

STAIRCASE