Building technology

1. University of Reading BSc Honours Degree
Level 1
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1A 2007/2008
Mid-term Teaching
2007/08

2. • Introduction • Building design and
• Assignments regulations
• Detailing • Structure
components • Stairs/ramps
• Water services
• Cracking

3. Develop your abilities in
• Knowledge
• Understanding
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

4. Assignments
Do
• Answer the question
• Demonstrate your application of your
knowledge and skills
• Present it clearly and as required
• State any assumptions
• Justify your reasoning
• Provide references
Do not
• Plagiarise

5. Detailing components
Class exercise
Name some materials in this room

6. Detailing components
• Aim
• Performance
• Environment

7. Detailing components
• Performance factors of building
materials eg;
– Fitness for purpose
– Safety
– durability
– others
• List some factors that you would
consider?

8. Detailing components
List some performance factors for brick?

9. Detailing components
Performance factors for brick:
– Fitness for purpose
– Safety
– Durability
– Use
– Construction/installation
– others

10. Building design and
regulations
Class exercise
What do occupants want from a building?

11. Building design and
regulations
• How is this achieved in a house?
– Brief
– Final design
– Controlled by client expectations
– Regulations
– Standards
– Manufacturer guidance
– Traditional practice
– Others

12. Building design and
regulations
Regulations
• A minimum acceptable standard
• Building regulations
– Approved Documents A to P
– ADs for guidance

13. Building design and regulation
• Approved Documents
– C (site preparation and resistance to
contaminates and moisture)
– M (access to and use of buildings)
• Pdf downloads of the building regs are
available from the planningportal.gov.uk
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/
professionals/en/1115314110382.html
• At level 1a be aware of the general
areas that the regulations may influence

14. Building design and
regulations

15. Structure
• Mechanism: how the total building acts
as a single mechanism made of
building elements eg roof, walls,
floors,foundations etc.
• Stable: the building remains static/does
not fall down and transfers loads.

16. Structure

17. Accessibility

18. DDA and accessibility
• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
passed in 1995 to end discrimination against
disabled people in:
– employment
– access to goods, facilities and services
– the management, buying or renting of land or
property
– education

19. •
DDA and accessibility
December 1996 unlawful to treat disabled people
less favourably than other people for their
disability
• October 1999 make reasonable adjustments for
disabled people
• Special Education Needs and Disabilities Act
2001 places special requirements on education
buildings
• October 2004 make reasonable adjustments to the
physical features of their premises to overcome
physical barriers to access
• 2006 amended DDA and code of practice

20. Accessibility
What expectations will you need to meet?
Design:
• Consultation with parties
• Meet Client Standards/ legal requirements. (may
meet/exceed approved document Part M Building
Regulations including guidance to BS8300 or
disability rights commission code of practice)

21. DDA and accessibility
Some items to assess/consider?

22. Stairs/ramps
• What materials
could a staircase or
ramp be made
from?
• What are the
performance factors
for a staircase or
ramp near this
building?

23. Water services
• Water mains (water utility company)
• Portable water supply to buildings
• Cold water systems
• Hot water systems
• Can use schematic diagrams for
services

24. Water services
• Schematic diagram; eg London
underground tube map

25. Cracking
Which types of cracks give cause for
concern?
Characteristics, location etc
What could cause cracking:
Corrosion expansion, thermal movement, etc
What remedial action should be taken

28. Cracking thermal/moisture

29. Cracking
Settlement – movement due to load on the
foundations settling, differential to cause
cracking

30. Cracking
subsidence – soil movement, differential
to cause cracking

31. Cracking
Heave- upward movement of the soil eg
clay becomes excessively wet and
expands

32. Cracking
Other causes – corrosion expansion eg
lintel, thermal/moisture movement,
mechanical damage, trees

33. Do
• Meet your deadlines
• Contribute to blackboard
• Contribute images to http://
surveying.cem.ac.uk
• Enjoy learning about buildings