The site visit report details a trip to the American Schools expansion site in Amman, Jordan, organized to relate classroom theory from Building Construction 2 to real-world applications. Key topics covered include the construction of walls, columns, isolation systems, pool systems, stairs, and elevators, with safety precautions emphasized throughout. The report includes explanations from civil engineer Zaid Khalil and numerous practical observations from the site.

1. SITE VISIT REPORT
KHALED EYAD ALMUSA
ABD-ALRAHMAN WAHEED
ABD-ALRAHMAN ABU-AWWAD
BASIL ABU-ALIA
MUNTHER ALQUTOB
AHMAD KHALIL
ARCHI. AHLAM
HARAHSHEH
BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION 2
WE VISITED AMERICAN SCHOOLS
EXPANSION SITE IN AMMAN.JORDAN
TO SEE PRACTICALLY SOME TOPICS WE
STUDIED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 2
WE WILL DISCUSS THE TOPICS ACCORDING TO
THEIR ORDER IN THE LECTURES

2. IN THIS REPORT WE WILL DISCUSS MANY THIGS WE
PRACTICALLY SAW IN THE TWO SITES RELATED TO :
1. WALLS
2. COLUMNS
3. ISOLATION
4. POOLS SYSTEMS
5. STAIRS
5. ELEVTORS
BEFORE ENTERING THE SITE
YOU MUST WEAR ALL SAFETY
ATTIRE CONSISTING OF SAFETY
BOOTS, HELMET AND VEST,
BECAUSE THE SITE IS A
DANGEROUS AREA AND YOU
NEVER KNOW WHEN A
SOMETHING FALL ON YOUR
HEAD !
LETS START A TOUR WITH THE
CIVIL ENGENEER ZAID KHALIL AND
DISCUSS ALL THE TOPICS HE
EXPLAINED TO US …

3. YOU SHOULD WALK
CAREFULLY AND KEEP
YOUR EYES OPEN TO
THINGS AROUND YOU !
WALLS :
WE SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THE
MECHANICAL FIXING SYSTEM
FOR STONE CLADING
IN THIS SYSTEM, A METAL CORNER IS
PUT UNDER THE FIRST STONE COURSE,
THE METAL PIECES ARE SET UP TO
STONE AFTER, THEN IT IS CONNECTED
USING A ROLEBLACK SCREW FROM THE
MIDDLE OF THE COURSE,
WE CROSSED THE SITE WITH ENG. ZAID
REACHING THE PLACE WHERE HE STARTED
EXPLAINING TOPICS STARTING WITH:
PICTURES FROM THE SITE

4. A ( 5 CM ) SPACE IS LEFT
BETWEEN THE COURSE AND
THE WALL FOR ISOLATION,
AND A ( 2-5 M ) SPACE IS
LEFT BETWEEN THE STONE
COURSES.
SECTION :
METAL CORNER
DETAIL :
COLUMNS :
THE WEIGHT OF A SLAB
SUPPORTED ON A COLUMN
INDUCES SHEAR STRESSES
IN THE SLAB :
THESE STRESSES, IF SUFFICIENT AND WHERE
ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT IS NOT PROVIDED, WOULD RESULT
IN THE COLUMN ‘PUNCHING’ THROUGH THE SLAB.
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

5. POOLS SYSTEMS :
THIS PUNCHING SHEAR IS SIMILARLY INDUCED IN THE
FOOTING ON WHICH THE COLUMN BEARS :
IN THIS SYSTEM
THE LEVEL OF THE
WATER INSIDE THE
POOL EQUALS TO
THE LEVEL OF THE
FLOOR…
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

6. IF THE LEVEL OF THE WATER
RISES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE
FINISH, THE OVER FLOWED
WATER GOES THROUGH THE
DRAIN TO A TANK UNDER THE
GROUND.
A MECHANICAL SYSTEM WORKS
INSIDE THE TANK EVERY TIME
THE WATER REACHES A
SPECIFIC LEVEL, THAT SYSTEM
PUMPS THE WATER TO THE
POOL FILLING IT AGAIN.
THERE IS A 3-5 CM SLOPE IN THE FINISHING OF THE FLOOR
AROUND THE POOL, AND THERE IS A DRAIN AROUND THE
EDGE OF THE POOL.
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

7. STAIRS :
IN THE
TYPES
OF
SAW
SITE :
STAIRS
1 - DOUBLE 90 FLAT TURN
2 - 90 Flat Turn
3 - 180 Short Radius
WE
1
2
3
PICTURES FROM THE SITE

8. 4 - CURVED STAIRS
4
WE SAW AN INTERSTING CURVED STAIR IN THE SITE, THE PICTURE
BELOW IS SHOWING THE PARTS OF THIS TYPE OF STAIRS
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

9. THEN THE STAIRS
IS CONSTRUCTED
ON THE LINES OF
THE DRAWING..
THE WAY THAT THE STAIRS
ARE CONSTRUCTED IS BY
DRAWING THE STAIRS ON
THE WALLS WITH A 1:1 SCALE,
AND FULL DETAILING AND
HATCHING ON CARTOON
BOARD FIXED ON THE WALLS,
ELEVATORS :
THIS IS THE WAY USED IN THIS SITE,
AND ITS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT
IT’S NOT THE ONLY WAY !
WHEN BUILDING AN ELEVATOR THEY
CREATE A SPACE UNDER THE GROUND
FLOOR LEVEL FOR A HIEGHT OF ALMOST
1.6M , THE COMPANY OF THE ELEVATOR
DETERMINANTS THE DIMENSION OF THAT
SPACE, AND A MECHANICAL ROOM IS
BUILT ON THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

10. AN ISOLATION MATERIAL
CALLED POLYURETHANE
IS SPRAYED IN THE
SURFACES WHICH NEED
TO BE ISOLATED,
ISOLATION :
PICTURE FROM THE SITE
THIS MATERIAL IS A
POLYMER COMPOSED
OF A CHAIN OF ORGANIC
UNITS, IT IS USED TO
ISOLATE FROM HEAT
AND SOUND.
PICTURE FROM THE SITE

11. THANK YOU ARCHI.AHLAM