Construction Module Flashcards
Engineer
Designs the buildings to withstand extremes
Site manager/foreman
Order materials for the dwellings, chair site meetings, manage handing over the building to the client
Contracts manager
Organises plans, price and workers
Quantity surveyor
Give advice to the client on cost, prepare a Bill of Quantities for all materials associated with the building, calculates the quantity of materials required
Building surveyor
Measuring buildings and drawing them on AutoCad
Health & safety officer
Monitor the safety of the site
Building Information Modeller
Designs buildings using DIM which allows for more elements. It’s expensive to buy and run
Bricklayer
Lays bricks, mixes mortar, inserts wall ties and insulation
Plumber
Installs heating system & pipes, installs bathroom utilities, carries out plumbing work
Architectural technologist
Supervise the work on site, prepare the site plan, appoint a design team
How to increase the structural stability of a building
Add concrete lift shafts, staircases and diagonal frame bracing
Resources needed for construction
Finance: Required to even begin the construction. Can take the form of a mortgage, bank loan or government finance. Pays for the essential labour, land and machinery
Plant Machinery: Essential resource to help with all aspects of the production work, reduces time, labour, and in many cases, cost of the construction process eg cranes, concrete mixer
Labour: Is divided into Construction Craft Operatives & Technical and Managerial. Construction Craft Operatives includes bricklayers, joiners and plumbers. Technical and Managerial workers include contracts manager, quantity surveyor and site foreman/manager
Materials: The materials used to construct a building
Safety Signs
Mandatory: You must do X for your safety eg wear PPE, blue & white
Prohibitor: You can’t do X for your safety eg walk on unsecured scaffolding, red & white
Warning: X is dangerous proceed with caution, yellow & black
Safe Condition: Go to X in case of emergency eg fire exit, green and white, likely illuminated
Timber frame construction: Advantages & disadvantages
Advantages: Can be completed quickly, can be constructed by semi-skilled workers in factories, flexible and easy to modify
Disadvantages: Greater risk of combustibility, can rot, relatively poor sound insulation
Steel portal frame construction: Advantages & disadvantages
Advantages: Quick to construct, no weather holdup for assembly
Disadvantages: Can bend in high heat, subject to corrosion
