Design & Specification Flashcards
What is the RIBA plan of work?
The plan of work outlines the stages, call tasks and information required at each stage
What are preliminaries?
A description of the project that allows a contractor to assess costs. They specify general conditions and requirements for the execution of the works. Includes information on the site, contract conditions, management of the works (hours/supervision, security and health and safety
What is an NBS spec?
NBS is a UK-based business providing construction specification information used by architects, engineers and other building professionals to describe the materials, standards and workmanship of a construction project. Example doors section L
What are preambles?
Preambles provide an explanation of how a document is to be used to help its interpretation. Includes a description of parties, background of the project, summaries of negotioations
What is a schedule of work?
A list of the works required and requirements around quality, specification, waste removal, safety requirements etc
What are provisional quantities?
An item of work where the exact quantity cannot be accurately determined at the time of the contract sum
What are the statutory effects on design?
Building regulations are statutory regulations that seek to ensure that new buildings, conversions, renovations and extensions are safe for the people in and around them
What is a BIM?
Building information modelling describes the process of creating and managing the digital information of a built assets
What is a designers risk assessment?
Identifies hazards or hazardous activities in order to eliminate and reduce them i.e. working at height to clean windows etc
What is a dead load?
A constant load contains will live in a straight structure such as a building a bridge that is made up the weight of its members
What is a live load?
People, furniture, vehicles
What our environment loads?
Winds, coastal erosion, earthquakes
What is a point load?
A load on a specific point, such as a column placing load on the structure below
What are the modern methods of construction?
RICS published Modern Methods of Construction document to provide viable options to assist with solving the housing shortage in the UK. Includes cross laminated Timber, modern construction is an offsite materials, design for manufacture and assembly methods to increase consistency and quality
