Level 2 - Construction technology Flashcards
N1. What is the RIBA Plan of Works?
• A plan organising the process of briefing, designing, constructing, maintaining, operating and using building projects into a number of key stages.
N2. How many Key RIBA Stages are there?
8
N3. Can you list the RIBA stages?
- Strategic Definition
- Preparation and Brief.
- Concept Design.
- Developed Design.
- Technical Design.
- Construction.
- Hand-over and close out.
- In-use.
N4. What are the benefits of using timber frame construction?
- Quick erection times.
- Low embodied carbon.
- Recyclable.
- Sustainable.
- Low volume of waste.
- Manufactured off site = factory control quality assurance.
N5. What are the disadvantages of using timber frame construction?
- Additional Design and engineering time required.
- If exposed to elements can cause damage.
- Very Combustible material, requires proper treatment to achieve required fire rating.
- Can decay if exposed to moisture.
N6. What are the benefits of using concrete frame construction?
- Cost effective.
- Easily changed on site.
- Short Lead-in times.
- Quick.
- Inherent fire resistance.
- Good thermal mass.
- Good acoustic performance.
- Low maintenance.
N7. What are the disadvantages of concrete frame construction?
- Needs to be cured on site, which can affect the strength.
- Cracks can appear due to shrinkages and live loads.
- Labour intensive on site to set up and strike formwork etc.
N8. What are the benefits of steel frame construction?
- Easy installation, accurately engineered to fit together onsite.
- Cost effective, minimal waste as manufactured off site.
- Does not degrade like timber.
- Improves construction quality due to off site manufacture = quality assurance.
- Very durable.
N9. What are disadvantages of steel frame construction?
- High maintenance costs, through painting etc.
- Requires fireproofing.
- Can buckle under too much weight.
- High up-front costs.
- Long lead-in-times.
N10. What is value engineering?
Maximising value, through eliminating unwanted costs whilst improving functionality.
Increasing the margin between value/revenue and cost
Value engineering is not simply cost cutting, it can in fact lead to an increase in cost sometimes.
To succeed in VE, increases in value must be achieved with a lower cost impact. Similarly, decreases in value must be met with a greater reduction in cost/.
N11. What is Value Management?
Achieving value for Money, through identifying what is most important and ensuring that function is achieved. Remaining budget if any can be spent elsewhere on less important functions.
N12. What is Value Analysis?
Identifying and evaluating each cost, to ensure it is no greater than it needs to be to carry out its function.
N13. What is a Section 106 agreement?
Where a developer pays the council a contribution to offset the negative impacts caused by construction and development.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
N14. What is a Section 38 agreement?
A highway that is constructed by the developer to the Local Authorities standard, which may become adopted by the Local Authority and maintained at the public’s expense.
Highways Act 1980
N15. What are the Euro Codes?
European Design Codes.
N16. What are British Standards?
Standards for the quality of goods and services within Britain.
N17. What act governs the creation of Highways?
The Highways act, governing the creation, maintenance and improvement of UK highways.
N18. What is a Party wall?
- A wall that stands on the lands of 2 or more owners and forms part of a building.
- A wall that stands on the lands of 2 or owners but does not form part of a building, e.g a Garden Wall.
- A wall that is in one owners land but is used by 2 or more owners to separate their buildings.
N19. What act govern Party Walls?
The Party Wall Act 1996.
N20. What does the Party Wall act provide?
A framework for preventing and resolving party and boundary wall disputes, when one owner of the party wall disagrees with works the other owner is undertaking.
N21. What is Utility Easement?
An agreement (legal) which gives a Utility Company the right to use and access a specific area of property.
BBHLC (UKPN)
N22. What does CIL stand for?
Community Infrastructure Levy.
N23. What is a Community Infrastructure Levy?
A planning charge used as a tool to allow Local Authorities to support the development of their area by charging developers.
Part 11 of the Planning Act 2008
N24. What are Rights of Light?
A form of easement to allow an existing building to maintain the same level of light, despite of new developments.
N25. What is oversailing?
Where say a crane has to pass over another person’s land, this will require a license.