Programming and Analysis

Question 1

Test Borings

Soil Testing

Answer 1

Placed 100 - 500 feet apart
50 feet apart for large structures
placed with one at each building corner and one in the center
should extend 20’ beyond firm strata

Soil testing
wash boring / auger boring / core boring / test pit

Question 2

Ultimate Bearing Capacity

Safe bearing capacity

Answer 2

Maximum unit pressure to which the foundation soil may be subjected without detrimental settlement

Ultimate bearing capacity of the soil divided by a safety factor of 2 to 4 times

Question 3

Bearing capacity of typical soils

Answer 3

well graded gravel and sand 3000 - 12000 psf
compacted sand and fill 2000 to 3000 psf
silt and clay 1000 to 4000 psf
bedrock 10000 psf

Question 4

General Rules of Thumb for grading

Answer 4

Less than 4% slope is considered flat and suitable for all activities

between 4 % to 10% is moderate - this requires some effort to climb or descend

between 10% and 50% is steep This may only be suitable for limited activity

over 50% is very steep - subject to soil erosion and landslides

Question 5

summer solstice
winter solstice
summer equinox
winter quinox

Answer 5

summer solstice occurs june 21 with longest daylighting
winter solstice occurs on december 21 and is shortest day
summer equinox occurs march 21 and is equal sun and dark
winter equinox occurs september 21 and is equal sun and dark

Question 7

Gross and net

Answer 7

To find net from gross find mechanical amount and subtract. Usually 9% for office

Question 8

Room data sheet

Answer 8

Questionnaire used for gathering room usage info

Question 9

General obligation bond

Answer 9

Approved by taxpayers used to fund public projects that don’t produce revenue like schools

Question 10

Uniform Capital recovery
Uniform present worth
Uniform sinking fund

Answer 10

Uniform capital recovery is used to calculate the annual value of a present value. Using a discount rate puts the future amount into terms of today’s dollars.

Uniform present worth expresses a series of uniform annual amounts (such as an annual maintenance fee) in today’s dollars.

Uniform sinking fund is used to calculate the amount that will have to be invested today at a certain interest rate to have a specified amount of money at some point in the future (such as savings for a roof replacement in five years.