HNCB | Construction Technology | Construction

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Discuss the terminology used in construction technology.

LO2 Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria.

LO3 Identify the different types of civil engineering infrastructure technology used in support of buildings.

LO4Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

TASKS are as stated below as separate tasks for Ps, Ms and Ds : namely task P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, M1, M2, M3, D1, and D2.

SCENARIO

You have been appointed to prepare an initial conceptual design and implementation report on a Hotel building complex near the motorway that links an international airport in the UK, Heathrow to the specific. The site of this complex is separated from the motorway by a large fast flowing Stream that flows parallel to the motorway and finally finds its way into the River Thames .This Stream which is about 10m wide lies in the middle (that is midway) of the one kilometre land space between the chosen Hotel Complex site and the motorway.

The Client who is a private investor needs a five storey framed Hotel building(s) to accommodate 200 guests and is proposed together with some inter-connecting Infrastructure with the Motorway which is not only necessary but required as a key element of the project; the building frame provides the structure for a series of high specification living hotel rooms and suites that are intended to be built in the south of England, around Heathrow Airport. The Hotel complex can be developed with steel or concrete or a combination of both. The access infrastructure road can be flexible or rigid and the bridge across the stream and the walkway across the motorway can be made of either r c concrete or steel, all in line with your choices.

TASK 1

LO1 Explain the terminology used in construction technology

P1 Describe the overall differences between residential, commercial and industrial buildings

P2 Explain how the functional characteristics and design selection criteria are informed by proposed building use in general and with respect to the scenario provided.

P3 Explain concisely the concept of sustainability in construction. Discuss the ways in which sustainability can be promoted in building projects

M1 Apply the terminology used in construction technology to a given building construction project, for example, the hotel complex above or otherwise.

D1 Evaluate how the functional characteristics and design selection criteria impact on the eventual design solution and further apply this to the scenario provided.

                                                                                          

TASK  2

LO2 Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria

P4 Describe the pre-design studies carried out and types of information collected for a given construction site (You can use the scenario or otherwise).

 P5 Explain some of the key functional characteristics and design criteria for primary and secondary elements of a building substructure, superstructure and associated infrastructure.

M2 Analyse and discuss how site conditions impact on the design of foundations.

M3 Identify some construction elements in a building project. Further, lllustrate how the component parts of an element allow it to fulfil its function.

TASK 3

LO3 Identify the different types of civil engineering/infrastructure technology used in support of buildings (For this task, using the scenario provided can be appropriate)

P6 Describe techniques used for remediating the site prior to construction commencing

P7 Describe the types of substructure works carried out by civil engineers.

M4 Compare different types of structural frame used to carry the primary and secondary elements of the superstructure.

D2 Prepare a design report identifying superstructure, substructure and civil engineering structures necessary for a given building construction project

TASK 4

LO4 Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building (The use of the scenario provided is advised)

Task 4 (a)

P8 Describe the supply arrangements for primary services.

P9 Explain the distribution arrangements for primary services.

M5 Demonstrate the elements of the superstructure used to facilitate the primary services.

Task (4b) LO4

D3 Appraise how the distribution of the primary services impact on the overall design of the building.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

		Pass			Merit				Distinction
		LO1 Explain the terminology used in construction technology.							D1 Evaluate how the functional
									characteristics and design
		P1 Describe the differences			M1 Apply the terminology used in				selection criteria impact on the
									eventual design solution.
		between residential, commercial			construction technology to a
		and industrial buildings.			given building construction
		P2 Explain how the functional			project.
		characteristics and design
		selection criteria are informed
		by proposed building use.
		P3 Discuss the ways in which
		sustainability can be promoted in
		building projects.
		LO2 Describe the different techniques used to construct a range							D2 Prepare a design report
		of substructures and superstructures, including their function							identifying superstructure,
		and design selection criteria.							substructure and civil
									engineering structures necessary
		P4 Describe the pre-design			M2 Analyse how site conditions				for a given building construction
									project.
		studies carried out and types of			impact on the design of
		information collected for a given			foundations.
		construction site.			M3 Illustrate how the component
		P5 Explain the functional			parts of an element allow it to
		characteristics and design			fulfil its function.
		criteria for primary and
		secondary elements of a building
		substructure and superstructure.

LO3 Identify the different types of civil engineering/infrastructure technology used in support of buildings

P6 Describe techniques used for	M4 Compare different types of
remediating the site prior to	structural frame used to carry
construction commencing	the primary and secondary
	elements of the superstructure
P7 Describe the types of
substructure works carried out
by civil engineers.

LO4 Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building		D3 Appraise how the distribution
services and how they are accommodated within the building		of the primary services impact
		on the
		overall design of the building
P8 Describe the supply	M5 Demonstrate the elements of
arrangements for primary	the superstructure used to
services.	facilitate the primary services.
P9 Explain the distribution
arrangements for primary
services