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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 INTRODUCTION This report is based on the obervation of the site which is located on 329 Melbourne Road, Newport. This 3 stories private house is designed by local architectural company # TPH Construction PTY LTD. The budget of this house is $500,000, and is planed to be finished before February, 2014.

WEEKLY TEMPLATES CATEGORY (select) _ 1.FOUNDATION & FOOTING SYSTEM // 2.FLOOR SYSTEM // 3.WALL SYSTEM // 4.ROOF SYSTEM

1_STRUCTURE

路WALL SYSTEM Timber structural system Masonry structural system

路FLOOR SYSTEM

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2_MATERIALS Timber

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 Timber frames require diagonal bracing or shear planes for lateral stability and may qualify as heavy timber construction if used with noncombustible, fire-resistive exterior walls.(Ching 2008, page5.03) Masonry---Bricks

Masonry walls consist of modular building blokcs bonded together with mortar to form walls that are durable, fire-resistant, and structurally efficient in compression.

The most common types of masonry units are bricks, which are heat-hardened units.(Ching 2008 Page5.14) Steel

Cement/concrete

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3_CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM AND FUNCTION OF MEMBERS

路Frame construction system Exterior walls: protect shield against the weather for the interior spaces of a building. their construction should control the passage of heat, infiltrating air, sound, moisture, and water vapor. The exterior skin, which may be either applied to or integral with the wall structure,should be durable and resistant to the weathering effects of sun, wind, and rain. (Ching 2008 page5.02) The interior walls (partitions): subdivide the space within a building,may be either structural or nonloadbearing, their construction should be able to support the desired finish materials, provide the required degree of acoustical separation, and accommodate when necessary the distribution and outlets of mechanical and electrical services. (Ching 2008 page5.02) Stud: studs carry vertical loads while sheathing or diagonal bracing stiffens the plane of the wall.(Ching 2008, page5.03) Cross bracing: resist shear loads.

Nogging: horizontal members which run parallel with the top and bottom plates between the studs and used to straighten the centre of the wall and provide lateral

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 support to the studs. Certain numbers of noggings are required depending upon the stud height.(Abis 2013, Nogging) Prefabricated wood trusses: used in the place of dimension lumber to frame floors because its generally lighter and more dimensionally stable than sawn lumber, are manufactured in greater depths and lengths, and can span longer distances.(Ching 2008, page4.33) Joist: the horizontal members that span two walls and/or beams—have to carry the weight of the walls, people, furniture, appliances and other stuff.

4_PHOTOS OF BUILDING PROGRESS (Address:329 Tregutha Way, Newport,

Victoria) Week 3: They just finish the ground floor and start to build second floor.

Nogging

Cross bracing

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 Week4: This week they focus on the bedroom for owner’s child which located above the garage, and they refix the downpipes.

Downpipes---PVC

Week 5: Because the owner wants to discuss some changes with the designer, so they don’t work this week.

Week 6: This week they start to build the floor for fisrt story.

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Steel beam Prefabric wood trusses

Steel joint

Joist

Horizontal diagonal bracing

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 Week 7：During this week they start to install the stairs.

Stairs --- not finished

Week 8: this week they finished the roof of child’s bedroom, and begin to build the floor of second story. But I can not get upstairs, because they still installing the stairs.

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Roof

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5_DIAGRAMS, DETAILS AND ANNOTATIONS

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Relative to Ching page 4.21

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Relative to Ching page 4.21

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 6_AESTHETIC DESIGN. SKETCHES AND DETAILS

·three stories. ·It uses bricks to contribute exterior wall, and the colour of this material is very close to nature, most people like masonry building as it’s connect with natural environments. ·The owner put their spa in the backyard, they are really enjoy the life.

Bedroom

Over there is study room

Study room

Living room & Meals & Kitchen

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SPA

Garage

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(Ground floor plan)

(First floor plan)

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 7_STAGE OF WORKS. DESCRIPTION AND IMPLICATIONS

Week 3 ~ Week 5: wall system Week 6 ~ Week 8: floor system (because they’ve already finished the ground floor, the floor in here means first floor and second floor) Stage of Works: frame stage.

This stage is important because the either wall or first(second) floor support all the dead loads(roof etc.) and live loads (people, furnitures etc.) around the house, and it decides the stability of a building. It have to resist the shear load, such as wind or earthquakes.

CONCLUSION Above content are the obervation I noticed during these 6 weeks, I’ve learnt many things about materials, constructural types and structural systems of wall and floor systems from tracing a full-scale process.

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ASSIGNMENT 02 FULL SIZE FINAL REPORT OPTION 2. IN SITU NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 REFERENCES Abis 2013, Nogging, viewed 26th September 2013, <http://www.abis.com.au/nogging> Ching F 2008, Building construction illustrated, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken The Family Handyman 2013,How joints work,viewed 11th August 2013, <http://www.familyhandyman.com/floor/how-joists-work/view-all>