Week 07 journal

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

SEMESTER 2 2013

BACKGROUND OF SITE ·Building company: MAXSTRA

·10 stories concrete construction, residential building including 55 apartments ·span: 12m, length: 40m

·materials are all overseas CONSTRUCTION SYSTTEM ·mainly mass construction, and framing ·for big heavry building: column in the middle → transfers load to the ground floor

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 MATERIALS: GROUND FLOOR ·in situ concrete: ground floor slab, ceiling ·precast concrete: wall

·dash lines: indicate the position of pipes

·concrete block = bricks：used in reinforcing ·ceiling --- the difference between finish and not finish : gap

SEMESTER 2 2013

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013 WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 ·PVC: 1.sewage 2.downpiping 3.rainwater/stormwater ＊ these three things don’t need to be PVC, but usually made of PVC

·copper TOP FLOOR ·flashing - covering PCR ---avoid moisture

·channel for more water flow ·has pitch

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 ·universal beam (UB)

SECOND PLACE ·purlin

·stud --- double, reinforced

SEMESTER 2 2013

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

·bathroom: reduce≈3cm

·not mainly concrete construction ·galvanized steel --- avoid corrsion and rust shinn

blue  ·board panel: 1.red --- fire resisting area. density > white

SEMESTER 2 2013

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013 WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091 2.blue --- wet area (kitchen & laundry & bathroom) 3.white --- regular ·timber logging: compare with steel → doesn’t twisting ·cross-bracing system

·kiln dried hardwood---sliding door ·yellow gap --- water pipes NEARLY FINISHED ROOM ·all the electronic wires are in one position

·steel --- artifical frame work

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

SEMESTER 2 2013

·fire resisting --- sprinkly system (60 meters) ·post-tension cable/concrete

temporary fix

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS” NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY) STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

SEMESTER 2 2013

·MPA --- a method of meansure strength ·precast panel --- make strong ·reduce cost --- the aim : 1.steel: $8000/pre tone 2. Beam: $3000/m (UB30) ·black finished ply --- formply (can be recycled) sacrificial formwork (steel formwork) --- cannot recycled or move, leave the formwork there