IET 120

(Matthew Watkins)

Construction Project
Date: ______11/30/2014___________

OVERVIEW
The house is designed using I C Fs (insulated concrete forms) for the first and second
floor walls and a slab first floor. The interior perimeter will have a wood 2x4 wall and bat
insulation for additional overall wall R-value. Windows are low E grade. The roof will be
trusses and metal roof. ICFs have become very popular in the last few years in energy
efficient building practices.
Dwelling
The dwelling is concrete Construction of first and Second floor walls. Stick Built interior walls and roof
The dwelling is a total of 4,102 SQ.FT.

IET 120
(Matthew Watkins)

Construction Project
Date: ______11/30/2014___________

Location
55 Shawnee Dr.
Morehead, Ky.
4.012 acers
Cost $49,000

IET 120

Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________

Square Footage Calculations

First floor
Kit/common
Hallway
Mech.1
bath 1
bath 2
Bedroom 1
Bedroom 2
Bedroom 3

Second floor
753sq ft
54 sq ft
80 sq ft
93 sq ft
84 sq ft
297 sq ft
328 sq ft
326 sq ft

First floor total 2,015

Bedroom 4
312 sq ft
Bedroom 5
326 sq ft
Bedroom 6
328 sq ft
Bedroom 7
302 sq ft
bath 3 83 sq ft
bath 4 83 sq ft
bath 5 78 sq ft
Mech.2 87 sq ft
Common 488 sq ft

Second floor total 2,087

TOTAL SQ FT 4,102
Building Materials

material
amount cost
total
sheeting 1/2 inch
191
7.97 1522.27
doors ext
1
728
728
doors ext
1
598
598
windows
24
164
3936
doors int
14
173
2422
sheeting 3/4 "
70
24.97
1747.9
rebar #3
450
23.13 10408.5
concrete
72
98
7056
concrete forms
64
20
1280
insulation
25
35.45
886.25
insulation
114
34.98 3987.72
metal roof
40
90
3600
2x4x8
400
4.68
1872
trusses
29
120
3480
wood ibeams
86
67.76 5827.36
expand foam
2464
1.5
3696
guttering
112
9
1008
siding
39
252.59 9851.01
labor
3840
18
69120
total
133027
3

IET 120

Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________

Plumbing
Material
sinks
sink kit.
toilets
shower stalls
drain pipe
vent pipe
pex clamps
pex pipe
pipe fittings
water heater
fixtures
fixtures kit.
labor
TOTAL

Amount

Cost
5
1
5
5
200
190
436
250
218
2
10
1
80

total
612
800
350
812.8
0.99
0.99
0.26
0.83
4.41
5390
60
800
61

3060
800
1750
4064
198
188.1
113.36
207.5
961.38
10780
600
800
4880
28402.34

HVAC

Material
Trane xc95m/XR17
Trane xc95m/xr17
duct board
diffusers
return grills
flex
labor
TOTAL

Amount

Cost
1
1
34
45
11
7
160

Total
3779
3779
180
11.37
12.98
28.22
40

3779
3779
6120
511.65
142.78
197.54
6400
20929.97

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Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________
Electrical

Material
wire
data cat 5
boxes sw
boxes rec.
box round
box 3 gang
plugs
plugs gfci
swithces
sw 3 way
arc fault brk
smoke detectors
vanity lights
sconces
light fixtures
meter base
conduit
200amp panel
labor
TOTAL

Amount

Cost
2
1
20
106
50
2
82
24
20
4
13
15
5
10
22
2
5
2
120

Total
269
85
0.52
0.52
1.08
2.33
0.46
12.33
4.66
12.21
37.97
47.97
49.98
39.99
4.4
117
10.55
95.25
40

538
85
10.4
55.12
54
4.66
37.72
295.92
93.2
48.84
493.61
719.55
249.9
399.9
96.8
234
52.75
190.5
4800
8459.87

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Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________
TOTAL

Trade/material
Carpentry
Plumbing
HVAC
Electrical
parking lot
LAND
TOTAL

Cost
133027
28402.34
20929.97
8459.87
38115
49000
277934.18

The dwelling will sit on a concrete foundation, beginning at 4 feet deep. One foot
of a mix of #5 and #7 gravel packed firm. Then a foundation pour of three feet deep and
two feet wide. The first floor will be a concrete slab four inches thick. The walls are I F
C construction with 2x4 insulated interior walls this will give a high R-value wall for a
very energy efficient home. The exterior of the dwelling will be vinyl siding. The roof
will be constructed of trusses and sheeting with a metal roof. The underside of the
sheeting will be foam insulated and blow in insulation equaling R-50 in the attic for
energy efficiency.
The heating and air conditioning system is two (first and second floor) Trane gas
furnace with a heat pump. It has two ton cooling capacity 24,000 btu/hr and 58,000
btu/hr heating capacity. The entire house calculated to a 55,298 btu/hr heating load and
a 19,321 btu/hr cooling load. With the large wall thickness and many layers of
insulation the dwelling is very energy efficient. The number of occupants and
appliances in this unit would calculate out as a commercial building not residential only
because of the green construction techniques used was I able to use equipment that are
primarily residential units.

Floor plan Layout

The floor plan I chose is an open style that can maximize the use of the square footage
available. There is 7 bedrooms and no waiting with 5 baths, a large kitchen area. Each
bedroom has two bunk beds to accommodate four people to a room, allowing up to 28
people to live in the dwelling. There are large common areas both down stairs and
upstairs for studying or relaxing. My approach to the house was to give as large a living
area for everyone. The bedrooms should be large enough to accommodate a desk and
wardrobe for each person living there.

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Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________

Builder/ Contractor Timeline

TIMELINE

TIMELINE

SITE
PREP/FOUNDATION
DRY IN COMPLETED

HVAC STARTS

START FRAMING
INTERIOR

CONCRETE POURED

PARKING LOT PAVED

INSULATING STARTS

FINAL CLEAN UP

CONCRETE FORMS

23 Jan

23 Feb

23 Mar

23 Apr

FIST FLOOR POURED

ROOF TRUSSES SET

23 May

23 Jun

23 Jul

PLUMBING STARTS DRY WALL / PRIMER

ELECTRICAN STARTS

FINISH DATE

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Construction Project

(Matthew Watkins)

Date: ______11/30/2014___________

1/23/2015

Site prep/ foundation

25

2/24/2015

concrete forms

10

3/10/2015

concrete poured

15

4/15/2015

Roof trusses set

-20

4/21/2015

Dry in completed

20

4/23/2015

fist floor poured

-15

5/7/2015

Start Framing interior

15

6/8/2015

Electrician starts

-20

6/10/2015

Hvac starts

20

6/15/2015

Plumbing starts

-15

6/22/2015

insulating starts

15

7/8/2015

dry wall / primer

-15

7/27/2015

final clean up

15

7/28/2015

parking lot paved

20

8/1/2015

finish date

-15

Conclusion
In this project I have found many new green items for the interior of the home, but not
many new ones that I was not aware of for the construction process. One can be tempted
to begin looking to alternative power sources such as wind or solar power however these
are still expensive to the average person and not cost effective for most construction
projects or lack convenience that will cause most people to opt out. I chose not to use a
geo-thermal unit in this house because of the cost. A geo unit would cost more and would
not pay for itself as quickly as a conventional split system heat pump. In my opinion the
best solution to build green is to construct as tight an envelope as possible. Install
adequate amount of insulation and invest in appliances that are energy and water saving.