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The document discusses different techniques of building construction including post and lintel, arch and vault, trusses, and cantilever. It also covers factors that influence building form like function, environment, and socio-economic considerations. Building materials must meet certain quality standards to be structurally sound like withstanding loads without permanent deformation and possessing stiffness. Masonry materials are classified as natural or manufactured. System building emphasizes industrial production and prefabrication of building components using performance criteria.

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Building Construction: Century, Andrea Palladio Presented A Design of Truss Bridge Based On A

The document discusses different techniques of building construction including post and lintel, arch and vault, trusses, and cantilever. It also covers factors that influence building form like function, environment, and socio-economic considerations. Building materials must meet certain quality standards to be structurally sound like withstanding loads without permanent deformation and possessing stiffness. Masonry materials are classified as natural or manufactured. System building emphasizes industrial production and prefabrication of building components using performance criteria.

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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Day: 01
Date: June 20, 2020

 The form of a building is affected by:


1. Function
2. Environment
3. Various Socio-Economic Factors
(e.g., Land Cost, Tenancy, Building Budget, Zoning Restrictions)

 4 Techniques or Methods of Building Construction:


1. Post and Lintel
2. Arch and Vaults
3. Trusses
4. Cantilever
 Post and Lintel is a classical Greek method of constructing buildings and temples where
horizontal beams are placed at the top of two supporting posts or columns. Continuous
support of beams is called a slab, while continuous supporting posts is called a wall.
 Arch and Vault is a masonry type of construction originated from Mesopotamia (Iraq;
known to be the land of bricks and building). The principle of an arch: (a) each wedge-
shaped masonry block will not fall inward pushing out the other block; and (b) the whole
arch remains stable as long as the force is applied at the base to keep it from spreading.
 Truss. In the 16th century, Andrea Palladio presented a design of truss bridge based on a
principle that “If a single triangle is rigid, combinations of triangle are also rigid.”
 Cantilever is defined as an element projected outward from a fixed support.

 The Building Code provides that: “materials for building construction must have a certain quality
and physical properties to be structurally sound.”
1. The materials must be able to carry weight or load without changing in shape permanently.
2. Deformation may occur, but must return to its original position when the load is removed.
3. Materials must possess elasticity within a certain defined range of loading. If the loading is
increased above that range, two types of behavior may occur: brittle and plasticity.
4. When brittle, the materials will break suddenly. When plastic, the material will flow to
certain load that will ultimately result to fracture.
5. The ultimate strength of material is measured by the stress at which fracture or failure will
occur.
6. Stiffness is the second most important property of building material. This property is
defined by the elastic modulus or the ratio of stress (force per unit area) to the strain
(deformation per unit length). Therefore, elastic modulus is a measure of the material
resistance to deformation under load. A structural steel has an elastic modulus of 2,100,000
kg/sqm which is 3 times as stiff as aluminum; 10 times as stiff as concrete and 15 times as
stiff as wood.
 Masonry materials are classified as natural (stone, marble, granite, sand, gravel and etc.) and
manufactured (CHB, mud bricks, etc.).
 System is an assemblage of compatible components that can be arranged together in a variety
of ways to create the different configurations of a building. It is also called prefabricated parts.
In system building, attempt was made to combine the advantages of: modular coordination,
prefabrication, functional planning, integration of architectural, structural and mechanical
components.
 In system building, the industrial production of a building is well emphasized rather than the
production items. The performance criteria include:
1. Desired load capacity of structural members
2. Heating ventilation and cooling requirements
3. Desired performance of building finishes
4. Detailed criteria for sanitary units and kitchen units
5. Criteria for partitions such as strength and sound transmission rating
6. Criteria for lighting intensity and quality
7. Criteria for the outside wall in terms of type of windows, sash operation, sizes and strength
of glass, water proofing and wind resistance.

Search for:

1. Other methods of building construction/modern types of building construction.


2. Skeleton framework
3. Different types of trusses.
4. Construction of the Great Pyramid.
5. Machines, construction tools and equipment (bulldozer, loader, back hoe, cranes, climbing
crane, buckets, excavator, saw, planer, drill, hammer, wrench, impact hammer, derrick)
6. Critical Path Method (PERT and CPM program)
7. Construction of HABITAT, an experimental housing complex constructed of concrete boxes.

Research Output:

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