CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

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 SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 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

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091·PVC: 1.sewage

2.downpiping3.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 SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091·universal beam (UB)

SECOND PLACE·purlin

·stud --- double, reinforced

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

·bathroom: reduce≈3cm

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

shinn

·board panel: 1.red --- fire resisting area. density > whiteblue

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 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 SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

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

temporary fix

CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS SEMESTER 2 2013WEEK7 JOURNAL “OFF CAMPUS”NAME: ZEYU LI (VICKY)STUDENT NUMBER: 634091

·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