12.5 To be advised. 702-137 Building Technology 1A Second semester Up to 6 hours of lectures, tutorials, studio and laboratory work, and site visits per week. On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate that they have developed:

• a technical understanding of the timber-framing and masonry-construction practices common in residential building together with the use of the relevant manuals applicable in Victoria;
• an understanding of the purposes and contents of Australian codes and regulations for building;
• an understanding of the purpose of structure in buildings;
• an understanding of loadings and their resultant forces;
• an understanding of the modes of structural action for a range of simple structural systems;
• an understanding of the structural behaviour of materials;
• techniques for approximating the size of structural members for a range of simple structural systems.

Construction Practice: Introduction to construction practices and materials (and their detailing) common to domestic-scaled Australian building, along with architectural documentation practices and techniques; consideration of envelope and enclosure together with associated means of support, especially as demonstrated through timber-framed building, masonry wall and concrete floor and footing systems, and some common cladding and lining materials. Structures: Purpose of structure in buildings; taxonomy of elements of structural systems; forces and types of loadings; laws of statics; conditions of equilibrium; concepts of stress and strain; load paths in typical structures; analysis of systems with axial action; trusses; properties of common structural materials; analysis and conceptual structural design of axially loaded members. Assignments (eg: exercises, essays, class presentations), equivalent to not more than 5,000 words, and one examination of up to 2 hours (which could take the form of a class test). (Details, including the weighting of assessment, will be made available in the first 2 weeks of semester). Exercises may relate to work being undertaken in other subjects. Victorian Timber Framing Manual (Timber Promotion Council) Reinforced Concrete Slabs for Houses (Cement and Concrete Association of Australia) Technical data on Clay Bricks (Brick Development research Institute)