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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning : Architecture

702-138 Construction Technology 1B

Coordinator:

Martin Fowler

Corequisite/s:

702-137 Construction Technology 1A

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Up to 6 hours of lectures, tutorials, studio and laboratory work, and site visits per week

Subject Description:

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.

Assessment:

Assignments (e.g. exercises, essays, class presentations), equivalent to not more than 5000 words, and one examination of up to 2 hours (which could take the form of a class test). Exercises may relate to work being undertaken in other subjects.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Timber Promotion Council, Victorian Timber Framing Manual
  • Cement and Concrete Association of Australia, Reinforced Concrete Slabs for Houses
  • Brick Development Research Institute, Technical data on Clay Bricks
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