Assessment Report of the Proposed Project

This paper explores the assessment report of the proposed project in line with the construction and building context. The assessment mainly grounded on the following design quantitative questions in line with the construction of the high rise structures as well as buildings. The evaluations in line with the codes and those demarcated with the building practices mainly illustrated as summarized in the table below.

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Course
Professor
University
City/state
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Introduction
This paper aims at exploring the assessment report of the proposed project in line with the
construction and building context. The assessment mainly grounded on the following design
quantitative questions in line with the construction of the high rise structures as well as buildings
in the meantime (Zhao, Hwang and Gao 2016 p.207).
Quantitative Survey Analysis and Assessment
The quantitative survey mainly used in developing and in coming up with the overall results for
the assessment report of the proposed project essentially represented as indicated in the table
below (Wiik et al. 2018 p.25).
BCA
Section
and Part
BCA
Performance
Req.
Proposed Project Complies
Y/N
Fire
Safety
P2.3.1; cl
3.7.1.3
Protection from
the spread of fire-
fire separation.
External walls
must be at least
900mm from
boundary or fire-
resisting
(Tomlinson and
Woodward 2014).
External wall is 1500mm from boundary, less gutter
overhang of 450mm = 1050mm from boundary Yes
Fire
Detection
and early
warning-
smoke
alarms

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P2.3.2; cl
3.7.2.3
Smoke alarm on
each storey Yes, upstairs gallery & downstairs at base of stairs Yes
P2.3.2; cl
3.7.2.3
In hallway
servicing
bedrooms
Yes Yes
P2.3.2; cl
3.7.2.3 On the ceiling Yes Yes
P2.3.2; cl
3.7.2.2
(a)
Interconnected Not Specified No
P2.3.2; cl
3.7.2.2
(a)
Connected to
mains power Yes Yes
Health
and
Amenity
P2.4; cl
3.8.2.2
Room heights All downstairs room heights are 2.450m
Yes
Habitable room
2.4m Garage height is 2.525m
Kitchen /
bathroom /
laundry / pantry /
garage 2.1m
All upstairs room heights are 2.450m
P2.4.3; cl
3.8.3.2
Facilities Food prep facilities provided
Yes
Kitchen sink and
food preparation
facilities
1bath, 3 showers
Bath or shower Washtub and washing machine space provided
Washtub and
washing machine
space
Toilet and washbasin provided
Toilet and
washbasin
cl.
3.8.3.3
Toilet door
opening outwards
or sliding or
removable at
1.2m clear space
Powder room door opens inwards, and does not have
1200mm clear space (1000mm to shower). Must
change door. No
Ensuite & bathroom have 1200mm clear space.
P2.4.4; cl
3.8.4.2
Light to habitable
rooms:
Room Area of room Window size as
% of area
Complies?

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Window
s which are
minimum 10% of
floor area.
Study 9.9m2 2.29m2=23.13% Yes
Or Dining 12.8m2 2.29m2=17.89% Yes
Roof lights of at
least 3% of floor
area
Living 15.13m2 4.77m2=31.53% Yes
Family 20.52m2 4.77m2=23.25% Yes
Meals 12.25m2 4.56m2=37.22% Yes
Bed 1 21.40m2 6.69m2=31.26% Yes
Bed 2 12.35m2 2.17m2=17.57% Yes
Bed 3 11.43m2 1.88m2=16.45% Yes
Bed 4 10.99m2 2.17m2=19.75% Yes
Rumpus 29.04m2 7.87m2=27.1% Yes
Kitchen 19.09m2 3.08m2=16.13% Yes
The evaluations in line with the codes and those demarcated with the building practices mainly
illustrated as summarized in the table below
BCA Section
and Clause
BCA performance
requirements
Proposed project requirements
Access and Egress – Section D
D1.2(a)
Every building must have
at least one exit from each
storey.
The first floor offices are
considered part of the ground
floor storey; therefore they do not
need their own exit on that level.An exit includes a

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doorway to a road or open
space. Open space means a
space on the allotment
adequately protected from
fire, open to the sky and
connected directly with a
public road.
The workshops have 2 doorways
serving as exits. For the upstairs
offices, the exit is both the internal
stairs, and the doorway.
Exit travel
distances
Section D, D1.4
©
In class 5 and 8, no point
on a floor must be more
than 20m from an exit, or a
point from which travel in
different directions to 2
exits is available, in which
case the max distance to
one of those exits must not
exceed 40m.
There are two exits provided at the
front and rear of each workshop.
From the both the workshop floor
and from the office at least one
exit is less than 20m away. Also,
the furthest exit does not exceed
the 40m requirement. Both exits
must pass the 20m requirement.
Section D1.9(c) In a Class 5 or 8 building,
the distance from any
point on a floor to a point
of egress to a road, or an
open space by way of a
required non-fire-isolated
stairway must not exceed
The distance from the upstairs
office to either exit is less than
80m

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80 m.
Fire isolated
stairs or ramps
D1.3(b)(iii)
Every stairway serving as
a required exit must be
fire-isolated unless it
connects not more than 2
consecutive storeys
The stairs in each workshop do
not need to be fire-isolated as they
do not connect more than 2
consecutive storeys.
D1.7© Where a path of travel
from the point of discharge
of a fire-isolated exit
necessitates passing within
6m of any part of an
external wall of the same
building, that part of the
wall must have—
FRL 90/90/90 walls specified on
Ground Floor Set out Plans
(i) an FRL of not less than
60/60/60; and
(ii) any openings protected
internally in accordance
with C3.4,
for a distance of 3 m above
the level of the path of
travel.

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C3.4
Doorways—
FRL -/60/30 doors specified on
Elevation Plans. Only the back
door is fire rated, whereas both
exits of each workshop should be
fire rated, as both exits are needed
to meet the 20m rule above. They
must also be self-closing or
automatic closing doors.
(A) internal or external
wall-wetting sprinklers as
appropriate used with
doors that are self-closing
or automatic closing; or
(B) –/60/30 fire doors that
are self-closing or
automatic closing
D1.9
A non-fire-isolated
stairway serving as a
required exit must provide
a continuous means of
travel by its own flights
and landings from every
storey served to the level
at which egress to an open
space is provided.
The internal stairs from the office
to the fire exit provide a
continuous means of travel to the
ground floor and therefore meets
the requirement (Haas et al. 2015).
Pedestrian ramps
D1.9, D1.12,
D2.3, D2.8,
D2.10, D2.16
Not applicable N/A. There are no ramps on the
plans, and none needed.

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Signs on doors
D2.23(a)(ii)(C),
D2.23(b)(ii)
A sign must be installed,
on each side of the door,
where it can readily be
seen on, or adjacent to, a
door leading from a fire
isolated exit to an open
space.
No requirements specified in the
plans.
The sign must be in capital
letters not less than 20 mm
high in a colour
contrasting with the
background and state for a
self-closing door— “FIRE
SAFETY DOOR DO NOT
OBSTRUCT DO NOT
KEEP OPEN”
Place a sign on both sides of both
fire doors stating FIRE SAFETY
DOOR DO NOT OBSTRUCT
DO NOT KEEP OPEN at least
20mm high and with a contrasting
background colour.
Car parking D3.5 Accessible car parking
spaces—
No indication of accessible
parking space on plans
(Sandanayake, Zhang and Setunge
2018)
(a) must be provided in at
a rate of 1 space for every
100 car parking spaces or
part thereof (table D3.5) in
a car parking area on the

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same allotment as a
building required to be
accessible;
(c) must comply with
AS2890.6
D3.4
The following areas are
not required to be
accessible:
It is not necessary to provide an
accessible parking space. The
workshops are likely to be
inappropriate to have accessible
access because of the purpose for
which the workshops will be used.
(a) An area where access
would be inappropriate
because of the particular
purpose for which the area
is used.
If a tenant proposes use the
workshops in a manner which is
appropriate for accessible access,
accessible facilities (including car
parking, access ways etc) would
need to be provided by the tenant.
(b) An area that would
pose a health or safety risk
for people with a disability
(Taylan et al. 2014).

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General building
access
requirements
D3.1
Buildings and parts of
buildings must be
accessible to and within all
areas normally used by the
occupants for class 5 and
8(table D3.1), unless
exempted by clause D3.4.
Due to the intended purpose of use
of a workshop, it would be
inappropriate to be accessible
(Brook 2016).
Buildings need not be accessible.
Access to
buildings
D3.2 A continuous accessible
path (ie features to enable
use by people with a
disability) must be
provided to a building
required to be accessible:
As the building does not need to
be accessible, continuous
accessible paths do not need to be
provided (Eastman 2018)
(i) from the main points of
a pedestrian entry at the
allotment boundary; and
(ii) from another
accessible building
connected by a pedestrian
link; and
(iii) from any required
accessible car parking

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space.
Parts of buildings
to be accessible
D3.3
In a building required to be
accessible, every stairway
must comply with clause
11 of AS 1428.1; and
This requirement does not apply
because the building is not
required to be accessible (clause
3.4).
Access ways must have:
(i) passing spaces
complying with AS 1428.1
at maximum 20m intervals
on those parts of an access
way where a direct line of
sight is not available; and
(ii) turning spaces
complying with AS
1428.1:
(A) within 2m of the
end of access ways where
it is not possible to
continue travelling; and
(B) at maximum 20m
intervals along the access
way.
Conclusion

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In summary, it is important to note that the analysis above mainly grounded on the preliminary
analysis and assumptions as far as the building and construction is concerned. Therefore, it is
important to conduct the actual survey and gather the facts and the real data below embarking on
the design process. This is not only important for the bill of quantities but also for both the
safety of the occupants and the neighborhood as a whole.
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