Construction Technology: Sustainable Building Projects

Construction
Technology

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task 1..........................................................................................................................................1
Difference between residential, commercial and industrial buildings...................................1
Functional characteristics and design selection criteria.........................................................2
Ways in which sustainability can be promoted in building projects......................................3
Terminology used in construction technology.......................................................................4
Task 2..........................................................................................................................................5
Pre-design studies and types of information collected...........................................................5
Primary and secondary elements of building substructure and superstructure......................6
Task 3..........................................................................................................................................7
Techniques used for re-mediating the site..............................................................................7
Types of substructure works carried out by civil engineers...................................................8
Task 4..........................................................................................................................................8
Supply arrangements for primary services.............................................................................8
Distribution arrangements for primary services.....................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
References:.....................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Construction technology is defined as the constructing of the new project with a new idea
by using the innovation, technology, machines and software. It includes various methods in
construction. It can be either automated or non automated techniques used by the people who are
mainly involved in these types of activities. This report is reflecting the construction of a hotel in
a sustainable manner using various resources and methods with services adopted by the hotel
according to the construction site and project designed as per the requirements (Alhuwayil,
Mujeebu and Algarny, 2019). The following discussions are made on the differences between the
residential, commercial and industrial buildings, various functional characteristics and design
selection criteria in construction, different ways in which the sustainability can be promoted
while construction, different terminology used in constructing a building, pre design studies and
types of information collected in building construction, primary and secondary elements of
substructure and superstructure of the building, various techniques used for re-mediating the site,
different substructure works used by civil engineers, supply and distribution arrangements of
primary services as per the scenario given in a case study.
MAIN BODY
Task 1
Difference between residential, commercial and industrial buildings
Overview
The differences between residential building, commercial building and industrial building
are dependent on how a person looks on them. From a practical point of view, residential
buildings are of itself different types like single family homes, condominiums, apartments and
duplexes where people live with their all household materials. Commercial buildings are mostly
the places where works are carried out like offices distinctive structures, stores or for any
commercial activity. Industrial buildings are mostly warehouses or factories where production
and manufacturing functions are carried out of an organization (Allen and Iano, 2019).
Residential Building
This type of building consists the general household requirements to a person for better
living at their homes with all comfortableness like kitchen, bedrooms, wash rooms, dining hall,
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