Sustainable Construction Technologies
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CONSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGY
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3Differences between residential, commercial and industrial buildings.......................................3Ways to promote sustainability in building projects...................................................................4Application of terminologies used to construct the Hotel Complex...........................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5Pre-Design studies and type of information to design most suitable foundation type................5Construction of various foundations and their suitability for use with various structures.........5Impact of Site Information on Foundation Design.....................................................................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8Description of the functional characteristics of elements of superstructure and design selectioncriteria for their usage.................................................................................................................8Pre-design studies carried out and information collected for the Hotel Complex......................9How the component parts of an element allow it to fulfil its function.......................................9Different types of structural frame used to carry the primary and secondary elements of thesuperstructure............................................................................................................................10TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10Techniques used for re-mediating the site prior to construction commencing.........................10Types of substructures works required for the infrastructures..................................................11TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................12Supply arrangements for primary services................................................................................12Distribution arrangement for primary services.........................................................................12Elements of the superstructure used to facilitate the primary services.....................................13Distribution of the primary services impact on the overall design of the building...................13CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15
INTRODUCTIONConstruction Technology is a very prominent Civil Engineering branch and involves thestudy and application of various methods and technologies used in this aspect. This is animportant aspect that are considered in this field undertakes management of infrastructures (Gao,Y and et. al., 2016). As per the current scenario, a five-storey Hotel Complex needs to beconstructed near Heathrow Airport in London, UK. The report would constitute the terminologyused in construction technology and different techniques used in construction of substructure andsuper structure. It also involves various infrastructure technology used in supporting buildingsand supply and distribution of a range of building services.TASK 1Differences between residential, commercial and industrial buildingsThere are various types of buildings constructed and used for different purposes. They arequite different in nature and have different agendas to fulfil. Their differences are describedbelow:BASISRESIDENTIALCOMMERCIALINDUSTRIALPURPOSEThese structures areconstructed toaccommodate familiesand provide people aplace to live.The purpose ofconstruction of thesebuildings is primarilyfor commercialpurposes, for instance,workplaces, stores,offices etc.The construction ofthese buildings is tofulfil industrialpurposes such aswarehouses andbuildings.SIZEDepending upon thenature, the size variesfrom small individualhomes to bigapartmentsaccommodatinghundreds of people.Commercialconstruction is quitelarge in size andrequires more floorspace, more squarefootage and largerbeams.The size of industrialbuildings is huge forinternal transportationof large equipmentsand for construction ofmultiple unitsdepending on thecompanies.
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