Introduction to Building Measurement: Artefact 1 Coursework Assignment

This assignment, designed for the U22297 Introduction to Building Measurement course, focuses on introducing students to plan reading and building measurement techniques. It encompasses interpreting architectural symbols, understanding A4 paper formats, and explaining the rationale behind consistent dimensioning practices. The assignment includes tasks such as sketching geometric forms from booked dimensions, squaring dimensions, and interpreting plan layouts. Furthermore, students are required to prepare a section drawing based on provided specifications and drawings, and book dimensions according to NRM2 standards for floor areas, brickwork, and blockwork. The provided solution demonstrates the application of these skills, including calculations for areas and volumes, and provides a detailed breakdown of the measurement processes involved in a construction project.

Objectives:
1. To provide an introduction to plan reading as a prelude to effective building
measurement.
2. To provide an introduction to the current industry Standard Method of Measurement.
Task:
Answer all questions (see attached)
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this assignment, students will be expected, at threshold level, to
be able to:
1. Interpret a set of construction drawings including specification details
2. Outline and apply basic industry-standard measurement techniques and conventions.
3. Express and translate drawn information into recorded dimensions using industry
recognised conventions.
Reading / References:
1. Measurement and Billing
• Lee, S. Trench, W. Willis A., 2014, Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying (12th
ed), Wiley-Blackwell (ISBN 978-1-118-49920-7)
• Packer, A.D., 2000, Building Measurement, Addison Wesley (ISBN 0-582-09816-
5)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 2012, NRM2: RICS New Rules of
Measurement - Detailed Measurement for Building Works, Coventry: RICS (ISBN
9781842197165)
• Seeley, I.H., 1999, Building Quantities Explained (5th ed), Basingstoke: Macmillan
(ISBN 9780333719725)
2. Others
• Moodle online resources:
a. Study Guides,
b. Class Hand-outs,
c. Tutorials,
d. PowerPoint Slides

IMPORTANT - These sheets must be submitted with your assignment.
Student Evaluation and Student Comment to be completed before submission
Overall Grade
(to be completed before submission)
Letter
Grade
(A* - F)
Percentage
(100 – 0)
Key: A*: 80% or above, A: 70% - 79%, B: 60% - 69%, C: 50% - 59%, D: 40% - 49%, E: 30% -
39%, F: 29% or less IMPORTANT: See separate Grade Criteria for characteristics of work in the
above grades
Student Comment
(to be completed before submission)
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Question 1)
Using a pencil, fill in each of the following boxes with the correct architectural symbols.
Hardcore, SECTION
Brickwork, PLAN / SECTION
Concrete, SECTION
Blockwork, PLAN / SECTION
Question 2)
A) What is the following format of A4 paper known as?____________________________

B) Identify the name of each of the columns labelled 1 to 4 above.
Column 1. ______________________________________________
Column 2. ______________________________________________
Column 3. ______________________________________________
Column 4. ______________________________________________
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Question 3)
Explain the reasons for a consistent and mutually understood approach to booking dimensions on
dimension paper.
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Question 4)
Sketch the geometric forms that are represented by the booked dimensions below. Your sketch does not
need to be to scale.
4a) Sketch
4b) Sketch
Question 5) Square the following examples of booked dimensions.
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Question 5a)
What unit of measurement is
represented here? _________________
Question 5b)
What unit of measurement
is represented here? _________________
Question 5c)
What unit of measurement
is represented here? _________________
Question 6) The following dimensions relate to a specific project. Sketch your interpretation of the plan
layout of that building. Your sketch does not need to be to scale.
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SKETCH
Specifications and drawings for Questions 7 and 8
Use the following specifications and drawings (plan layout and elevations) below of a building to answer
questions 7 and 8.
External Walls
103mm facing brick laid stretcher bond in cement and sand mortar (1:3)
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100mm cavity with and including 75mm Jablite cavity wall insulation and 25mm air cavity
100mm insulation blockwork laid stretcher bond in cement and sand mortar (1:3)
External Walls
100mm insulation blockwork laid stretcher bond in cement and sand mortar (1:3)
Ceiling and Roof Structure
Trussed rafters with 270mm roof insulation that follows the ceiling line
12.7mm plasterboard to ceilings (flat ceiling NOT following pitch of roof)
Floor to ceiling height of 2.50m
Roof pitch = 30°
Doors and Windows
Head height of doors and windows is 2110mm
910mm wide x 1210mm high casement windows
1010 x 2110 single doors
1510 x 2110 double doors
NOTE:The above is all the information you have been provided. Make reasonable assumptions where
necessary.
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FLOOR PLAN

WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
Question 7)
Prepare a clearly annotated sketch (scale 1:25) in the space provided on the next page showing a section
based on the cut line A –A. You should assume the specifications provided on page 7. The specifications
information is all you have been provided. Make reasonable assumptions where necessary. Your drawing
should be in A3 landscape format.
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This
is an
A3
Paper
SECTION A-A
This is an A3 Paper

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Question 8)
Using the dimension papers provided on the following pages, book the following dimensions in
accordance with NRM2 for the drawings and specifications provided.
A.The floor area
B. Brickwork C. Blockwork
a- 47.67 metersq
= as we know
total Length of floor = inner length + 103mm
facing brick + 100mm insulation blockwork
+100mm cavity = 6500+(103+100+100)2
=7106mm
=7.106m
Total width = 6000 + 103+(103+100+100)2
= 6709mm
=6.709m
So the total floor area = 7.106 x 6.709
= 47.67 meter sq
Brick work
b - 181.91 meter sq
we know = frist we calculate west and east wall
calculation
= 2(length wall x height of wall) – door area
= 2 (6.706x 2.50)-(1.51x2.11)2
= 135.12
For north and south wall
2(length wall x height of wall) + tringal area – door
area- window area
Tringal area = tan30degree=length of tringal
section/ base length
1/√3 = L/ 6.70
= 3.87
2(6.309x2.50) +(6.309x1.907)2-)1.01x2.11)2+
(.910x1.005)5
= 46.79 meter sq
Total brick work = 135.12 + 46.79
= 181.91 meter sq
For Block Work
c - 61.176 msq
first we calculate slop of trush – sin 30 =1.90/slop
Slop = 8.0
Length of cc – 7.647
Height – 8m
Total block area – (7.647 x 8.0 )2
- 61.176 msq
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