Project 1: Science and Materials: Handling and Storage Techniques

This project report examines the application of science and materials within the context of sustainable construction practices. It addresses the role of a design-build technician in promoting eco-friendly approaches, focusing on material handling, storage regulations, and employee safety training. The project analyzes various construction materials, differentiating between natural and man-made options, and emphasizes the importance of sustainability in material selection, including the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT). It also explores the advantages and disadvantages of CLT. The report further discusses the use of steel in construction, highlighting its benefits and drawbacks in the context of structural components such as columns and beams, while emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices and environmental considerations in material choices.

PROJECT 1
SCIENCE AND MATERIALS

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES...............................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Science and material refers to everything that can be reflected from the primary research
on properties related to chemical for developing new material and also improving the
formulations of current materials that can be related to new applications. As it is highly used by
the constructor companies that work with engineers and specialist, pilot plants and also the
manufacturing facilities. This report includes that a person is employed by a large general
contractor as a design build technician for shifting the company towards the greater use of the
sustainable practices. To complete this project this report includes the Balfour Beatty that is a
leading construction company within the UK. For completing this project it inculcates the health
and safety regulations and legislation that is associated with the storage, handling which is used
on construction site. It also involves the environmental and sustainability factors that affect the
material choices along with present material choices that helps in experimental data,
environmental consideration. At last it explains the performance of given building that can fulfill
the human comfort requirements (Li and et. al., 2018).
TASK 1
Handling and storing material includes the several operations such as hoisting tons of
steel with a crane, carrying bags or the material manually. For a contractor it is very essential to
focus on the impact of use, storage and handling the selection of the typically construction
material (Clyne and Hull, 2019). In terms of Balfour Beatty as a design build technician it is very
essential to focus on the several regulations that is reflected for handling the material storage of
the typical construction material. In this several aspects are to be included that can be shown
below:
 Flammable material handling and storage- In this aspect to overcome the fire and
flammable issues the regulation related to safety and health can be adopted. To highly
focus on handling the selection of the construction material company can adhere to
emphasis on the precautions of fore safety. In this firm can separate the other material
from the fire wall. In this the material that are dissimilar or dangerous are stored
separately. In case of the Balfour Beatty, designer technician can planning the storage

and handling of construction material for this they can separate the flammable products
from the other material so that safety can be maintained and also impact of the usage of
the material cannot be reflected in negative manner.
 Employee hazard and safety training- In this contractor can focus on giving the
training to their employees to remove the hazard within the handling of the materials. In
this designer technician of Balfour Beatty can regulate the some aspects that is beneficial
for the workers at the time of usages, handling the material that is adopted at the time of
construction (Reid, 2016). In this technician can emphasis on several factors that can
reduces the hazards at the working place which can be presented below:
o The main aspect is to instruct the workers properly related to the use of
equipments and materials.
o Creating awareness related to health risk which is caused by improper lifting’s.
o Effective use of safe postures and timings so that lifting can be done smoothly and
also minimize the load moment effects.
o Another aspect is that to show the workers how to ignore the unnecessary
physical stress at the time of usage of the typical construction material.
o Skills related to body responses, warning signals at the time of lifting the material
in the construction site.
 Material handling with conveyors- In these employees who are working can face the
issues related to catching hands in nip points that causes the severe injury related to the
employee health’s. In this Balfour Beatty, designer technician can mainly emphasis on
the emergency stop the site when the injury related to the people life’s are to be caused.
All these terms are very useful for Balfour Beatty to regulate the usage of the storage, handling at
the time of typically contracting the material. Following all the factors helps the contractor
company to gain the profitable results within proper safety of the workers health (Shackelford
and et. al., 2016).

TASK 2
Material building is the substances which are used in the construction process. The
construction material is of 2 types i.e. natural and manmade. The natural materials of material
building in construction are the substances which are produce naturally. This may include sand,
stones, wood and so on. On the other side man made materials are those which are made up by
humans like synthetics, pipes, tanks and much more. In the earlier times, the resources or say the
materials which were used in the construction activity were selected by reviewing the size, price
and the degree of availability of resources. But now the scenario has got changed. People now
get the resources for construction by reviewing that if the materials are sustainable or not. The
builders and the constructors now perform their construction activity in a view that whether it
involves sustainability construction or not (Wang and et al., 2018). Here, the sustainability
construction refers to carrying out the construction activity in such a way that it does not lead to
the wastage of any natural and manmade resources. The sustainable development is now also
applied at the construction process and activity. The materials are use in a clever manner by
ensuring no wastage of materials, especially of natural materials. Now the resource which is a
natural resource and also is scare in its availability does not get used in the construction activity.
In the place of these resources some alternative material gets in use. Generally these natural and
scare resources are replaced with the resources that can be reuse and recycled.
The items which are scant or can't be reestablished should be less favored as they are restricted
assets. Or maybe, these materials should be subbed with such materials which can be reused and
have less effect on the nature. Despite what might be expected, a portion of the materials can't be
supplanted by some other material, for example, sand, iron and numerous others. In the present
circumstance, one should make a point to utilize the most extreme limit of the assets and reusing
it as much as they can, so to evade the further loss of the assets and accomplish its greatest
chance.
Another savvy way is changing to the greatest number of inexhaustible materials. As it is simply
not a trend, but it is a need for a superior future. This will prompt drop down the measure of
waste that is made by the development business. One ought to likewise anticipate drop down the
epitomized energy. Typified energy, otherwise called installed energy helps in computing the
aggregate sum of energy needed for the item's life cycle. The existence cycle here alludes to

extraction of the crude material, shipping, producing, amassing, and introducing, dismantling,
deconstruction and finally decays. Fundamentally examining the ways by which the installed
energy can be let down and actualizing the best path to secure the climate should be the most
extreme need. The structure should be built so that it helps in limiting the measure of energy that
is needed to keep up the interior temperature of the structure. This can be said for both the
components, for example, access warmth or access cold (Wang and Zhang, 2017). For this
perspective, the structure ought to have windows which can assist the daylight with entering the
inside climate of the structure. One the opposite, warm material can be utilized to keep a
satisfying temperature of the new structure.
In like manner, one of the structure materials that is utilized prominently while built the structure
is cross laminated timber. Let us currently comprehend the cycle of its making and the
preferences and the burdens of this material in regard to supportability.
Cross-laminated timber – Otherwise called CLT, is a wooden outlining thing which is made by
staying solid sawn wood's layers together. All of its layer board is set and stick oppositely in a
symmetric way. A standard lumber is for the most part anisotropic, which suggests that the
movements in real properties of the material depend upon the course wherein the force is
applied. Additionally, when the layers are stuck oppositely, the strength of the material
augmentations. The gathering of the above material is contain nine phases. These are essential
assurance of wood, stroll gathering, usage of sticky (stick), block lay, party pressing, and quality
controlling and advancing.
This material is utilized in different spots like developing a structure, spans, elevated structure,
and so forth (Sanjayan and Nematollahi, 2019). A portion of the acclaimed structures that are
developed by utilizing this material are:
•Pavilions-The main timber super cylinder structure of the world which was work by CLT
boards at Chelsea school of Arts n London
•High-rise building-Dalston path at Dalston square is perhaps the greatest task on the planet that
has been built from the above material.

•Bridges-Mistissini Bridge is one of the scaffolds in Canada which even won different one of
which was National Awards of Excellence in moving class.
There are sure preferences and impediment of utilizing the individual item. Let us currently talk
about the advantages of utilizing CLT in perspective to how to it affects nature (Wei and et al.,
2016).
Points of interest of utilizing CLT-
•Comparing it to other development material, it has lower epitomized carbon impressions.
•It delivers less wastage on location and is without dust. Consequently, taking care of cycle gets
simpler and brings about keeping up better wellbeing and security.
•CLT is an incredible feasible substitute as it is made of wood. Consequently, it doesn't need the
consuming of the fossils while creation.
•As it is made of various layers of timber wood, it can give warm protection which can assist
with keeping up the temperature of the inner climate of the building, depending upon the
quantity of layers that are being utilized (Fomina and et al., 2018).
•It can supplant other structure materials like solid, steel, and so on
•It is an inexhaustible asset, consequently it is climate neighborly.
Detriments of CLT-
•As it is a generally new material, the expense of the item is high which is the primary
explanation that different choices that are nearly less expensive are more liked.
•Other component which influences picture for item was, with regard of accomplish good
execution, more lines were needed for sticking the aftereffect of that, and much crude material is
required. Along these lines, more timber would be separated from nature which will negatively
affect the climate.

TASK 3
Structure of the entire structure is partitioned in various part that principally including section,
balance, bar, piece, etc. Out of these, sections are by and large vertical pieces of the structure
which range from base to superstructure. Alongside this, segment assumes significant function in
moving burden from initial of structure to base balance. Aside, section is fundamentally
unbending standing part that was outlined in support pivotal complete burden or weight getting
by shafts & pieces too which then move to the base from assistance of balance. While, bar was
underlying component that was capable of handling the burden fundamentally through opposing
twisting (Sanjayan, Nazari and Nematollahi, 2019). For development of sections and shafts in the
particular structure there is prerequisite of steel. In development of a structure steel assume
significant job subsequently, underneath notice are a few reasons of using steel for development
methodology :-
•Strength, excellence and plan opportunity
•fast, effective and clever
•Adaptable and open
•Endlessly recyclable.
•Added imperviousness to fire, etc
There are a few focal points just as drawbacks of utilizing steel in the development of sections
and pillars are as per the following :-
Advantages Disadvantages
 Major bit of leeway of developing
segment and pillar with the steel is that
it strength, magnificence and plan
opportunity to the structure.
 Steel can be reuse commonly there is
no recyclable cut off. In straightforward
term it very well may be said that steel
 Steel structures have high support cost
in light of rust in it, costly paints are
required for restore it on the time
premise. Consequently, opposition
against serious conditions can
increment.
 Along with this, contrast with solid

is perpetually recyclable.
 Apart from this concrete is added on
imperviousness to fire merit in the
structure. Aside from this, a few
components of tremor opposition are
additionally included in segments and
bars work with steel.
 Steel is practical on the grounds that
contrast with lumber steel is light
weight which makes it simple to ship.
Consequently bring about decreasing
fuel cost and quickens venture plans.
steel have little protection from fire.
Right around 600-700C portion of the
strength get decreased.
 Moulding of steel is preposterous
toward any path as per the longing.
Same segment just as pillar are difficult
to shape when they are built utilizing
steel.
Concrete is an elective material use for developing sections and pillar too it have more modest
climate sway on climate. Aside from this, everybody knows about concrete since it is one of the
most well-known materials using for development reason from hundreds of years and till now.
Beneath notice is some sure effect of concrete on climate:-
•This resource comes in the category of recyclable resources. It can get reuse and also recycle by
getting it through various processes (Wu, Wang and Wang, 2016).
•Concrete is performed through normal assets hence, no present prerequisite of fake items.
Correlation among utilizing of steel & concrete for developing segments just like shaft is notice
underneath:-
Basis steel Concrete
Meaning Steel is a material, compound
of iron and carbon too a few
different components, for
example, silicon, phosphorous
and sulfur in fluctuating rate.
It is the second most using
material during the time spent
development after water.
Alongside this, concrete is
generally utilizing material

There are different sort of
steel, for example, Carbon
steel, Alloy steel, Tool,
Stainless and much more.
now days as a result of its
sturdiness and similarity.
Shaping Sections and bar made of steel
can't be form in any shape
according to the prerequisite.
Though, Concrete has essential
preferred position of
embellishment segments and
pillars according to the
necessities.
CONCLUSION
From the report presented above, the material handling during the construction of any site
has been presented. There are various legal laws which need to be under taken account while and
before starting up the construction process. Now the materials along with the process through
which the construction activities carry out are sustainable. In the construction also the sustainable
development has been practice.

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