Construction BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in Construction & the Built Environment Unit 4 – Construction Science and Materials Liam Mc Ardle Mrs C Keyes Scenario: A property developer is converting an old railway station into retail and office accommodation. The client is keen to make the working environment for the staff as comfortable as possible. As a consultant, explain how this can be done by addressing the relevant grading criteria. http://hdimagesnew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Old-Railway-Station-Images-9.jpg The railway station above would be very well suited to being able to convert the building into a retail or office space. The ground is very flat and level at the station and it is quite isolated which allows the people in the office to have some privacy. The railway station is very large which allow enough space for a shop if it was used for retail or enough space for of a large modern office. I hope to convert this railway station into a retail & modern comfortable office space, like the one below. http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/04/schoolinside.jpg Introduction For this assignment I have to develop a decent understanding of the factors of human comfort within any building. The people must feel comfortable within their own work environment and workplace. To be able to offer them the comfort they need to be able to work to the best of their ability, I need to learn about the factors that can affect how comfortable
The store will provide welcoming, attentive and efficient service. The company will provide a productive work environment, rewards for achievement and opportunities to develop.
To incoming students in the construction management discipline., the three types of research that will be described in this paper are scholarly journals, trade journals and popular magazines, these will also be accompanied with examples of a research topics. Students can use these researching strategies for the following: essays, lab reports, reviews, and annotations. Knowledge of these resources will ensure success in the program.
The building consists of a canteen area, an office for admin duties, two toilets, a locker
The first section of my report touches two case study buildings that considers such matters in an intimate way, the Dalby Forest Visitor Centre in Yorkshire, and the Heels Building, National Trust Headquarters, located in Swindon. The second section of the report focuses on a personal statement, giving my opinions on both buildings environmental sustainability and overall impact.
The construction industry has been around since the beginning of civilization and since that time people have continually tried to find better ways to build. The speed with which the construction industry moves is unlike any other. Things are done very differently than they were 20 years ago, and things will likely be done in a new way 10 years from now. The vast history and seemingly exponential growth of the industry means people must find innovative ways to gain an advantage. Drone technology has expanded in recent years from military innovations to civilian applications, and while it may not appear personal drones provide much benefit to the construction industry, their limitless applications yield innumerous opportunities on a jobsite. This paper explores some of the many uses a drone can have to advance the construction industry, as well as the liabilities which also come with this new technology. This paper will focus on the areas of efficiency, safety and security; how drone uses can make jobsites run smoother and safer, while also recognizing how drones will add the long list of concerns contractors face on a daily basis.
Review the Plagiarism and Academic Integrity website a http;/www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/pintro.html to ensure they are familiar with the requirements to provide appropriate acknowledgement of source materials; and
Further one this assignment will continue on the infrastructure of the economy which supports construction, this will include told, power tools, transport for materials and any objects used in order to complete a construction project which has to be order, rented or a special efforts made n order to allow for these certain services.
This fire station build in 1993 has a form that resemblance Ringwood Library with a reverse curved roof acting in lieu of a dome to render the building monumental (Annex J). This time it was marked with a series of tubular skylights and vents which serves as a dome lanterns. Cream colour brick wall covers the façade of this building as a shell of a core of local red brick and concrete columns architecture internally which was a legacy of Melbourne’s everyday warehouse and factory architecture of the 1920s. The design had 2 constraints that Corrigan had to consider. Firstly the garage, reception area and dormitory had to be squeeze side by side within a tight space along Albert Street. Second the building was a replaced of an earlier fire station by Seabrook and Fildes whom was Melbourne’s leading early modernist and it was also near to two Modern cinemas.
function of the new building is to provide office space for software development and testing of
1. Name and briefly describe each of the two basic types of competitively bid construction contracts. Which type would be most likely used for building the piers to support a large suspension bridge. Why?
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To begin my assignment I would need to look at an Old Railway Station and how human comfort is affected within the building. In an old railway station there may already be rooms designed for offices and maybe a large area for retail depending on the size of the building, but when it was built along time ago human comfort may not have been taken into consideration as deeply. In an old building like this there will be small windows which will restrict natural light and also fresh air getting in, also with it being an office and retail accommodation together this means there may be a lot of noise in the offices which could cause a stressful environment to work in. When newly converted the new shop will be open and welcoming for the customers by having bright warm colours to make it feel inviting. It will be designed for a small shop like a coffee shop or small groceries shop. The offices will
•Brand the company to the thousands of office workers in a 5 block radius which is increasing 7% annually do to construction and building renovation. •Allows hours of operation to expand to 7 AM to 7 PM. •Provides grounds to schedule an additional 65 employee exams per month •Provides overlap to decrease wait time during lunch time hours.
The construction industry much like other industries is dependant with the distribution of “scarce resources” (Drake,1994). Many of its resources known as the factors or production i.e. labour, capital, land etc. are limited (Gregory-Mankiw, 2008), however, wants and desires within the industry are infinite (Myers, 2013). Kishtainy notes that this creates two problems; at any given time, there will be a fixed number of resource, against numerous wants. Sloman 2003 adds that in an effort to rectify this, he argues that we must make choices, in terms of choices within the construction industry Myers suggested that firms need to considered their investments made, how they construct and for whom they construct for.