Exercise 1
Adopting a conventional method of booking dimensions and using the booking paper issued by your Tutor book the dimensions described in the attached textual descriptions. Normally dimensions are booked form drawings or from physical completed work but to get you started we will adopt a list of textual descriptions.
Do each problem in consecutive order and adopt the problem description for the item description. The measurement unit associated with each problem is also given in the brief.
HINTS: be careful they get progressively more difficult and some are mischievous.
Workshop 1
Item descriptions for booking
1. Volume of excavation - m3
In three trenches 10.00m long, 1.00m wide and 0.500m deep.
2. Volume of excavation - m3
In seven trenches:
One 0.500m wide x 10.000m long x 0.200m deep.
Two 3.000m long x 0.200m deep, x 0.400m wide.
One 0.400m deep x 0.600m wide x 13.000m long.
Three 0.400m wide x 0.600m deep x 12.000 long.
3. Volume of concrete foundations – m3.
In concrete foundations 1.000m square, 0.200 deep, occurring twice in one area and three times in another area, in four similar buildings.
4. Ceiling area - m2
In a six storey building with ten rooms on each floor. Each room has a ceiling size 3.515 x 2.712m with a deduction of 0.713 x 0.517m.
5. Area of concrete - m2
In the base to a pond 3.550m diameter.
6. Length of floor joists – m
In six houses, each with two similar floors; each floor has fifteen joists 3.158m 1.00 long, six 2.242m long and two 2.745 long.
7. Number of clothes poles – Nr
In three blocks of eight flats, each flat has two poles; four blocks of two houses, each house has four poles.
8. Volume of excavation - m3
In twenty-three holes, all 0.500m deep:
Three holes 2.200 x 2.150m
Four holes 1.750 x 2.400m
Six holes 2.700 x 2.500m
Two holes 2.200 x 2.400m
Four holes 2.200 x 2.150m
9. Internal floor area – m2
In a building, external dimensions 10.000 x 5.000 enclosed by walls comprising 100mm thick block-work outer skin, 45mm wide cavity and 102mm thick brickwork inner skin.
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