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The following are materials used for construction purposes such as building a house. Which of these is first considered as construction material during the industrial revolution?
During the middle ages, the following materials are used to build ring beams for Gothic Churches.
Stone
Iron
Wood
Bricks
During the industrial revolution, what is the remarkable technology that brought construction materials made easy to far-flung areas or suburbs?
Optical surveying
Machine tools
Railways
Glass production
In 20th century, which of the following made high rise and skyscrapers construction possible?
Prefabrication
Elevators and cranes
Power tools
Computer-aided design
It often consists of a single document describing all the materials and work required for a building. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(a)
It is a construction classification system organized by functional elements in a construction project.
Blueprint
Uniformat
Tableformat
Green format
Which of the following should NOT be indicated in the specification?
Quality of the materials
Details about particular products required for compliance
Number of labors and their wages
Extent of work to be carried out
Which is correct specification writing style?
The aggregate shall be placed to a depth of 6 inches and compacted to a density of 95 percent.
The contractor is allowed to use aggregates to a depth of 6" and he shall compact it to a density of 95%.
The aggregate is to be compacted by the contractor to a density of 95% with a depth of 6 inches.
Place the aggregate to a depth of 6" and contractor will compact it until he will reach 95% density.
Why do architects need guiding principles when designing a building? Give at least 1 guiding principle and why?
This type of specification style will give a better image of what the final product will look like.
Prescriptive specification
Performance specification
Propriety specification
Imperative specification
This type of specification style provides details on the outcomes of a work, how to finish the job, explanation of materials, means of installing, and the final product capability.
Prescriptive specification
Performance specification
Propriety specification
Imperative specification
This type of specification provides the actual brand names, model numbers, and other information that are specified which usually resulted from the preference of the owner.
Prescriptive specification
Performance specification
Propriety specification
Imperative specification
Use Branded Acrytex plain paint finish or any approved equal for all ceilings veneered with gypsum boards, fiber cement boards, and exposed slabs.
Performance specification
Prescriptive specification
Proprietary specification
Imperative specification
All exposed surfaces made of wood or lumber shall be smoothly be dressed and dried.
Performance specification
Prescriptive specification
Propriety specification
Imperative specification
It is a viscous, sticky substance of a tree with a clear or translucent appearance.
Sap
Resin
Moisture
Pores
They are present in softwoods but not in hardwoods.
Color
Resin
Fiber
Growth rings
It is the process of preparing wood for commercial purposes.
Logging
Skidding
Lumbering
Band saw
A wide piece of lumber from 2”-5” thick
Veneer
Board
Plank
Slab
If the length of a lumber is 26 inches with 1.25 inches depth and 4.5 inches width, calculate its equivalent board feet.
12.19 bd. ft.
146.25 bd. ft.
1.015 bd. ft.
12.00 bd. ft.
Wood products often used for structural framing such as posts, beams or girders, columns, etc.
(a)
These are naturally formed construction materials obtained by quarrying and usually done by excavating, wedging, heating or blasting.
Artificial stones
Natural stones
Bricks
Mud and clay
If you are building a house fronting a see, what major wall materials do you recommend and why?
These are walls designed to directly transfer loads from the roof to the foundation of the structure.
Concrete reinforced walls
Load-bearing walls
Non-load-bearing walls
Curtain walls
It is the art and craft of building and fabricating in stone, clay, brick, or concrete block.
Masonry
Carpentry
Concreting
Brick works
A type of masonry unit made of precast portland cement, fine aggregate, and water, molded into various shapes to satisfy various construction conditions.
(a)
For 5 points. What construction material do you recommend for a wall in a kitchen often exposed to a very high temperature such as oven heat and fire when cooking? Specify using performance specification style.
For 5 points. How do you write the propriety specification style for the house of Mrs. Ybarra if the engr. recommends to use a 4" x 4" wood lumber for all the posts in a 100cm X 100cm x 150cm concrete footing?
"Bottoms of excavation shall be level, free from loose materials, and brought to indicated or required levels in undisturbed earth or in compacted fill." In this sentence, What does this specification emphasize?
The extent of work to be carried out
Details about the products required for compliance
Acceptable standard for each trade
how materials should be placed and fixed
"All concrete hollow block walls shall be built plumbed, true to the given dimension with blocks always set to bond and breaking joints. " In this sentence, what does the writer specify about the concrete hollow block walls?
The extent of hollow block wall works to be carried out.
The quality of the expected hollow block wall work output.
The process of how the hollow block wall is constructed.
Schedule of the finishing of the hollow block wall.
Known also as PD1096. It provides minimum building design standards and requirements to architects/builders for the purpose of the safety of the general public and the environment.
American Society for Testing and Materials
National Building Code of the Philippines
American Concrete Institute
Building Design Code of the Philippines
