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WorksheetsUnit 1 Construction Principles
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
A development company is building a large warehouse. The design of the warehouse
will be of a pre-fabricated structural steel frame.
The warehouse design will need to incorporate concrete paved loading bays for
heavy goods vehicles delivering materials.
Identify one property that allows the concrete to be fully compacted.
Toughness
Malleability
Workability
Hardness
The architect has calculated the loadings on the upper floor of the building.
Explain two reasons why the architect would need to consider the dead and live
loads on the upper floors of the building.
(a)
A civil engineering contractor is constructing a new railway line in an urban area.
Parts of the railway line will be at ground level with other parts carried by reinforced
concrete viaducts above the ground.
The steel used for a railway track needs to resist abrasive wear.
Identify a property that enables steel to resist abrasive wear.
Ductility
Hardness
Stiffness
Resistivity
State one cause of degradation from natural processes.
(a)
A surveyor has been asked to measure the levels of humidity in the apartments.
Identify one instrument that is used to measure humidity.
Anemometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
Thermometer
What is the process of dipping external steelwork items hot zinc
Polyurethane Coatings
Hot Dip Galvanising
Zinc-Rich Coatings
Acrylic Coatings
What is a Structural Member?
Structural members are the elements of a building
support load
elements of a building or structure
Structural members are the elements of a building or structure that help to support load
A structure should be able to?
Be capable of carrying its own weight
Foundations should remain stable under load
Excessive wind forces should not cause the building to collapse
Walls, floors and roofs should not deflect unduly when loaded
All of the above
Identify the term used to describe the total amount of energy used to produce a
construction material.
Kinetic energy
Embedded energy
Potential energy
Passive energy
A civil engineering contractor has been commissioned to build two new access roads
to a power station.
The roads will require a number of other structures to be built, including retaining
walls and concrete bridges.
State one component of concrete.
(a)
A retaining wall is to be constructed from brickwork.
Explain two ways in which brickwork can fail.
(a)
The health authority has specified that internal windows in the health centre
should be obscured glass.
Explain two reasons why obscured glass is suitable in this situation.
(a)
The load bearing walls of the houses will be constructed from high density
concrete blocks.
Identify one property that makes high density concrete blocks suitable for load
bearing walls.
Compressive strength
Workability
Tensile strength
Plasticity
Describe two benefits of smart glass that make it a suitable material for use in this
building.
(a)
What are the two types of walls?
(a)
