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WorksheetsBuilding Construction: part 2 site, foundations, columns, beams
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 41mins
The geographical location of a construction project, usually defined by legal boundaries. It can be a land property or an interior space such as a Mall space, Office space or Residential Condominium.
(a)
The minimum required distance from every structure to the property lines of a lot, established by a zoning ordinance to provide, air, light, solar access and privacy.
(a)
one of the legally defined and recorded boundaries of a parcel of land. usually defined by the lot title
(a)
a property line is also called a;
(a)
the process transferring the initial key points of an architectural design onto the site for the purpose of constructing it.
(a)
Usually defined by the "lot title". Describes the location, bearings, area and identifies the owner.
Known in the Philippines as the
(a)
fixed, static loads made up of the buildings own structure, skin, equipment, and other fixed elements.
dead loads
live loads
wind loads
other loads
moving or transient loads such as occupants, furnishing, rain, snow and ice.
dead loads
live loads
wind loads
other loads
pressure from wind that affects lateral loads as well as possible uplift forces or downward pressure.
dead loads
live loads
wind loads
other loads
the lowest division of a building or other construction, partly or wholly below the surface of the ground, designed to support and anchor the superstructure and transmit its loads directly to the earth.
foundation
footing
site
floor
the part of the foundation bearing directly upon the supporting soil.
(a)
the lowest division of a building or other construction. Partly or wholly below the surface of the ground. Designed to support and anchor the superstructure and also transmit it loads directly to the earth.
(a)
the strength of soil is called:
(a)
output of a soil test; three stores and up
(a)
Constructed by manually or mechanically excavating the site until the desired depth of footing is reached. These are foundations that are used in areas with good hard soil. Can be used when there is relatively good or stable soil within excavation depth.
shallow foundations
deep foundations
foundations that are used on areas with very soft soil or unstable for shallow foundations.
Extends down to where the earth is hard enough using "PILES"
deep foundations
shallow foundations
deep foundations extend down to where the earth is hard enough using (a)
This tower has the deepest pile foundations at 500 feet below
(a)
driven into place instead of being drilled or poured; pre-fabricated piles; can be made of timber, steel or concrete.
pile foundations / driven piles
caisson foundations / caisson pile
These piles are driven closely together in clusters, cut off and capped in groups of two to twenty-five and the building column rest on top of the pile cap
pile foundations / driven piles
caisson foundations / caisson piles
piles that are cast in place; also referred to as "drilled pier"
a hole is drilled or dug through inadequate soil and then filled with concrete
caisson foundations
pile foundations
a single spread footing supporting a freestanding column or pier
isolated footing
continuous footing
strip footing
mat footing
a reinforced concrete footing extended to support a row of columns
continuous footing
strip footing
mat footing
ribbed mat
the continuous spread footing of a foundation wall
continuous footing
strip footing
combine footing
mat footing
a reinforced concrete footing for a perimeter column or foundation wall extended to support an interior column load
combined footing
mat footing
strip footing
ribbed mat
a thick slab-like footing of reinforced concrete supporting a number of columns or an entire building
mat footing
strip footing
single footing
continuous footing
a mat foundation reinforced by a grid of ribs above or below the slab
ribbed mat
mat footing
combined footing
strip footing
A rigid, relatively slender structural member; designed primarily to support axial, compressive loads. Also called a post.
(a)
A column transmits compressive forces _____ along its shaft.
vertically
horizontally
diagonally
The height-to-thickness ratio is knows as a columns;
(a)
Are tall, slender columns stronger or weaker?
(a)
Used prior to arrival of steel and concrete columns. Dependent entirely on compressive forces. Assembled by locking together sections on top of another.
(a)
Stone columns aren't straight, the have;
(a)
may be solid, spaced or built-up
(a)
These are columns with longitudinal bars and lateral ties
tied column
composite column
combined column
lally column
these are columns with longitudinal bars and closely spaced continuous spiral hooping.
spiral column
tied column
composite column
lally column
a structural steel column is embedded into the concrete core of a spiral column.
composite column
tied column
combination column
lally column
Where structural steel is encased in concrete of at least 7 cm thick.
combined column
tied column
spiral column
lally column
Columns that are fabricated steel pipes provided with flat steel plates which holds a girder or girt. Filled with grout or concrete to prevent corrosion.
(a)
iron with low amounts of carbon.
has a carbon content less than that of cast iron and more than that of wrought iron.
has qualities of strength, hardness, and elasticity
(a)
is usually pre-fabricated off-site and then assembled on-site
(a)
the standard factory made section.
lattice columns
rolled h-columns
built-up columns
battened columns
these are used for compression members in roof trusses, light towers, and lattice girders
strut of one or two angles
starred angle
lattice columns
battened columns
two or four connected by batten plate spaced intervals of 3 to 4 ft. these are used to support the light loads
starred angle
strut of one or two angles
lattice columns
rolled h column
box columns with two or more webs are commonly used in heavy building frames.
built-up columns
battened columns
top chord sections
lattice columns
made of two rolled or built-up channel sections and a cover plate
(a)
made of four angles and a web plate.
columns for bents
lattice columns
starred angles
wide flange columns
two component parts of the column are commented by batten plates
battened columns
lattice columns
rolled-h columns
columns for bent
a rigid structural member designed to carry and transfer transverse loads across space to supporting elements
(a)
these are beams having a single span with a support at each end, there being no restraint at the supports
simple beams
cantilever beams
continuous beams
semi-continuous beams
these are beams that are supported at one end only, or they may be that portion of beams projecting beyond one of its supports.
simple beams
cantilever beams
continuous beams
semi-continuous beams
these are beams resting on more than two supports.
simple beams
cantilever beams
continuous beams
semi-continuous bemas
it refers to a beam having two spans with little or no restraint at the two extreme ends of the beam
simple beams
cantilever beams
continuous beams
semi-continuous beams
the end span of a continuous beam, where little or restraint is provided at the end support, is referred to as a
simple beams
cantilever beams
continuous beams
semi-continuous beams
(a) is to steel, (b) is to concrete
(a) tension
(b) compression
(a) compression
(b) tension
a type of RC beam where a reinforced concrete floor slab and it supporting beam are built at the same time and thoroughly tied together.
(a)
these are beams that are supported at one end only.
the tensile reinforcement is located at top of the beam and inverted U-stirrups are provided
cantilever beams
t-beams
simple beams
wood beams
Steel beams may be rolled in the shape of the letter _
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