General Requirements

Demonstration Materials

· Land Use & Building Codes

· Selected articles (overhead projection)

Assigned Reading: CPMM Chapter 1 General Requirements

Content

Building Design
Construction Team

Building Use Types; Building Shape Types;

Construction Systems & Methods;

The Future

Construction Documents: Drawings/Project Manual;

Bidding & Negotiation; Contract Administration

Industry Standards: ASTM, ANSI, NFPA, ASHRAE, UL, FM, FHA….

Codes: Land Use Codes; Zoning; Uniform Building Code, National Building Code

Barrier-Free Design: ADA

Measurements: metric vs. imperial

Land Survey & Descriptions

Properties of Materials

Structure of Matter: atoms, ions, molecules

Ceramics & Glasses, metals, molecular materials

Properties of Matter:

Mechanical: static vs. dynamic; stress & strain;

Thermal: melting temperature; thermal conductivity; thermal expansion

Electrical: electrical conductivity, galvanic action

Chemical: acidity, pH, chemical reactions

Codes and Structures

Codes What are they and why are they? (1871 the Great Chicago Fire)

Types

Land Use (Zoning) - example (Bellevue Zoning Map)

Environmental (Washington State Growth Management Act)

Energy (Washington State Energy Code/Wa. State Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality Code 1994)

Mechanical

Plumbing

Electrical

Fire (NFPA)

Accessibility

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act - a civil rights legislature signed into law by President Bush on 7/26/1990, effective 7/26/1992)

Washington State Regulations for Barrier-Free Facilities (WAC 51-40 Appendix A)

Washington Administrative Code

Building

International Building Code (IBC)

Southern Building Code (SBC)

Uniform Building Code (UBC)

OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)

WISHA (Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973)

Uniform Building Code (International Conference of Building Officials)

Priorities of the Code (in order of priority)

Occupant safety

Fire fighters safety

Adjacent property protection

Property protection

Building Types

Building Occupancies

Building Height and Areas

Primary Code Issues

Fire resistance

Fire Resistive Construction (Assemblies)

Protection of Structure

Walls and Ceilings

Corridors, Stairs, Shafts

Fire Resistance of Finishes (Flame Spread)

Flammability

Speed of Flame Spread

Toxicity of Smoke

Egress

Occupant Load

Number of Exits

Width of Exits

Corridors, Stairs, Doors

Structural Integrity

Structures

Definition of Building Loads

Dead Loads - weight of the building

Live Loads - occupants and furnishings

Dynamic Loads

Snow

Earthquake

Wind

Uplift (Wind, Frost heave)

Force – tends to exert motion, compression or tension

Types of force:

Compression - tends to condense material

Tension - tends to stretch material

Shear - tends to divide an object along a plane parallel with the opposing external forces

Torque is the result of forces tend to twist an object , resulting in shearing stress

Bending – tends to deflect a member by inducing tension, compression and shear

Internal forces cause stresses within structural members

Moment – force acting through a distance

Newton’s Law - Equal and Opposite Forces

Structural Components

Columns: compression, bending

Beams: bending, shear, torque, moment Types: Solid/Trusses/Cantilever/catenary truss

Frames: system of columns & beams

Bracing: Diagonal Bracing/Shear Wall/Moment Frame

Bearing Walls: structural support; part of the structural frame

Slabs: horizontal component of the structural frame

Arches, Vaults, Domes: components of the structural frame