Centre Number

71
Candidate Number

General Certificate of Secondary Education

2012

Unit 1: The Construction Industry for

the 21st Century

GCB11

Construction and the Built Environment

[GCB11]
MONDAY 14 MAY, AFTERNOON

TIME
1 hour 30 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces
provided at the top of this page.
Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper.
Answer all eleven questions.
Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11 should be answered in relation
to the enclosed house plans and specifications previously issued
as Pre-Release Material. You should not bring any of the material
previously issued into this examination.
You will be provided with a clean copy of the Pre-Release Material.

For Examiners
use only
Question Marks
Number

1
2
3
4
5
6

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

047043

The total mark for this paper is 120.

Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages
indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question.
Quality of written communication will be assessed in questions
7 and 9.
A scale rule is required.
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10
11
Total
Marks

Section A
Answer all questions

Examiner Only

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Use the Pre-Release Material to assist with answering

questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.
1 (a) The following symbols have been used on the Site Plan and Ground
Floor Plan contained within the Pre-Release Material.

Identify what each of these BS1192 symbols or building elements

represent:

1.
_____________________________

[1]

2.
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[1]

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3.
_____________________________

[1]

4.
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[1]

5.
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[1]

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 (b)
The following building elements are found in the Pre-Release
Material. Name one material that can be used to manufacture each
element.
1. Front Windows

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__________________

2. Damp Proof Membrane (DPM) __________________

3.
Roof Covering

__________________

4.
Wall Ties

__________________

5.
Rafters

__________________

6.
Gutter
__________________
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The following professionals and craft operatives are employed during the
design and construction stages of the house shown in the Pre-Release
Material.

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2 (a)
Identify three of the main roles that a Site Engineer would have in
relation to this project.
Site Engineer
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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(b)
Identify three of the main roles that the following craft operatives
would have for the project shown in the Pre-Release Material.
Bricklayer
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Joiner
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Using the attached Pre-Release Material, give the following dimensions in

millimetres. Some dimensions may need to be scaled.

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(a)
The length and width of the dining room.

Length __________________ Width __________________

[4]

(b)
The overall width of the conservatory from the outside of the walls, at
ground floor level, including sill projection.
Width __________________

[2]

(c) The width and height of the family room window at the front of the
house. Take this height at the highest point of the window.

Width __________________ Height __________________

[4]

(d)
The total number of toilets within the complete building.

Total number of toilets __________________

[2]

(e)
The gradient of the ramp into the entrance hall.
Gradient __________________

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The drawing shown below is of a foundation detail, which will be used in

the dwelling shown in the Pre-Release Material.

High density
concrete block
in sand cement
mortar 1:3

60 mm thick Quinn Therm

WF/Kingspan rigid board insulation
fixed to inner skin of blockwork with
cavity tie clip

Damp proof
Course min 150
above G.L.

100 mm thick Quinn-Lite

insulation block laid in,
lime mortar 1:1:6

Existing/Proposed
Ground Level

100 mm thick 20 N/10 mm

aggregate Concrete Slap

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1200 guage
Damp Proof
Membrane
50 mm thick Quinn Therm
QF/Kingspan rigid board
insulation to underside of
floor slab, 25 mm to
perimeter of slab

Lean mix concrete, fill

to cavity up to ground
level, haunched at
30 degrees with fall
towards the outside
face.
150 mm min well
compacted, hardcore
25 mm Crusher Run
Stone
600  300 Concrete strip foundation,
grade 20N/10 mm aggregate, minimum
depth below finished ground level
600 mm, or deeper until satisfactory
ground bearing strata is reached to
satisfaction of Building Control officer.

20 mm sand
blinding

Centre Line
of Foundation

Fig. 2

(a) Name the type of foundation shown in Fig. 2.

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(b)
Give two functions of the foundation shown above.
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(c)
Name the type of wall construction shown in Fig. 2.
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(d) List two functions of the wall construction shown in Fig. 2.

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(e) What is the full name of the material represented by the letters DPM?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [2]

(f) State one function of a DPM.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [1]

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List different examples of work which could commonly be carried out

under each of the following headings:

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Building, Civil Engineering and Building Services.

(a) Building

List five different examples of work:

1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [5]

(b) Civil Engineering

List three different examples of work:

1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [3]

(c) Building Services

List three different examples of work:

1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [3]

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A requirement of all modern construction is to incorporate services into a

building.

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(a)
Clearly state how you would incorporate electrical services into a
timber stud wall and secure a socket box in place. In your answer
indicate what stage plastering should take place in this process.
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(b)
Clearly state how you would incorporate electrical services into the
inner leaf of a concrete block cavity wall and secure a socket box
in place. In your answer indicate what stage plastering should take
place in this process.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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State the main reason for having the following elements in a typical
domestic house.

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(a)
The building element shown in Fig. 3 is a foundation trench.

Fig. 3

What is the main reason for excavating the foundation trench?

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(b) The building elements shown in Fig. 4 are floor joists.

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Fig. 4

What are the two main reasons for having floor joists in a domestic
house?

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 (c)
The building element shown in Fig. 5 is a window.

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Fig. 5

What are the two main reasons for having a window within a
domestic house?

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Section B
Answer all questions

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Compare how a solid stone wall in traditional domestic construction is

different from a modern cavity wall constructed from Brick or Block.

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Fig. 6 shows the early stages in the development of the Titanic Signature
Building in Belfast which will be several storeys high.

Examiner Only

Marks

Remark

Fig. 6

(a) List five operations which could be carried out by the Tower cranes
shown on this site.

1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [5]

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The domestic site shown in the Pre-Release Material will use Telescopic
Handlers such as the one shown in Fig. 7.

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(b)
List five operations which could be carried out by the Telescopic
Handlers on the domestic building site.

Fig. 7

1. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [5]

(c) (i) Name the main plant item that would be used for lifting materials
onto a new 7 storey office development site in a confined city
centre location.

[2]

(ii) Justify why you have chosen the item of plant you have listed
above.

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A Contractor organises his/her resources under three main headings:

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Plant
Labour
Materials

(d) (i) What does the term labour refer to?

[2]

(ii) Provide two examples of this.

[2]

(e) (i) What does the term materials refer to?

[2]

(ii) Provide two examples of this.

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10 Fig. 8 below shows a head detail used in cavity wall construction for the
dwelling shown in the Pre-Release Material.

Add the following labels to the drawing. Leader lines have been provided
for your guidance.

Wet dash on a sand/cement render total thickness is 19 mm

Cavity Insulation
Gypsum plaster bonding and finish coat 13 mm
Stepped DPC
Double Glazed PVCu or Timber Window
100mm blockwork outer leaf
Proprietary cavity closer

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Fig. 8

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11 Before the client gives their final approval for the attached pre-release
drawing and specifications, he has asked you to identify ways in which he
can reduce the use of fossil fuels in the day to day running costs of the
house.

Examiner Only

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Evaluate how this can be achieved under the following headings:

The building structure
Renewable energy

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THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER

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Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for.

In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA
will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified.

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Candidate Number

General Certificate of Secondary Education

General Certificate of Secondary Education
2012
January 2011

Construction and the Built Environment

Construction and the Build Environment
Pre-Release Material

Assessment Unit 1: The Construction

Assessment
1: The Construction
st Century
Industry
for the 21Unit
Industry for the 21st Century
Assessing The Construction Industry
[GCB11]

[GCB11]

Available to Candidates
01 November
2010
MONDAY
14 MAY, AFTERNOON

You must use this clean copy of the Pre-Release Material in the examination and not your
own annotated copy.

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Construction and the Built Environment

Introduction
A copy of the pre-release information for this examination is included in the following pages.
The materials contain drawings and specifications relating to a house and a Granny flat.
The drawings and specifications pertain to a house which has been constructed close to a river
in a provincial town. The site is slightly elevated.
The client is a private client who has employed the following people to oversee the design of
his development:
Architect

Site Engineer

Quantity Surveyor
The contractor will be appointed on the basis of selective tendering. The contractor will employ
the following team:

Site Engineer/Manager

Bricklayers

Joiners

Plasterers

Plumber
Your client has asked the design team to look at the practicalities of using renewable energies
where possible.
The contractor will have a telescopic handler on site.
Specification
Cavity wall construction
Outer leaf: 100mm concrete block, 40mm cavity, 60mm Jablite EPS insulation held in
position using stainless steel insulation retaining wall ties to BS1243.
Inner leaf: 100mm concrete block work. Provide sand/cement plaster and carlite finish to inner
face. Wall ties to be spaced at 900mm horizontally and 450mm vertically, and un-bonded
jambs ties to be spaced 300mm vertically.
25mm Jablite insulation to all jambs between lintels and behind sills. DPC in front of Jablite
in each case.
External walls finished in dry dash render.
Reinforced concrete heads over windows.
Solid floor construction
Seal all floors with two coats of penetrating liquid dust proofer, 75mm fine aggregate screed,
40mm of Jablite S.D. grade insulation, Visqueen 1200 grade DPM 100mm concrete sub-floor.
150mm consolidated hard-core.
Doors and windows
Brown plastic PVC windows and doors.

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First floor construction

25mm T & G Boarding, 225mm 38mm. Joists at 400mm centres. All joists built into inside
skin of cavity walls to be beam filled and completely sealed between floor void and cavity.
Provide one row herringbone bridging to each room, 12.5mm plaster board and skim to
ceilings. Provide 30mm 5mm restraint straps to all timbers parallel to walls.
Damp proof courses
Vertical DPCs to all window and external door jambs, horizontal DPCs behind and under sills
and stepped between lintels. Wall DPCs to external skin, laid at 150mm minimum above
finished ground levels.
DPCs to internal walls to overlap and be bonded to the floor DPM by a minimum of 215mm.
Foundations
600mm 300mm foundations to 300mm walls.
450mm 300mm foundations to 100mm walls.
The above to be concrete strip foundations. The size and depth of foundations shown are the
minimum required. Final sizes and bearing depths to be determined and agreed with building
control when sub/soil bearing pressures are known.
Cavity fill to external walls to stop a minimum of 150mm below the lowest DPC.
Roof construction
37 degree pitched roof construction
Bangor blue natural slate
150 38 softwood rafters
200 38 softwood ceiling joist
White PVC gutter and down pipe

NOTE Students will require the use of a scale ruler during the examination.

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Front Elevation

GCSE Construction and the

Built Environment
Front and Back Elevations
Back Elevation

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SCALE: 1: 100

Solar Panels

GCSE Construction and the

Built Environment

Height of
window

Side Elevations
Side Elevation

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Section AA

GCSE Construction and the

Built Environment
Sectional Detail
Unit 1
PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012
SCALE: 1: 100
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Overall Length
5471

1002

1559

3876

1000

1584

712

9329

5521

1000
9000

Bedroom 2

1838

2218

Bedroom 1

1000

4800

HP

1020

4456

4800

Bedroom 3

2779

1000

4417

7542

4150

Overall width

Entrance Hall
5800

1733

4133

3776

2317

2327

250

568

1000

8809

Granny Flat
5296

Dish

1000

Kitchen

1545

3338
Oven

WC

2242

2238

3130

3883

1924

653

3300

1000

1000

Bedroom 4
4800

Concrete Ramp
gradient 1 in 12
3876

1000

2000
Dish

1000

1000

900

900

1000

1000

1000

1000

Study

WM

3100

4900

903
4700

Kitchen

4800

Utility

4900

First Floor

635

3700

3700

Oven

9000

2200

1000

Toilet

1546

100

1800
807

2500

1000

1000

900

900

4900

A
3100

Ground Floor

1000

1000
4900

3360

Conservatory

500

4800

Hall
1000

1800

3800

6100

4600

4600
300

4800

1000

5730

Dining Room

1000

1000

4100

Family Room

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1000

712

300

359

2761

2500
2000

1000

2001

3593

GCSE Construction and the

Built Environment
Plan Details

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Examination Series 2011 / 2012
SCALE: 1: 100

Suffolk Street
Rough
Grass
Area

Boundary
Fence

Public Foot Path

Pedestrian Gate

49.000

Boundary
Wall
TBM 48.566
Top of Driveway
Lamp

52.850

Tarmac
Drive

Overgrown Flagged Path

52.590

Sign
Lamp
Post

Site 1

Lamp Post

Tarmac
Car
Park

Grass
Lamp Man hole cover
Post
Wild Shrubs

47.200

Flagged
Path

Grass

Tarmac

Grass

50.000

Paving
Brick

Tarmac
Pedestrian Bridge

Flower
Bed

47.000

51.800

Rough Grass Area

47.200

46.800

Wild Shrubs

Wild Shrubs

47.200

Site 3

600 dia Main Storm Drain owned by Water Service

Proposed New Dwelling

RIVER

51.600

Mature Trees
46.900

Proposed new tree planting

GCSE Construction and the
Built Environment
Site Plan
Unit 1
PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012
NOT TO SCALE

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