CENTRE OF STUDIES FOR ESTATE MANAGEMENT (AP225)

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & SURVEYING

UiTM SHAH ALAM

Semester: Mac-Aug 2022 COVID

RES457 – BUILDING TECHNOLOGY II

Sub-Assignment – Topic 1 (T1) & Topic 2 (T2)
Lecturer: Sr Dr Hafiszah Ismail
Room: A232

* Penalties for late submission

Sub-Assignment – Topic 1 & Topic 2

Grouping (Written Report & Poster + Video Presentation)

Submission Date: Sub-Assignment – Topic 1 & Topic 2

26 May 2022 (Thursday) @/by 12pm (UFuture)

INSTRUCTION (Refer to Rubric RES457):

WRITTEN REPORT & POSTER
Written Report:
 MINIMUM/at least 10 pages (including diagrams/sketches)
 Written Report – Formal format of typed-written given answers. (1st page – Class, Group, Details of group members; 2nd
page – Table of Contents; 3rd and following page – Answers; Last Page – Lists of References & Sources)
Poster:
 1 Poster for each Task/Tutorial in PDF format
* Below each of the questions, write down the name of the group members (& matrix card) that provided the answer of the
question. I am sure that you have divided the questions between group members, thus please state it was answered by
whom.
* WRITTEN REPORT & POSTER – attached in 1 PDF file

VIDEO PRESENTATION (UFuture):

 Pre-recorded Video Presentation submission - PRE-RECORDED Live/Face Appearance by using Poster
 Duration of video: 15 – 30 minutes max per group (2 or 3 representatives per group)

* SUBMISSION OF Sub-Assignment T1 & T2 (Written Report & Poster + Video) in grouping – SUBMISSION BY
GROUP LEADER in UFuture

Summary of Answer:
* Give a brief summary of answers to the questions assigned to your group in U-Future (by each GROUP LEADER)
* The brief summary of answers can be made in bullets points

Questions – Topic 1 (T1)

GROUP 1

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) VARIOUS TYPES of load on building structures, including the dead load and live load.
(ii) The DIFFERENCE between column, beam, span, and girders.
(iii) The ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES of Concrete Frame Structure

GROUP 2

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) What is the CURING OF CONCRETE?.
(ii) The IMPORTANCE of curing concrete.
(iii) The 5 (five) METHODS of curing concrete.
GROUP 3

With sketches/diagrams, and in reference to commercial buildings, EXPLAIN the following:

(i) The CONCEPT OF PRE-FABRICATION
(ii) The STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION for the pre-fabrication frame and structural building components
(iii) What are the CRITICAL FACTORS to be considered in pre-fabrication

GROUP 4

With sketches/diagrams, EXPLAIN in detail the following:

(i) The Rigid frame and Braced frame for industrial building
(ii) The STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION of the Braced frame for industrial building
(iii) The ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES between Rigid Frame and Braced Frame

GROUP 5

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) The Portal Frame
(ii) The MAIN COMPONENTS of Portal Frame
(iii) The DIFFERENCE between Portal Frame and Trusses

Questions – Topic 2 (T2)

GROUP 1

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) The main PURPOSES of bonding.
(ii) The VARIOUS TYPES of bonding (example: herringbone bond, raking bond etc)
(iii) The ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES of each type of bonding

GROUP 2

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) The main DIFFERENCES between a Load-Bearing wall and Non-Load Bearing wall
(ii) With illustrations, differentiate between:
 Internal and external load-bearing Walls for domestic building
 Internal and external non-load-bearing wall domestic building

GROUP 3

With sketches/diagrams, and in reference to commercial buildings, EXPLAIN the following:

(i) What is the curtain wall
(ii) The MAIN COMPONENTS of the curtain wall
(iii) The STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION or assembly of curtain wall

GROUP 4

With illustration, briefly EXPLAIN the following:

(i) What is a cladding system?
(ii) What MATERIALS were used for the cladding system?
(iii) What are the PROCESSES involved in the CONSTRUCTION of a cladding system?

GROUP 5

With sketches/diagrams, ELABORATE the following:

(i) Shear Wall
(ii) What are the MATERIALS USED & THE MAIN COMPONENTS of the Shear Wall?
(iii) How Shear Wall provide strength and stiffness to the building