UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI BRUNEI

School of Design
DA 2103
Construction Technology
Building Systems: Floor
by:
Asst. Prof. Dr. Zulkefle Ismail
School of Design, Universiti Teknologi Brunei
zulkefle.ismail@utb.edu.bn
Building
Systems
 FLOOR SYSTEM
❑ The building primary horizontal planes that support both:
▪ Life load – weight of occupants and contents
▪ Dead load – weight of the floor systems
❑ The interior of the floor provides space for mechanical and
electrical system.
❑ The surface of floor slab should resist wear & tear and should
be sleepry
Finishing:
floor finish,
cement screed
Structural Part:
slab, joists, deck
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Concrete Floor
PVC Floor Finish
Basically there are two (2) 30 x 30 mm
types of concrete floor as RC Slab
follows: 10-15 cm

❑ Structural – RC Slab
❑ Finishing – Cement Screed
& Floor Finish
Tensile Reinforcement Bending Moment Diagram
RC
Beam Cement
Screed
RC
Column

Tensile Reinforcement Skrinkage & Temperature Reinforcement

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Steel Floor
Basically there are two PVC
Floor Finish
Concrete Fill
(2) types of steel floor as
follows: Metal Decking

❑ Structural Part
▪ Steel beam or Truss
▪ Steel Decking
❑ Finishing Steel
▪ Concrete Fill Beam RC
Beam
▪ Floor Finish
RC
Column
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Wood Floor
Basically there are two Wooden
Parquet
Wood Decking
(2) types of wood floor as
follows:
❑ Structural Part
▪ Wood Joist
▪ Wood Decking
❑ Finishing Wood
Joist RC
▪ Floor Finish Beam
RC
Column
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Working Drawing of Floor Plan

Top view of horizontally sectioned part of building

Top part is removed

Horizontally sectioned,
height 1.2 m to 1.5 m

Floor Plan
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Most important, Architectural Working Drawing should:
❑ Provide more info than other drawings like elevation,
section, site plan etc.
❑ Reveal contents and details of building
components:
▪ Material
▪ Location
▪ Dimension
❑ Acts as a base for the generation of other drawings
❑ Scale in floor plan:
▪ Mostly 1:50
▪ For large building in 1:100, 1:200 etc
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Purpose of Floor Plan

❑ Guides the construction team to lay out and construct floors,

columns, walls, openings, stair cases, fixtures, partitions etc.
❑ Helps the design team to develop other working drawings such
as sections, elevations, site plan, roof and ceiling plan etc.
❑ Show dimension, size, thickness of exterior features, interior
contents and room sizes such as exterior walls, columns,
partition walls material and thickness, room name & size.
❑ Indicate location of building components and contents such as
floors, column, walls, opening, staircases, fixtures, partitions etc.
❑ Specify materials of building components and contents such as
floors, column, walls, opening, partitions etc.
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Check List
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Dimensions

❑ Interior: ❑ Exterior:
▪ Rooms & ▪ Detail
openings ▪ Centre
dimensions to
▪ Wall & centre
partitions ▪ Overall
thickness
▪ Level
▪ Slope
in floor
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Openings

❑ Window & Door symbols ❑ Opening identification mark

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Staircase

❑ Direction of rise up
❑ Tread and rise dimension
❑ Staircase plan
❑ Staircase width
❑ Number of risers per run
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Symbols of fixtures

❑ Bathroom ❑ Kitchen
▪ Hand Wash Basin ▪ Sink
▪ Bath Tub ▪ Stove
▪ Water Closet (WC) ▪ Cabinets
▪ etc ▪ Working Tops
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Interior Room

❑ Room name
❑ Floor finished
❑ Level
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Location & Size

❑ Built in cupboard
❑ Fire place
❑ Duct space
❑ Mechanical equipments
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Others

❑ On ground floor plan

❑ Roof over hang in hidden line
❑ Drainage lines
❑ Surface pave slope
❑ Ground gutter
❑ Trees & vegetables
❑ Section lines
❑ Special overhead construction
(like mezzanine floor)