Reference no: EM132291449 , Length: 20 pages
Coursework Design Exercise
OBJECTIVE:
To provide and assist the students with the basic knowledge in the design, construction and services provisions for low rise domestic buildings. Factors considered when creating an acceptable living environment whilst appreciation the choice of materials.
OUTCOMES:
• Appreciate the main physical function requirements of buildings and describe the factors which must be considered when creating an acceptable living environment whilst appreciating the influence of the choice of materials and the selection of design features on building performance.
TASKS:
Al Hatim Consulting LLC., is one of the leading consultancy companies in Muscat region.
The company is specialized in providing consulting services for building projects. It focuses mainly on functional performance requirements of building. Company is committed to perform the work with high ethical, quality, sustainable construction and professional standards.
Consider you are working as an engineer in the firm. As per the client requirements your company prepared the plan of the low rise building. You are assigned to review the plan of building (Figure 1, shown below) and prepare the report by considering the following points.
The building is of a residential, having single floor with flat roof. The structure is of load bearing. The inner clear height of building is 3.0 meters. Main wall is of 200 mm thick with solid block work plastered on both sides. Assume reasonably the size/dimension for doors, openings, windows and where ever required necessary.
For designing the low rise building you are requested to consider all the following tasks.
a. Proposal for case study
b. For the simple plan given in figure 1, review the dimensions of each rooms as per the building regulations for Muscat and justify the internal division of floor plan, orientation of rooms, doors and windows related to building function.
c. Explain the information to be incorporated in design of low rise building in terms of user and legislative requirements.
d. Describe the materials used for Sub- structure, super-structure and finishes related to building function.
e. Explain the performance requirements for the low rise building shown in figure1.
Figure 1
Report Format
1) The front cover of the report should have MEC logo and no page number should appear. It must be in printed form using the following margin spacing.
• Top: 1.0 inches
• Left: 1.5 inches
• Right: 1.0 inches
• Bottom: 1.0 inches
2) The report must be in black font typed in the English language using 12 points font of "Times New Roman ", on an A4 size standard paper.
3) The spacing of the lines must be 1.5 inches, using ‘justification' alignment for the running text, ‘center justification' for the chapter heading, and ‘left justification for the section heading/sub heading if any.
4) The font used for the chapter number and title is 16 points font; for the sections is 14 points font; and 12 points for sub sections with Bold.
5) The page number should be in the ‘footer' at the middle. The page number in the ‘Table of Contents' where there is the ‘List of Tables', ‘List of Figures' must be in Roman numerals, (e.g. i, ii, ii,...) and all other pages must be assigned a running Arabic number (1,2,3,...) starting from 1.
6) The references must use the Harvard Coventry referencing format and arranged in the order of their appearance.
7) Give sequential number to all figures and tables (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2, .... and Table 1, Table 2,...). The figure title is centered at bottom of figure. The table name is centered at the top of the table. Appendices are not required in this report.
Report Sections
The Report should contain a maximum of 20 pages with the following sections:
• Cover Page
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Main body of the report
• Conclusions
• References
1. Cover Page ( refer to sample copy)
2. Table of contents
• ‘Table of Contents' must be in bold upper case size 16 points font in the middle of page (centered)
• ‘List of Figures', ‘List of Tables' (if any) must be in the upper case without bold and use Roman numerals to number the pages.
• All chapter topics should be written in upper case without bold.
• Subtopics written in each chapter should be numbered using Arabic numerals and indented one tab.
3. Introduction ( minimum of one page)
The introduction is the overview of the report content. It summarizes the overview of the topic and how the report is organized.
4. Main Body of the Report (minimum of Ten pages)
The following are the details in writing of the body of the essay:
• The headings are informative and descriptive.
• Discuss the conceptual framework of the essay topic.
• Expound or elaborate the concept by presenting sub -topics relevant to the main topic.
• All chapter topics should be written in upper case without bold.
• Subtopics written in each chapter should be numbered using Arabic numerals and indented one tab.
• All chapter numbers (Chapter 1, 2, 3...) should be in bold and in sentence case.
5. Conclusions ( minimum of one page)
A concluding statement regarding the subject matter of the design exercise will be included stating how this topic information has developed the student's knowledge and enhanced his/her experience in writing essay and its research process.
6. References (minimum 8 references)
Write the list of all the sources of information you have consulted incorporated in the report following the right format of listing them using the CU Harvard style referencing format of listing. All references listed can come from websites, journals, reference books magazines and etc. Minimum 8 citations are mandatory in the report.