Building

Building structure is a combination of several aspects that act as a building. The information about the building structure is significant to assess the structural vulnerability of a building from various hazards. The construction materials, style and type of the buildings depends on the usage such as residential, commercial, light industrial and special buildings. The building construction types for the residential buildings are separate houses, semi-detached and apartment buildings. Commercial construction types consist predominately of, load bearing masonry, concrete frame with or without shear wall and steel frame with or without concrete shear core. These construction types also have a combination of, timber, concrete columns or steel beams floors and unreinforced masonry (and other material) exterior walls. Industrial construction types consist of unreinforced and reinforced masonry walls with supporting steel roof, steel frame with steel clad walls or unreinforced masonry walls with steel roof, small and large panel precast walls with supporting steel roof, concrete first floor with steel portal above and unreinforced masonry walls and single storey with…

Well Building standard was created after many years of research done by experts in the health, and building industry, it is the only building standard that solely looks at human health and wellbeing of building occupants. The certification uses a tear system similar to LEED, it is a third party certification and it includes a platinum, gold, and silver certification, the standard includes a point system of one hundred and two metrics in seven categories, and it is more flexible than LEED.…

The Jeffrey Smart Building plans to be a purpose built, state of the art learning centre, open to all students. The new learning zone will combine an innovative space, with resources and support never before seen at the University of South Australia. A project of this size and importance needs strong governance policies and procedures to keep the project on time and cost. This essay will discuss the importance of required reporting and document control, which coincides with gaining the correct…

Building codes established and enforced in municipalities today regulate the construction of buildings and other structures to protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public. Although some major cities in the United States still have their own building codes, most municipalities adopt a State code as the foundation for local building control, and modify the regulations through amendments based on their unique goals and resources. For example, Denver, Colorado, which historically…

Building Codes Past & Present Building codes date back to 1758 B.C. when King Hammurabi of Babylon actually used chisel and stone to record a law that made it punishable by death to build an unsafe home. It states “If a builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong, and if the house he has built falls in and kills the householder, that builder shall be slain” Andrea, Alfred and Overfield, James (1990) page 16. This paper will explore the evolution of building codes past and…

ERST398 The Building (Earthquake-prone Building) Amendment Act received royal ascent in May 2016. The bill reforms New Zealand’s approach to responding to the risk the built environment poses during an earthquake. It increases central government influence and regulation. It has been influenced by the Canterbury Earthquakes and the subsequent findings of the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission. RECENT HISTORY In recent history, under the Building Act (1991) buildings were deemed to be…

Balloon frame buildings were considered almost a universal construction method for multistory wooden buildings until the middle of the 1900’s (Corbett and Brannigan, 2015). This would have not been a problem if they would have been built with some fire resistive methods. One will discuss some of the major issues with this type of construction and some solutions and recommendations to resolve the matter. Balloon frame construction was an inexpensive and easy way to build houses, but that came…

Building a custom home or renovating an existing one can be an emotional and stressful time but it can also be one of the most rewarding experiences - provided you know what to expect. The more you know about the homebuilding process, the more enjoyable your experience is likely to be, and the more at ease you will be in surrendering to the process. Before you embark on your next build its important to be informed and consider all aspects of what to expect. We have compiled a list of the most…

Quality of house building in Auckland When someone talks about Quality, it automatically comes into the mind of a person that it is related to the degree of excellence and the extent to which something is fit for the purpose. It instinctively generates the thought that the product or service is conformed with requirements and free from defects and contamination. However, if the product or service failed to prove its ability to satisfy stated and implicit needs can lead to customer…

This produced a series of controls, regarding the construction and condition of buildings. At the same time a list of British Standards were introduced to indicate that the various aspects complied. Unfortunately these were not made mandatory and many Local Authorities stuck to their own standards. This was the first step towards the Building Regulations we have today. In 1961 the government removed the power of the Local Authorities to make building bye-laws. This meant that the Ministry were…