REVIT_Revision w.r.t to code_Week 5

Question 1: Why are building codes or standards essential for the modeling/ efficiency of drawings in Revit ?

Answer:

* Building codes are very important because they ensure that architects and contractors are making their structures as safe as possible. Safety and the wellbeing of tenants and residents is the ultimate goal for these regulations. This is why they are so important to implement in our structures.

* And also the building codes is to provide minimum standards to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures.

* It also provide protection from tragedy caused by fire, structural collapse, and general deterioration. These rules specifically call out the standards in all aspects of the construction of buildings.

Question 2: From the National Building Code list the groups that will be essential to you when you begin modeling in Autodesk Revit

Answer:

Question 4: Give examples of different disciplines involved in construction of a project

Answer:

1) Architect;

2) Civil engineer;

3) Structural engineer;

4) Geotechnical engineer;

5) Electrical engineer;

6) Plumbing engineer;

7) Fire protection engineer;

8) Heating, ventilation and air conditioning engineer;

9) Lift, escalator and moving walk specialist;

10) Acoustics specialist;

11) Information/communication technology engineer;

12) Health, safety and environment specialist;

13) Environment/sustainability specialist;

14) Town planner;

15) Urban designer;

16) Landscape architect;

17) Security system specialist;

18) Interior designer;

19) Quantity surveyor;

20) Project/construction manager;

21) Accessibility and universal design specialist;

22) Asset/facility manager;

23) Other subject specialist(s).

Question 5: How are buildings classified ? Place the following buildings under each category

a. Four unit apartments
b. School with capacity of 1000 students
c. A single unit shop.
d. Multi story Shopping complex
e. Steel machine factory

Answer:

Buildings	Catagory
Four unit apartments	Group A (Residential Building) Subdivision A-4
School with capacity of 1000 students	Group B (Education Building) Subdivision B-2
A single unit shop.	Group F (Mercantile Buildings) Subdivision F-1
Multi story Shopping complex	Group D (Assembly Buildings) Subdivision D-6
Steel machine factory	Group G (Industry Buildings) Subdivision G-1

Question 6: Distinguish the roles of Design team and Management team

Answer:

Design Team	Management Team
To ensure proper implementation of design during the execution stage in the project	To achieve satisfactory completion of project with regard to cost, time and quality

Question 7:

Refer to NBC, Identify the modeling requirements for the project ( from week 4).
a. Height Limitations
b. Area Limitations
c. Room sizing
d. Wall height
e. Thickness based on fire life and safety
f. Passageway requirements

Answer:

Height and Area Limitation:

Occupancy Class: Residential

Type of Constuction: Type 1

Floor Area Ratio: U.L

Road width: 9m

Height : The maximum height of building shall not exceed 1.5 times the width of road abutting plus the front open space, subject to the requirement of front open space of a maximum of 16 m.

Passageways:

Corridors and passageways shall be of width no.t less than the calculated aggregate width of exit doorways leading from them in the direction of travel to the exit

Thickness based on fire life and safety:

For RCC material construction:

Masonry Walls: Solid (Required to Resist Fire from One Side at a Time)

Fire Resisting Rating (in Minute)	Minimum Thickness (mm), Excluding any FInish for a Fire Resistance (min) of Load bearing walls	Minimum thickness of actual cover to reinforcement.
60	120	25
90	140	25
120	160	25
180	200	25
240	240	25

Room Sizing:

Height of the Room:

** The height of all rooms for human habitation shallnot be less than 2.75 m measured from the surface of the floor to the lowest point of the ceiling

** The area of habitable room shall not be less than 9.5 m2 , where there is only one room with a minimum width of 2.4 m.