FLOORS

Floors can be defined as the structural part of a horizontal supporting element.

FUNCTION OF A FLOORS

1, Withstand load impose on it

2, Prevented the growth of vegetation

3, Prevention of Damp

4, Sound and Heat installation requirement

5,Acceptable floor finishes

TYPES OF FLOORS

a, Solid ground

b, Raised or suspended ground floor.

DIFFERENT BETWEEN ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

Asphalt is a sticky, black, highly viscious liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleum.

Bitumen is a mixture of origanic liquid that are highly viscous, black, sticky entirely soluble in carbon disulfide.

Primary different between asphalt is made by the mixing aggregate with bitumen.

PROPERTIES OF ASPHALT

1, Highly compartibility between the polymer asphalts and compound

2, Flexibility to low temperatur

3, Supeiior resistance

4, Durability

USES

ASPHALT

Majorly in road constructions

BITUMEN

Paving roads

Bitumious waterproofing

Roof felt

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL

STRENGHT: Ablity of materials to resist deformation

ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGHT; Maximum resistance to fracture

YEILD STRENGHT; Stress at which perdetermined amount of permanent deformation

MALLEABILITY; Percentage enlongation reported in a tensile test.
is also define as maximum enlongation of the guage lenght divided by the orignal guage last.
Ability of material to enlonged in tension.
DUCTILITY; Ability of material to deform easily upon the application of a tensile force

TOUGHNESS; Is describe the way a material reacts under sudden impacts

HARDNESS; Property that enable materials to resist plastics deformation penetration indentation and scratching.

UNIQUE ROLE OF A BUILDER

Studying production information

Build ability/ maintainability analysis of production informations

Preparing Builders' Documents


a, Construction Methodolgy
b, Construction Programmes
c, Project Quality Management Plan
d, Early Warning System Chart
e, Information Requirement Schedule


Implementation and Montoring Builders' Documents

Assessing Workmanship i.e Skilled and Unskilled

Assessing organization setup of a constructor

Profunding solution to technical problems

BUILDING

Building is structure that provides shelther and mean of other usage.

Types of building

1, Residential

2,Commercial

3,Indusrial

To construct a building you need professionals in the building industries.
Professionals

1, Architects
2, Quantity Surveyors
3, Builders
4, Engineers
a, Structural
b, Mechnical
c, Electrical/Electronic