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    Essentials To Building Elements

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    This document outlines the essential elements for building construction. It discusses the major stages of construction including site clearance, excavation, foundation construction and walling. It also covers constructing different types of brick bonds and walls. Additionally, it details constructing shallow foundations and concrete floors. Setting out a building on a site including defining terms like building lines and establishing a datum level. Finally, it explains constructing walls and roofs, defining each and describing common types.

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    This document outlines the essential elements for building construction. It discusses the major stages of construction including site clearance, excavation, foundation construction and walling. It also covers constructing different types of brick bonds and walls. Additionally, it details constructing shallow foundations and concrete floors. Setting out a building on a site including defining terms like building lines and establishing a datum level. Finally, it explains constructing walls and roofs, defining each and describing common types.

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    This document outlines the essential elements for building construction. It discusses the major stages of construction including site clearance, excavation, foundation construction and walling. It also covers constructing different types of brick bonds and walls. Additionally, it details constructing shallow foundations and concrete floors. Setting out a building on a site including defining terms like building lines and establishing a datum level. Finally, it explains constructing walls and roofs, defining each and describing common types.

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    Essentials To Building Elements

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    This document outlines the essential elements for building construction. It discusses the major stages of construction including site clearance, excavation, foundation construction and walling. It also covers constructing different types of brick bonds and walls. Additionally, it details constructing shallow foundations and concrete floors. Setting out a building on a site including defining terms like building lines and establishing a datum level. Finally, it explains constructing walls and roofs, defining each and describing common types.

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    ART04104 ESSENTIALS TO BUILDING ELEMENTS

    Describe the major stages of building construction and organization of building

     Members of building team are correctly listed


     Roles of each member in a building team are properly explained
     Building and local authorities involved in building work are
    correctly named
     Stages of building construction (site clearance, excavation &setting
    out, foundation construction, walling etc) are correctly identified
    Construct different bonds of building walls
     Mortar for wall are correctly mixed and selected
     Types of bricks/blocks are correctly identified
     Different types of bonds (English, Flemish, stretcher etc) are
    correctly constructed
    Construct shallow foundations and concrete floors
     Shallow foundations and their use in different types of soils described
     Different types of timbering to trench in different soils are constructed
     Different damp treatments to floors (DPC, DPM) are correctly made
    Set a building on a site
     Site setting out, building lines, setbacks, datum level, baseline etc are
    correctly defined
     Procedure of setting out a building using different methods (3-4-5, optical
    square, theodolite) are correctly illustrated
     Appropriate setting out method are correctly selected
     Datum level from a given bench mark are correctly established
    Explain out construction of walls and roofs
     The term walls is correctly defined and their functional requirements are
    correctly stated
     Classification of walls (according to performance, materials, construction)
    are correctly described
     The term roofs is correctly defined and their functional requirements are
    correctly stated
     Types of roof forms (mansard, flat, gable, Dutch hip, hipped) are correctly
    described

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