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    Construction Technology Assignment 1

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    The wall supports the roof and transmits load to the foundation. It encloses and protects the building interior. Functional requirements include strength, stability, resistance to weather/moisture, durability with little maintenance, fire resistance, resistance to heat/sound passage.

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    Construction Technology Assignment 1

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    The wall supports the roof and transmits load to the foundation. It encloses and protects the building interior. Functional requirements include strength, stability, resistance to weather/moisture, durability with little maintenance, fire resistance, resistance to heat/sound passage.

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    The wall supports the roof and transmits load to the foundation. It encloses and protects the building interior. Functional requirements include strength, stability, resistance to weather/moisture, durability with little maintenance, fire resistance, resistance to heat/sound passage.

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    Construction Technology Assignment 1

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    Emmanuel Namkumbe
    The wall supports the roof and transmits load to the foundation. It encloses and protects the building interior. Functional requirements include strength, stability, resistance to weather/moisture, durability with little maintenance, fire resistance, resistance to heat/sound passage.

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    To explain/describe the functional requirements of the wall


    The wall is the vertical element in a building which supports a roof and transmit the load from
    the roof to the foundation.
    The main function of the wall is to enclose and protect the inner part of the building. However,
    the following are the commonly accepted functional requirements of the wall.
     Strength and Stability
    The wall should be strong and stable enough such that the materials which are used in
    construction can resist the compression and tensile stress. The stability of wall can be
    affected by foundation movement, lateral movement (wind), eccentric loads and effects
    of temperature and moisture changes which leads to expansion and contraction of the
    wall.
     Resistance to weather and ground moisture
    Moisture include a water vapour and liquid water. The requirement of the wall is that, the
    movement or passage of the moisture from the ground to the internal part of the building
    should be resisted.
     Durability and freedom from maintenance
    The durability of the wall is very important as it provides out with no necessities regular
    maintenance. Thus, the wall built should offer or be durable for the whole anticipated life
    of the buildings and that require little if any or no regular maintenance and repair.
     Fire resistance
    In building fires start from a small source of ignition, “the outbreak of fire” which leads
    to the spread fire followed by steady state during which all combustible materials burn
    steadily up to the final decay stage. Fire safety regulations set out need to be practically
    considered to assure a reasonable standard of safety in case of fire.
     Resistance to the passage of heat
    It is also a functional requirement of the wall. To maintain a reasonable and economical
    conditions of thermal comfort in buildings, walls should provide adequate insulation
    against excessive loss or gain of heat, walls should have adequate thermal storage
    capacity and the internal face of wall should be at the reasonable temperature.
     Resistance to the passage Sound
    Sound is transmitted as airborne sound and impact sound. The vibrations on the air
    caused by the sound source will set up vibrations in enclosing walls which will cause
    Therefore, the wall built should ensure that the passage of sound is kept at low noisy
    level.

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