building construction Paper 2 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2020

Question 2

 

 

  1. List three uses of hutments erected on a construction site.
  2. state one reason for using each of the following types of foundation for a building:
    1. raft;
    2. wide strip
  3. Sketch a cross-section through a timbering in a loose soil and label the following:
    1. Folding wedges;
    2. Poling board.

 


Observation

 

A good number of candidates were able to:

  •    List three uses of hutments erected on a construction site.
  •       State one reason for using raft and wide strip types of foundation for a building:

However, most of them failed to:

  • Sketch a cross-section through a timbering in a loose soil.

 

The expected response to question 2 is as given below: