building construction Paper 3 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2020


SPECIFICATIONS

FOUNDATION:                   675 x 225 concrete strip foundation laid to a depth of 900
below the ground level.

FLOOR:                                 Earth filling.
                                    Hardcore 300.
Concrete slab 150.
Mortar screed 25.

WALLS:                                All walls are 225 sandcrete hollow block walls.

 

BEAMS/LINTELS
 AND COLUMNS:               225 x 225 reinforced concrete.

ARCHES:                              All arches are semi-circular reinforced concrete type.
Arch 1:            Height – 2400.
Span –   2540.
Arch 2:            Height – 2400.
Span –   2530.
Arch 3:            Height – 2400,
Span – 1200,

DOORS:                                 D1 – 1200 x 2100 glazed aluminium door.                
                                    D2 – 900 x 2100 panelled wooden door with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.
D3 – 750 x 2100 panelled wooden door with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.

WINDOWS:                          All windows are glazed aluminium sliding type.
W1 – 1200 x 1200  (3-bays).
W2 –  1200 x 1200 (2-bays).
W3 – 600 x 600  (2-bays).

WARDROBE:                      1575 X 600 X 3000.  
                                                Cloth compartment     - 1575 x 940               
Box   compartment     - 1575 x 1935

THRESHOLD STEPS:        Width –   1500.                      
Tread   –   300
Rise     –   150.

ROOF:                       Double pitched timber roof with long span aluminium roofing sheets.
Eaves projection         –          750
Pitch                            -           15º
Height from ground floor to ceiling – 3000.

 

 

 

Question 1

 

Draw to a scale of 1:50,  the detailed section X – X of the building from the foundation to roof.


Observation

 

 

A good number of candidates did well by showing:

-           grapically, the solid ground floor elements ( i.e earth filling, hardcore filling,    concrete floor slab   and mortar screed finish ) with conventional symbols;
-           in details, the timber roof truss members and labelling the key parts properly.

Hower, it was observed that some of the candidates failed to:
-           present the appropriate roof view;
-           show the correct type of doors in elevation;
.           hatch the walls  drawn in section.

The expected response to  question 1 is as given below: