Lecture Week 7

1. WT5912TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & WORKSHOP PRACTICE 2: MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTIONUnit 5 – Week 7 Planning Permission to Subfloor Construction Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology Lecturer/Teacher: Mr. Joseph Lyster Academic Year 2011: Spring Semester Technical Support: Mr. Joe Murray & Mr. Richie Hennessy Notes prepared by: Mr. Joseph Lyster

2. WT5912 Cork Rural Design Guide Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

4. Reading the landscape

5. Choosing where to build

6. Assessing a site’s potential

7. Linking with the land

8. Summary & ChecklistDepartment of Design & Manufacturing Technology

10. Greenbelt, Coastal Areas, Rural Housing Control Zone etc.

11. Scenic Amenity Maps - scenic routes and scenic landscapes;

12. Heritage maps - Natural Heritage Areas (NHA), Special Protection Areas (SPA) and candidate Special Area of Conservation

13. (SAC) and Areas of Geological Interest;

14. Landscape Character Maps;

15. Archaeology policies, the Record of Protected Structures and conservation policies.Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

16. WT5912 Reading the landscape Mountains Fissured Marginal and Forested Rolling Upland Ridged, Peaked & Forested Upland River and Reservoir Valleys Fertile Plain Headlands Coastal Islands Lowland Valleys Indented Estuarine Coast & Broad Bay Coast Coastal Islands Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

17. WT5912 Choosing where to build X Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

18. WT5912 Assessing a site’s potential X X Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

19. WT5912 Linking with the land Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

20. WT5912 Linking with the land Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

21. WT5912 Linking with the land Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

22. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

23. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

24. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

25. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

26. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

27. WT5912 Dwelling Orientation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

28. WT5912 Site Boundaries Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

29. WT5912 Site Boundaries Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

30. WT5912 Internal Plan Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

31. WT5912 Internal Plan Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

32. WT5912 Types of Planning Permission Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

33. WT5912 Documents Required Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

34. WT5912 Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

35. WT5912 Site Map Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

36. WT5912 Procedures Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

37. WT5912 Patterns for Rural Development Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

38. WT5912 Planning Checklist Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

39. WT5912 Site Notice Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

40. WT5912 Trial Hole: 1m² x 1.5m Deep Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

41. WT5912 Site Level and Profiling Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

42. WT5912 Site Level and Profiling Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

43. WT5912 Profiling/Setting Out Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

45. Continuous strip

46. Reinforced concrete

47. Rests on the soil

48. Depth and Width

49. Soil type and

50. building loadDepartment of Design & Manufacturing Technology

51. WT5912 Strip Foundation Traditional Strip foundation Most commonly used Usual 1050X 350mm Suitable for – Average – Good bearing capacity soils Not suitable for – Very soft clays Silt Peat Badly made – up - ground Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

52. WT5912 Strip Foundation Stepped Strip foundation Sloping sites Reduce excavation Step depths 112mm or 225mm Overlap of concrete Minimum 300mm Not less than depth of concrete foundation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

53. WT5912 Strip Foundation Wide Strip foundation Not common Reinforced Transverse reinforcement Resist tensions Wider than 900mm Suitable for – Ground with low bearing capacity Expensive Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

54. WT5912 Deep Foundation Deep Strip foundation Rests on suitable strata Excavate 900mm or more Trench filled within 150mm of ground level Width depends on depth Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

55. WT5912 Raft Foundation Raft foundation Suitable for – Low load bearing soils Soft natural ground Very soft clays Silt Peat Made – up – ground Average – Good bearing capacity soils instead of strip foundations Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

56. WT5912 Raft Foundation Raft foundation Concrete slab Reinforced slab Up to 300mm thick Whole building area Pavement All Loads transmitted Slab thicker under load bearing walls Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

57. WT5912 Pile Foundation Carry and transfer loads Subsoils of poor bearing capacity Deeper soil and rock of a high bearing capacity Avoids excessive excavation Plan of pile positions Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

58. WT5912 Pile Foundation Made from Wood Steel Concrete Placed in ground Driven Drilled Jacked Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

59. WT5912 Heavy Machinery Equipment To clear site Hymac’s JCB’s To remove / move materials Tractors Trailers Dumpers Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

60. WT5912 Site Entrance Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

61. WT5912 Site Clearance Large bucket Used to clear site’s topsoil 1050mm bucket External – cavity leaf wall foundations 350 mm bucket Internal – single leaf wall foundations Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

62. WT5912 Site Clearance/Excavation Perimeter trenches dug with 1050mm bucket Internal trenches dug with 350 mm bucket Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

63. WT5912 Excavation Open Timbering Close Timbering Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

64. WT5912 Excavation Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

65. WT5912 Excavation/Foundation Preparation Mild steel bars Provide tensile strength Min. 25mm from surface Prevents rusting Adequate depth to support Spacers Position reinforcing bars Provide the necessary cover Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

66. WT5912 Laying Foundation Cement trucks pull in on site Concrete poured directly into trench Filled up level with tops of pegs Levelled roughly with shovels Top of wooden peg to which the foundation will be levelled to Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

67. WT5912 Laying Foundation Tapered off level with tamping board Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

68. WT5912 Laying Foundation Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

69. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

70. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

71. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

72. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Provision for Services Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

73. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Hard-core fill Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

74. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Radon/DPC/Insulation Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

75. WT5912 Foot/Rising Walls Plumbing Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

76. WT5912 Subfloor Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology

77. WT5912 External Walls Images courtesy of: Mr John Joyce Department of Design & Manufacturing Technology