Thursday, February 26, 2009

New Site Visit: New Residence Hall



















Most of the work that was being done involved the finishing stone that will make up the outer shell of the building. Workers were busy hand chiseling the "hokie" stone while others moved various materials and fittings into place. 

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Research & Development Facility Estimate

Here is an estimate done for the foundation of the second phase of a research and development facility. Each part of the foundation was broken down into sections and units. With the help of costworks.com prices were assigned to the different building materials and amounts for each part.

Parts: concrete slabs, stem wall, stairs, footings, column footings, formwork, reinforcements...

Wall Section: In class 02/24/09

The figure shows a typical wall section that one would find for a large commercial structure. The layers that make up a wall are all shown from the outer shell to the inner wall surface. 

BC Class: February 24, 2009

Here in class learning about adding new blogs.