Professional practice

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Reference no: EM13975992

Paper Type:
Assignment

Topic:
Professional Practice

No# of Pages:
11 pages (2,750 words)

Subject Area:
Construction

Paper Style:
Harvard

No# of Sources Required:
30

Language:
English (U.K)

Details:
The Description of the assignment is to complete a building investigation report it requires detailed explanation to be given to every problem which is given in the image also further information can be found on the links on the images given on the task sheet. The task must be done in the way it would be ready to handover to a client as he or she is given excellent solutions to the problem.
I also require the assignment to be checked thoroughly before it is handed to me.ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

The report must be referenced using the Harvard referencing system in line with the house style adopted by the school.

Indicative Word Count Indicative word count is 2500 words.


Aims of the Assignment


1) To develop student's specialist knowledge in building surveying with special emphasis on developing the student's understanding of essential practice-relevant issues such as awareness of the requirements of codes of professional conduct and ethics and the fundamentals of practice management.

2) To develop concepts of Building Pathology combined with building performance and the appraisal of remedial and design solutions to degradation processes

3) To refine students professional report writing skills as an exercise in professional application of building surveying skills to meet a client's requirements.


Learning Outcomes Fulfilled

LO 2) Consider and critically appraise the performance of building components in
changing environmental conditions.

LO 4) Communicate ideas and information through other media in addition to
formal written reports.

Situation

You are a Building Surveyor working for a Preston based firm of Chartered Building Surveyors.

A client has recently purchased a 1960 built four storey in-situ concrete car park, with retail units on the ground floor, unseen at auction. This is located on West Street in Blackpool, Lancashire, UKand the client has since discovered two issues regarding its condition which require further investigation and remediation.

The car park is clad externally by dressed sandstone blocks with thin mortar joints and glazed aluminium framed windows to all sides (Plate 3) except the East side which also has some openings in the external wall which remain open except for vertical RC louvers which extend over two stories. All elements of the façade are in good condition.
The client does not own any of the retail units on the ground floor. The access to the car park is by a concrete ramp situated on West Street itself.

Issue 1) The roof level (4th Floor) is made from reinforced in situ concrete panels and is open to the elements. This level also has parking access for customer vehicles as illustrated in plate 1. The roof level is covered with several old layers of bitumen based felt and puddles of water are evident on this surface. Tears and blisters are evident in the bitumen in various locations across the roof.

Issue 2) The internal parking level immediately below the roof level (3rd Floor) has severe spalling evident to its beams as well as its columns and ceiling soffit. This appears to be a long term problem and the spalled concrete appears normal in all respects except for evidence of rust staining.Other levels in the car park also have localised patches of spalling to their ceiling soffits but not to the same extent as the third floor.

The client wishes you to prepare a report addressing the following requirements (Available marks are shown in brackets) :-

A) Outline the sequence of steps you would take in order to assess the deterioration of the 3rd storey beams (issue 2) and arrive at a likely diagnosis. This should be outlined using a flow chart. (10%)
B) You should then outlinein full any laboratory tests you feel are required in order to confirm your assessment of the beams in issue 2.(10%)
C) Identify the causes of issues 1 and 2, and explain the processes involved. Predict their likely progression without intervention in the scenario given. (40%)
D) Offer your solutions for remedial action to rectify the damage of issues 1 and 2 and limit further risk of the same failure occurring in thislocation.Note that the client wishes to keep disruption to the car park to a minimum and does not have ownership to the retail units on the ground floor. (40%)

State any assumptions you have made.

Plate 1 Location of the car park with roof level parking evident. The image is orientated with North to the immediate top. (Google Maps Image Available at
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.8135075,3.054537,557a,20y,41.59t/data=!3m1!1e3Accessed on 21/02/2014)


Plate 2 Spalled beam on the underside of the roof level. Photographed from the floor of level 3 looking up at the ceiling. Left is a column. (Pye 2010)


Plate 3West elevation of the car park on Market Street, Blackpool.The red element is colour contrast aluminium sheeting & is not structural. The sandstone cladding and aluminium window frames are evidentin this image and in good condition.
(Google Image Available at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.8175052,-3.0538174,3a,75y,230.32h,121.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKFZfG_wV8T1y

09ZPLMDT9Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656, Accessed on 21/02/2016)



Plate 4East elevation on Corporation Street, Blackpool, showing the concrete louvers.The red element is colour contrast aluminium sheeting & is not structural.
(Google Maps 2014)


Attachment:- 3549-assignment-2016.rar

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