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Unit 2 Construction Technology, Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Construction Management

Assignment - Technology Services

Learning Outcome 1: Explain the terminology used in construction technology

Learning Outcome 2: Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria

Learning Outcome 3: Discuss different methods of dealing with site conditions to support building and infrastructure construction

Learning Outcome 4: Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

You have recently gained employment with a local construction firm. The company provides a wide range of services for projects of all sizes. Lately, the firm has been seeing a slowdown in new contracts. To address this, it has been decided that the company will produce a report to help potential clients understand the nature of the work that the company undertakes. The purpose of the report is to showcase a recent project that the company has undertaken. You have been asked to prepare this report based on the Canalside Quarter project, which is a modern urban regeneration scheme designed to create a vibrant, mixed-use community hub. The development is located on a challenging brownfield site, the former location of a 19th- century industrial works. Its position adjacent to a canal introduces specific engineering complexities, including potential ground contamination, a high-water table, and poor soil conditions, all of which must be addressed in the design and construction phases. Get professional assignment help from qualified experts—on time, every time.

The project itself consists of a single, six-story building that vertically integrates commercial and residential functions:

Commercial Zone (Ground and 1st Floors): This zone houses the public-facing elements of the development. The ground floor consists of retail units requiring large, open-plan floor plates and extensive glazed facades for shopfronts. The first floor provides flexible office space, designed to be adapted by future tenants.

Residential Zone (Floors 2nd to 5th): The upper four floors contain a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments. This zone required a design that focused on creating individual, cellular layouts with a high degree of acoustic and fire separation between units.

The report should cover the following areas.

Construction Terminology: This will provide potential clients with key information about the terminology used in construction and construction technology. It should describe the key features of different types of projects (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, infrastructure) and how sustainability can be promoted in projects. There should be also some analysis of the way that projects address health & safety and, where there are different terms used for different types of projects, some consideration of these differences.

Superstructure and Substructure: This section will assist clients in understanding the particulars of structural and civil engineering work and should:

Describe the role of pre-design studies and the functional characteristics of superstructures and substructures. In addition, there should be some analysis of how site conditions impact on the design of foundations and the ways in which the site for the project was remediated prior to the start of works on site by civil engineering works.

Explain the characteristics and criteria for primary and secondary elements of superstructures/substructures, and detail how component parts of a superstructure or substructure work together to fulfil the required functions of the project.

Compare different types of structural frames that could have been used to carry the primary and secondary elements of the superstructure.
Building Services: This section of the report will help the client understand the types of work included in building services contracts and should:

Describe the range of services required within the building and analyse how the supply and distribution of the primary services impacted on the overall design of the selected building

Demonstrate how primary services may be facilitated by superstructure elements within the construction process. The report should make use of any drawings, diagrams and data that may help to support your explanation of the various aspects. Any material that is taken from other sources must be suitably cited and referenced.

You are required to submit a report (A4 word-processed document) with a recommended word limit of 3000. The report should be detailed and elaborative. Exceeding the word limit will not incur a penalty, but clarity and conciseness are encouraged.

Report Structure:
Title Page/Cover Page
Table of Contents
List of Tables and/or List of Figures
List of Abbreviations (if any)
Main body of the report
References
Report Format
Font: Text: Times New Roman/Size 12, Headings: Times New Roman/Size 12/Bold, Subheadings: Times New Roman/Size 12/Bold/Italic
Line Spacing: 1.5
Alignment: Justified
Margins: Normal