Friday, February 17, 2012

Commercial Floor Systems

In this project, we researched and then put in either a cast-in-place or precast concrete floor on the second level. I chose to put in a precast concrete floor.


Reflection
This part of the project was pretty simple. There aren't really any things that I would do differently.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Structural Efficiency

In this project, we used cards to build a structure that was supposed to hold 5 lbs. We weighed it and then tested to see how much weight it would hold. We then used these numbers to calculate the structural efficiency.


Competition Results
Our structure did fairly well compared to the class. This is because the structure didn't weigh very much so the structural efficiency rating was higher.

Calculation
Our structural efficiency rating was 436.1

Conclusion
One of the changes that we made that really helped was after testing our first design, we started over and changed from a triangle structure to a circular tube structure with cards in between. This made our structure a lot stronger.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Commercial Roof Systems

In this activity, we researched green roofing systems and then put a roof on our Keystone Library.

Here is my research:
Step Tuff is a good brand for roofing finishes that you can walk on.


There are extensive and intensive roofs. Extensive roofs have a smaller amount of soil medium so it is lighter, but it limits the types of plants you are able to have. I am going to use an intensive green roofing system because I want a variety of plants of all shapes and sizes for my roof.

This is the section sheet of my roof and wall and a 3D view of my green roof:



Reflection:
During this activity, it was difficult finding what types of treatments were good for a roof that you can walk on. It was cool to see the green roof in place in Revit.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Description:
We researched different wall types and chose one to put in the Keystone Library. Then we drew the wall in Revit on the building.

These is the section and 3D view of the wall and Keystone Library:



Reflection:
I thought that this was fairly easy. The only somewhat difficult part was getting the wall at the right height. If I were to do the activity again, I don't think I would do anything differently.