Building Services
A brief look into the Subject Building Services
What i learned and gained from this project:
I was able to identify the relavant information related to water supply, liquid waste water disposal, mechanical air conditioning, fire safety and vertical transportation system. Moreover, i was able to describe the planning of building services within the total design and its installation within the total design and its construction process
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Project 1 - Application of Building Services
We were to select the design project we did in semester 2 which relates to the domestic size building. We were assigned to demonstrate our understanding of building services by proposing and designing the most appropriate systems for the building which include:
1. Electrical supply system
2. Cold water and hot water supply system
3. Sewerage and sanitary system
4. Drainage system
We were required to produce drawings and diagrams which included specifications, symbols, legends, images etc to describle the planning and installation of services.
What i learned and gained from this project:
This project taught me the different services used in a public building and i also learned the importance of designing in respect to these service rooms. Furthermore, i also got a better understanding of how each of the services work, specially the part which i focused on (Passive fire protection). In addition to this, we were extremely lucky as the management of Jaya shopping center was kind enough to let us see how the systems work by switching on some of the systems infront of us. Last not not least this project greatly improved my writing skills as i learned how to write a proper structural report with the correct reference and citations
Project 2
For this project, we were assigned to select a building 5 storey high and perform a thorough analysis on how some of the service systems in the building functions in a qualitative form. This was to be achieved by experimental learning, through own observations and experience. Our task was to produce an A4 bounded report with detailed analysis on how the services components function in the building works. This was to be summarized in diagrammatic forms and images.Therefore, this report is mainly about how the various service components in Jaya shopping center functions exploring the advantages and disadvantages of the systems used. Furthermore, each of the system is compared with the UBBL Law requirement in order to get a better understanding of the space implications and the regulations related to different service buildings. The positioning and the connections of the various service equipments are also discussed in addition with diagrammatic images of how each of the system functions.