Unit 6: Construction Information (Drawing, Detailing, Specification)

The submission is in the form of an individual written report accompanied with CAD drawings or digital model.

Your answers should be written in a concise, formal business style. The selection of font face, font size and line- spacing are left to your discretion but you should keep in mind the importance of clarity and readability in professional documents. You are encouraged to use drawings, images, graphics, and charts to support your report and presentation. Any material that is derived from other sources must be suitably referenced using a standard citation format.

Review the Unit Content from the Unit Specification along with the Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria shown below thoroughly. This shows the depth of knowledge that you must demonstrate in the submission. It is important that your submission meets ALL of the PASS criteria as a minimum requirement. Remember the tasks set up in this brief provide the opportunity for you to respond appropriately to the assessment criteria.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Evaluate different types of construction information in the context of diverse project types.

LO2 Develop construction drawings, details, schedules and specifications in support of a given construction Project.

LO3 Interpret different types of construction information in order to explain a construction project.

LO4 Assess ways in which construction professionals collaborate in the production of construction information.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

The Dental Surgery building design concept was developed in the Unit 5 assignment, as follows:

As part of your role as Project Manager in a small Architectural Office, you are working with a client, to build a new dental surgery which will include the following accommodation contained within a single storey 3m high unit (includes internal room dimensions in metres):

• Reception area (2.8m x 2.2m)
• Dental surgery Room 1 (4.4m x 3.2m)
• Dental surgery Room 2 (6.4m x 3.2m)
• Staff facility tea room/break out area. (3.2m x 2.8m)
• Staff WC (2m x 1.2m)
• Plant room (3.2m x 1.8m)

The procurement and design will be “traditional tender” , with detailed design using a full design team, Architects, Structural Engineer, Mechanical and Electrical building services Engineers. The building will be a modular build, constructed using off site fabrication and delivered to site by lorry and crane. It is to be located within the car park area adjacent to an ASDA supermarket.

Following the stakeholder meeting (Assignment for Unit 5), the Client has asked to have a meeting and has asked you to provide some draft elevations and plans so that he can explore various options and also to give him an explanation as to the construction information that each member of the team will be producing.

Task 1

1. Make a list of the construction information (plans, drawings, specifications and templates) indicating which member of a design team would produce them with a brief explanation of how the information will be used in the project.
2. Produce either a 2D plan with elevations, or a 3D model of the new grooming parlour using one of the free downloadable CAD or sketching tools, (see links to free on-line CAD tools in the reference section at the end of this assignment brief). Using the drawings, produce door and window schedules and an outline bill of quantities with approximate costs.
3. Compose a “Schedule of Works” document for the building, think about the different designers

involved and the works and activities involved to meet the project requirements. Explain the application and importance of the different designer’s specifications.

Task 1 covers the following Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria LO1; P1, P2, M1, D1 & LO2; P3, P4, M2

Task 2

2. Using 2 separate copies of the plans or model that you produced in Task 1,
3. a) mark one of the base building layouts with all the furniture items you think are required , to scale
4. b) on the second set of base building layout, indicate the following building services, lighting, positions, small power outlets and radiators on the walls. Where applicable draw these to scale on the drawings.
5. c) Once you have completed these two sets of mark ups, review the COMBINED furniture and building services layouts by cross referencing and identify any clashes between the furniture, and the building services.
6. d) Prepare a “Red pen mark up” of the drawings to highlight any errors or clashes and briefly write up a report of the findings of this red pen exercise.
7. If the project was to be changed to a “Design and Build” (D&B) type of construction, how would personnel change – who would be appointed? Provide an explanation of how the construction information would be different for D&B, and how might this benefit the client and the project, or not ?
8. As a conclusion, provide a critical evaluation of the different types of information produced by different participants on construction projects highlighting the relationship between different bodies of information and how they work in conjunction. How could the different parties producing this information collaborate better to improve this process and outcomes. How could the use of BIM as opposed to only CAD improve this process?

Task 2 covers the following Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria LO3; P5, P6, M3, D2 & LO4; P7, P8, M4