BM+CIII:
BASICS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
BUILDING SYSTEM
Belay Getachew.
• Architecture and urban planning (BSc_ AAU)
• Construction technology and management (MSc_ AAU)
• Urban management and development (MSc_ Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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CONTENT of the Lecture
1. Introduction
2. What is it ? _ Definition of building systems
3. Why it is needed ? _ Purpose of building systems.
4. What it has to fulfill ? _ Requirements of building systems.
5. How many types it has ? _ Types of building systems.
6. Common mistakes in local construction practice
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Objective of the Lecture
1. Understand and define building systems.
2. Describe the purpose of building systems in building.
3. List and describe the expected requirements of building
systems.
4. List and describe building systems types, compare and
contrast between the types.
5. Know, understand, and describe the application of systems.
6. Know common mistake of local practice and avoid in future.
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1. Introduction
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1. Introduction
BM+CIII course: focused on building systems or components
of standard building details and understanding of basic
construction systems.
This course provides a basic
understanding of building
components and their holistic/
totalistic integration.
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1. Introduction
Building Systems
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2. Definition Building System.
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2. Definition Building System
Building
o A structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory.
• Similar: structure, construction, edifice, erection, pile, property, premises, establishment,
place
o The action or trade of constructing something.
o can be understood to be the physical embodiment of a number
of systems and subsystems that must necessarily be related,
coordinated and integrated with each other as well as with the
three-dimensional form and spatial organization of the building
as a whole.
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2. Definition Building System
Systems Microsoft® Encarta® 2009. © 1993-2008
Microsoft Corporation.
[Link] formed from parts:
o a combination of related parts organized into a complex whole
2. set of principles:
o a scheme of ideas or principles by which something is organized
3. way of proceeding:
o a method or set of procedures for achieving something
4. orderliness:
o the use or result of careful planning and organization
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2. Definition Building System
Building Systems
o Holistic integration of components and subsystems merged
to produce complete building.
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3. Purpose Building System.
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3. Purpose Building System.
gives a strategic understanding of building, its components
and their relative and holistic integration with one another.
To give introduction to basic building systems form foundation
to roof.
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3. Requirements Building System.
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4. Requirements Building System.
the manner in which we select, assemble and integrate the
various building systems in construction should take into
account the follow factors:
o performance requirements
o aesthetic qualities
o regulatory constraints
o economic considerations
o environmental impact
o construction practice
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3. Types Building Systems.
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3. Types of building system – conceptual system of order
ching, 2008
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building system – conceptual system of order
ching, 2008
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building system – conceptual system of order
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building system – conceptual system of order
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building system – conceptual system of order
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
Foundation
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
Foundation
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
Wall
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
Wall
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
Wall
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building system – conceptual system of order
Sub Systems
roof
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6. Common mistakes in local
construction practice
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