Construction Studies (H)

Sully

Hey all,

Anyone got any predictions for Construction Studies then?

I read somewhere here, UValue, Planning, Stairs, WheelChair Accessible Door (Q1) and Heating Systems are a possibility this year. Any others?

mickomack

Drainage,Moisture Penetration,Condensation,Site considerations,Dry rot

mickomack

I've an analysis of the papers for the last 7 years but it won't let me upload it cos its an excel doc.

Sully

Mail it to me please: sully@thenet2k.com -- Thanks

Johnerr

ok any other predictions? and when you guys study, how do you study? draw pictures? and can we make a list of important dimensions to add when doing drawings, i never lerned the dimensions so i'll ave to learn them if i wana do my pictures to scale, ..

mickomack

U must provide measurements to you drawings and they must be to scale.As for freehand sketches they should be well proportioned and ledgible.Often sketches are worth more marks than the writing

Binomate

Jaysus, I'm completely screwed if people are predicting stuff to come up. I'm planning on getting most of the whole course studied. I'm doing all of the drawings we were taught for question 1 which includes Stairs, Chimneys, Doors, Window frames, Lean to roof, Eaves pitched roof, Raised timber floor and the foundations. Then for the four other questions I'll be studying the U value question, heat, drainage, water systems, sound, timber frame construction and planning permission. Do you think I'll have covered enough? This exam is pretty much like the ordinary level english exam. Once you read over your stuff and learn the measurements (quotes for english) you can do well. There's not a lot of learning in the exam compared to most other subjects.

mickomack

Yeah u should be fine make sure u know planning permission and site considerations and definitions along with the other stuff and you'll be cruising

Binomate

http://ericglover.com/img/fried_rice_zoom.jpg
There are some good notes on here.

stevoxbx

^^^^^^^^^ :eek:
Well they arent the best of notes now in all honesty
I do like rice though

Johnerr

site considerations????????????????

mickomack

Yeah as in what is taken into account when choosing a sitw
Here are a few examples
Cost
Planning Permission
Services
Location
Surroundings
I think the q came up in 2000

Sully

Thanks for all that mickomack

Kwekubo

Mickomack - can you please please email me that list of predictions, and anything else you may have lying around as regards Construction? Our teachers have thoroughly screwed us for this exam - we have had two theory classes this year, and I do not exaggerate. No-one knows anything apart from the two guys who are repeating. Plus, I'll be stuck in the exam hall until 8:30 pm cause the bloody Exam Commission can't get it in their heads that someone somewhere might want to do both Latin and Construction studies. Please help!

gabriel_beecham@yahoo.co.uk

the cheese

Are there any other drawings than the ones Binomate listed? I heard there could be a drawin on wheelchair access for a door or something? Our teacher wasnt the best either

.B.R.

Could one of you send it on to me plz - Pulse20@hotmail.com
Nice1

stevoxbx

Oh god where can I find the wheelchair accesable door? my teacher never even told us that doors could come up in Q1.

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~abbeynet/Drawings/door.htm

thats the only drawing of a door i could get

Binomate

What did everyone get for their practical? Our teacher told us what grade we got.

stevoxbx

Mine didnt tell us. Would have been helpfull to know.

.B.R.

stevoxbx - if you go to http://www.examinations.ie and go to the marking schemes you can get solutions up to the papers. http://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2003/LC029ALP1EV.PDF there the solutions to the 2003 paper and a door came up in question 1, it has the worked drawing of it!

stevoxbx

Thanks!!! The fact that it came up means that its hardly gona come up this year?

mickomack

stevoxbx wrote:

Thanks!!! The fact that it came up means that its hardly gona come up this year?

NOTE:the wheelchair accessible door has NOT come up before they gave it in the solutions as an example of the new regulations that were introduced in 2001. They asked for a standard door that year.

Binomate

If the wheelchair ramp comes up this year I'll be extremely p'd off. Our construction teacher was crap. He hasn't gone through half of the stuff that's on the course and the stuff that he did go through with was only the easiest stuff to teach.

mickomack

It better fookin come up in some shape or form.You think your teacher is bad we haven't done theory since the start of 5th year

stevoxbx

Where can I find the drawing for the wheelchair accesable door?

.B.R.

mickomack- you sayin that a wheelchair accessable door could come up?

mickomack

It's on that examinations.ie website if not try entering wheelchair accessible door into google

mickomack

.B.R. wrote:

mickomack- you sayin that a wheelchair accessable door could come up?

Thats what i've heard i mean they are only a certain no of wheel accessibility possibilties of q left maybe not as q1 but possible as q2

stevoxbx

Cant find it on the examinations website. Link would be helpfull!!

Edit: Found it on the 2003 paper in the amended building regulations.

mickomack

Binomate wat mark did u get for your proj?

.B.R.

Never seen anything to do with wheelchairs in question 1 so wasn't sure, nor did my teacher say anything bout one coming up... But i'll look over it anyway thanks