ISTRUCTE / TECHNICAL PRACTICE
Short exercises
Practise explaining an approach, checking an assumption or writing a concise professional response.
160 exercises
30 EXERCISES
communication
01Write to the client proposing amendments that reduce material usage while keeping the office plan usable.communication02Write to the client identifying the saving available and what has to be confirmed before it can be taken.communication03Write to the architect and client explaining the transfer structure implied and proposing an alternative.communication04Write to the client setting out the consequence and offering two ways to keep most of the glazing.communication05Write to the client asking what lies behind the specification and setting out what else is possible.communication06Write proposing an amendment that reduces the span while preserving the retail frontage.communication07Write to the client on the material consequences of the design life and what a shorter life would permit.communication08Write proposing that the expansion allowance be reconsidered, with the saving quantified.communication09Write to the client on the cost of the allowance and what a defined plant zone would save.communication10Write setting out what retention or partial retention could offer, and what would need to be established.communication11Write proposing an increase in the floor zone and explaining what it buys.communication12Write proposing a phased mezzanine and setting out what must be designed in now.communication13Write comparing the two and recommending one.communication14Write to the client on the material and cost consequence of the chosen gradient.communication15Write asking the questions needed to make that instruction actionable.communication16Write setting out where matching helps and where it costs, and proposing a partial departure.communication17Write proposing a zoned loading strategy and quantifying the saving.communication18Write on the structural implications of the crowd loading and dynamic response, and propose a limited-area alternative.communication19Write proposing limited layout variation to suit the structure.communication20Write setting out the conflict and offering two routes through it.communication21Write explaining the ground conditions and their consequence in terms a non-engineer can use.communication22Write proposing a defined removable zone instead, and explaining why.communication23Write asking for the service zone to be confirmed and setting out the consequences of each option.communication24Write on the interaction between floor-to-floor height, structural depth and services, and propose a resolution.communication25Write setting out what would have to be established before the steel could be used.communication26Write proposing a ground investigation scope that would allow the cheaper option to be considered.communication27Write setting out what would change structurally and what would need re-checking.communication28Write proposing that the plant be relocated and quantifying the benefit.communication29Write addressing the cost question honestly, including where the assumption is wrong.communication30Write setting out the access constraint and proposing a scheme suited to it.communication
50 EXERCISES
detail
01Draw the connection between the transferred column and the transfer beam, dimensioned.detail02Draw the cantilever root, showing reinforcement arrangement and the thermal break.detail03Draw the gusset arrangement with bolt group indicated.detail04Draw the stem-to-base junction with reinforcement and drainage indicated.detail05Draw the bearing detail with tie reinforcement.detail06Draw the joint through the full height.detail07Draw the base plate and holding-down arrangement, dimensioned.detail08Draw the beam-to-masonry interface including the cavity.detail09Draw the splice, dimensioned, with division plate if required.detail10Draw the cap in plan and section, showing reinforcement.detail11Draw the connection with concealed fixings.detail12Draw the bearing including restraint and holding down.detail13Draw the slab edge including the glazing support and the fire stop.detail14Draw the joint, bearing and drainage arrangement.detail15Draw the permanent support and the temporary support used to install it.detail16Draw the connection including the cast-in plate.detail17Draw the beam section and its junction with the cap.detail18Draw the upstand and its fixing back to the structure.detail19Draw the pit construction including waterproofing.detail20Draw the haunch, bolt group and stiffening.detail21Draw the shear connector and deck arrangement.detail22Draw the shear reinforcement arrangement in plan and section.detail23Draw the anchorage resisting uplift.detail24Draw the bracket, bearing and rail fixing.detail25Draw the construction joint including the water bar.detail26Draw the opening and its stiffening.detail27Draw the hanger arrangement.detail28Draw the bearing with acoustic isolation.detail29Draw the penetration including the thermal break and fire stopping.detail30Draw the base and its foundation.detail31Draw the bearing, plinth and restraint.detail32Draw the node, dimensioned.detail33Draw the junction including the damp-proof course and restraint.detail34Draw the connection, including how the existing capacity is verified.detail35Draw the support frame and isolation.detail36Draw the capping beam and its connection to the piles.detail37Draw the upstand with waterproofing and uplift restraint.detail38Draw the temporary and permanent condition at the removed column.detail39Draw the edge detail with insulation.detail40Draw the beam, restraint and the masonry support.detail41Draw the saddle with thermal movement provision.detail42Draw the anchorage, dimensioned.detail43Draw the step including reinforcement.detail44Draw the bearing with tolerance and levelling provision.detail45Draw the arrangement.detail46Draw a typical section.detail47Draw the fixing, including how the existing structure is verified.detail48Draw the grillage and its bedding.detail49Draw the head and base connection.detail50Draw the junction accommodating differential settlement.detail
40 EXERCISES
calculation
01Size the beam for bending, shear and deflection.calculation02Size the column and estimate reinforcement.calculation03Size the slab and estimate reinforcement.calculation04Size the beam including web checks under the point loads.calculation05Size the pad and check the structural design.calculation06Check overturning, sliding and bearing, then size the stem.calculation07Size the joist including deflection and vibration.calculation08Estimate rafter and column sizes by hand.calculation09Size the beam and estimate the number of shear studs.calculation10Check the panel.calculation11Determine pile loads and size the cap.calculation12Check for lateral torsional buckling.calculation13Check punching shear at an internal column.calculation14Estimate the wind load and size the bracing members.calculation15Design the flexural and shear reinforcement.calculation16Size the column.calculation17Check bearing and estimate settlement.calculation18Check the plank and topping.calculation19Size the beam allowing for arching.calculation20Check the slab thickness and estimate reinforcement.calculation21Size the beam and check the back-span.calculation22Estimate the overturning and check the wall and its foundation.calculation23Determine the member forces and size the top and bottom chords.calculation24Estimate the required pile length.calculation25Size the main girders and check pedestrian-induced vibration.calculation26Size the beam.calculation27Check the connection.calculation28Determine the pressure distribution and size the wall.calculation29Size the slab and estimate reinforcement in each direction.calculation30Size the base plate and holding-down bolts.calculation31Size the girder for vertical and horizontal crane loads.calculation32Check the pier and the bearing.calculation33Size the purlin for the drift case.calculation34Estimate the reinforcement and check shear.calculation35Size the beam including the impact allowance.calculation36Size the beam.calculation37Size the reinforcement including crack width control.calculation38Size the flanges and web, and check web buckling.calculation39Size the member and outline the end connection.calculation40Estimate the A1–A3 embodied carbon by element.calculation
20 EXERCISES
foundation
01Recommend a foundation solution with reasons, and size a typical foundation.foundation02Determine a foundation depth and detail the ground floor.foundation03Propose and size a foundation.foundation04Propose a foundation strategy including stepping.foundation05Compare a piled and a raft solution and recommend one.foundation06Propose a retaining and basement slab solution, and check flotation.foundation07Propose foundations that do not undermine the neighbour.foundation08Propose a foundation strategy and the investigation needed.foundation09Size the base for overturning and bearing.foundation10Propose a foundation and address approach settlement.foundation11Propose a foundation arrangement that bridges the sewer.foundation12Propose a foundation strategy and a mitigation for a swallow hole.foundation13Size the foundation for the worst filling combination.foundation14Propose a foundation meeting a 15 mm differential settlement criterion.foundation15Propose foundations that avoid differential movement at the junction.foundation16Propose a foundation strategy that minimises arisings.foundation17Check global overturning and size the foundation.foundation18Propose a foundation resistant to lateral movement.foundation19Set out what must be established and propose a strategy.foundation20Propose a ground floor and foundation solution.foundation
20 EXERCISES
method
01Write a construction method statement for your scheme.method02Write the method statement, including temporary stability of units.method03Write the method statement for the possession.method04Write the method statement for the substructure.method05Write the method statement including stressing.method06Write the method statement, addressing the occupied floors below.method07Write the method statement.method08Write the method statement.method09Write the method statement.method10Write the method statement covering both construction types.method11Write the method statement.method12Write the method statement respecting the seasonal window.method13Write the method statement including the testing regime.method14Write the method statement covering the transfer.method15Write the method statement.method16Write the method statement including commissioning.method17Write the method statement.method18Write the method statement.method19Write the method statement.method20Write the method statement.method