House Construction Update

Monday 2nd May - Wednesday 4th May 2011

During this period of time CCS students had the opportunity to learn a lot of new things to do with assembling a house. Such as finding the datum height, which is a single piece of information/measurement to help identify the finished floor level, profile pegs, boards and string lines all act as added measures in the development of the FFL. The profile pegs and boards help mark the level on each of the four corners of the sub-floor, while the string line helps to mark it all across the area. 

 





All of these tasks require dumpy level tool. You need this tool in order to be able to take the datum height measurement, but by using only one pair of eyes. 



(Answer to Buit 4542/ 3.1.1)

House assembling is well under way..

Monday 11th - Wednesday 13th April 2011

During this period of time our house assembling has begun and it all seems to be going according to plan. We started with our sub floor constructing stage and encountered a few problems along the way, from keeping our sub floor in center to building and developing the sub floor bearers and a secure frame.

First Aid Course

Tuesday 29th March - Wednesday 30th March 2011

Along this period of time we learnt new life skills on the subject of first aid. We had an awesome time working together with class mates learning and experiencing different examples of  situations that require first aid.
Along the way we encountered many difficulties on performing the life saving manouvers the correct way.

Saw Stool COMPLETE!!!

Monday 28th March 2011

Today we went over how to complete the time-line for constructing a house.
We all made a quick trip down to student central to organize our student loans, allowances, id cards and course related costs.
We also answered a quick question on our assignment, which was:

What is this symbol? ( It is not a shower )













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First Day Of Drawing

Wednesday 23rd March

Today we started our first scale drawing. A Drawing plan of a cement block.
We learnt many different types of symbols and various lines used to show the length/measurement of the plans or drawings edge.

Inside the workshop, my saw stool assignment is finally complete. It wasn't easy but if you know what your doing it's not hard either.
I found it extremely hard trying to keep the project within the measurements, especially the 1:3 ratio measurement.

Saw Stool Exercise

Tuesday 22nd March

Today we started off our day working independently inside the computer lab, connecting to blogger, inviting more friends, customising our web page and so on. Some found it hard trying to remember their own login account, while others did it with no hesitation.

Continuing from yesterday, my saw stool assembling is well under way. Although I find a few things difficult with the saw stool, I am still not going to give up.

Stages of Construction

Monday 21st March

Today in class we covered more in depth, the stages of constructing a house, the right way, with the right equipment etc.
We made an effort to take notes down, after finding out that all of the notes would be available to us on our class moodle page.