CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS
What Is Construction?
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Types of Construction
Residential single-family multifamily – duplex – town house
Industrial building and remodeling of factories and other industrial structures
Commercial building structures used for business large-scale construction projects
Public Works building structures intended for public use or benefit funded by taxes
INPUTS (PIMTECT)
People architects engineers skilled trades workers others
Information needs of the people site laws or building codes
Materials Structural – support heavy loads or hold the structure rigid
Wood durable renewable resource
Conventional Solid-Sawn Lumber dimension lumber board lumber
Engineered Wood wood panels glulams laminated veneer
Metals steel – iron and carbon aluminum – light weight, resists corrosion
Concrete mixture of sand, gravel, water, and cement curing
Masonry stone bricks, concrete blocks
Plastics pipes and fiberglass roofing and siding geotextiles
Adhesives materials used to bond together two objects
Other Materials Roofing, vinyl siding, insulation, drywall, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling
Tools and Machines hand tools portable tools light equipment heavy equipment
Energy petroleum electrical power human
Capital all the money used in construction processes
Time scheduling financial penalties
Processes design structure prepare site lay foundation build structure
Outputs finished structure impact on society impact on environment
Feedback provides the construction system with information about any problems