Tips on Planning the Building of A House
August 21st, 2010 | Author: admin
Planning the building structures, the first point that should really be considered in building a house is, how is the structural planning of the building. This is important, because the main function of a house is as a shelter for the inhabitants from exposure to the weather.
Therefore, the structure of a house should be designed in such way for able to restrain the exposure of the weather (the heat of the sun, rainfall, flood waves, wind blowing) and the vibrations that are caused by the earthquake.
For a civil engineer or architect, must have been understand about several loading components that must be assumed for planning the structure, among others: dead load (the weight of all structural components of a building), the living load (the burden assumption as a result of the using of a building by human activities), rain load, wind load, snow load (these things does not apply in our country) and earthquake loads (for further discussion about how to design a building structure will be discussed on another article).
As a consequence due to the loading, then the planning of the building structures starting from foundation, roof, columns, walls, ring balk, beam, floor plate, roof’s frame to roof’s materials should be calculated carefully and can meet the requirements based on the standards that are issued by the government.
Then for you who want to plan a house, it is necessary to underline that the installation of the structural components should be considered carefully. Don’t be hesitate to ask the contractors about the standards that they are used, because you and your family who will eventually occupy this house.
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