Weeks 5 and 6 Journal

In Class Analysis

PresentationOrmond College Theology Centre By Jorge, Vuk, Dom& Joe

FixingsBolts were the main type of fixing used as they are easy and quick to use. Where concrete was fixed to something, usually an anchor was used, penetrating the

concrete. Welding was used joining two steel members.

Economic ImplicationsSteel can be used for rapid construction and requires less work than concrete which is time and cost saving although initially may be more expensive. Some details may have been aftermarket and the costs deceiving such as the water fountain.

Model Making

Due to the uneven groups in our tutorial I joined another group to give them a third person. The group I joined were making a model of the MSLE building.We first decided to make the building on a 1:50 scale as we traced a section from the plans and used this as our foundation and reference. The materials we had to build the model were bulsar wood strips (approx. 10mm wide) and cardboard. We had glue to fix the pieces.

This is the 1:50 trace of the connection adjoining the old MSLE buildings. The paper represents the foundations and we were able to draw the positions where the columns will go.

Resembling the construction process was not practical when assembling our model, thus we were required to build the roof first and attach the columns to the roof before

they connected to the foundation. The columns joined the beam at different spots to the roof rafters to allow

forces to be diverted.

The other structural member other than the steel columns and the wooden frame was the mass construction wall. We used cardboard to represent this wall and attached it to the beam as a continuation of the columns to hold up the roof.

To finish the model we were required to build the

single story foyer. This was a frame construction

area and was very tedious. Unfortunately

due to our lack of fine motor skills, the cross beam of the foyer was not level.

But still a good representation.

Load Paths

The columns transfer the load from the rafters which hold up the roof. The rafters deliver a point load to the beam, which diverts the load to the two closest columns. The columns transfer the load to the ground/foundation, which is then distributed to the surrounding ground surface.

The mass construction wall has different load paths compared to the columns. All parts of the wall should take the equal load thus it becomes a uniformly distributed load. This load then moves through the whole wall to the foundation where it is randomly distributed.