Construction Technology 2

 

Introduction

Construction technology 2 covered the topics of retaining wall for underground construction, pile foundation, scaffloding, trench shoring & underpinning, partitions & suspended ceilings, portal frame building, precast concrete products and structural steelwork frame. Learning this subject helped me understand more about the construction industry. Nonetheless it also helps me undertand the measurements subject more by undertanding how the construction works.

 

Assignment 1

This was an individual assignemtn and we were assigned to prepare a booklet with 20 sketches based on some of the topics in the syllabus. It was interesting because by drawing it helps me understand the subject more. 

 

Assignment 2

For this assignment we were grouped into a team of 4 students. we were assignesd to choose a topic that we had covered during the lecture and tutorial class and explain everything about the topic. The topic that my group did was based on partition walls. We covered quite a sum of information based on partition wall like the types of wall, the advantages and disadvantages, the types of finishing and so on. This assignment helped me improve my knowledge about the topic that i was doing because I did deeper research on it.