1 Module name Building, Environment, Technology and Framed Structures Module code TEC4BFS Assignment 1 Level 4 Programme start month and year April 2017 Assignment due time and date 10.00 a.m. (UK time), Thursday 1 June 2017 Pass mark 40 Word count 1,500© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 2 of 10 Learning outcomes Code Description LO1 identify the concepts and principles associated with the building, environment and technology of framed structures and be able to present, evaluate and interpret them using sketches, drawings and in written form LO2 describe the design & construction process and the statutory context for the production of framed buildings and how to justify when and where their selection would be appropriate LO3 evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches, materials and construction in framed or similar buildings in accordance with building, environment and technology theories and sustainability Scenario Sonning Village Community Centre Management Committee (SVCCMC) has received a very substantial money donation from a former chairman. He has stipulated that the money should be invested in a new community centre to replace the existing one. The Committee has engaged architects who have started to develop proposals. Included below is their proposed floor plan. You have been asked to prepare a construction feasibility report for the Committee. The Committee’s brief for the new centre includes the following requirements:  a suitably-sized clear space that can be used for large meetings, dances and choral performances;  a kitchen area;  an accessible toilet, separate male and female WCs and baby-changing facilities; 
  a two-person office;  two storage rooms;  one small meeting room (minimum size: 4m x 5m);  to be of framed construction;  to be zero-energy or very low-energy design;  all spaces need to be on the same single storey with no steps throughout the building. Note: The scenario is taken from a real-life example and permission has been granted for UCEM to include it here. The website for the subject of the assignment has been included to provide information only about the existing structure. You must not make any direct enquiries about the structure via this website. You must ask all questions through the discussion forum on the VLE.© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 3 of 10 Task Write a construction feasibility report for the Committee (SVCCMC) which includes the following:  your judgement on the proposed floor plan and whether or not it will satisfy the brief;  an identification of the likely ground conditions (based on British Geological Survey (BGS) information using a UK postcode of RG4 9SL). You should use this information to help you identify what foundation options would be realistic in this case, what your professional recommendation for the foundations is, and why;  an option appraisal of the possible structural frame types;  your recommended choice of structural frame, clearly justifying the reasons for your recommendation, which should include the sustainability aspects of your choice of structural frame, both in construction and in operation;  an appendix to include sketches or drawings of your recommended option, showing, as a minimum, scale drawings of: 1. the proposed floor plan identifying the main column and beam locations of your proposed frame; 2. a section through the building to show details of the structural frame; and 3. a detailed section of the recommended foundation. Additional information Assignment 2 will build on your findings from this assignment, considering more information about walls, windows, doors and other details. Therefore, in this assignment, restrict your report and sketches/drawings to the frame details and the general arrangement of the building. Reproductions of manufacturers’ literature and all information drawn from another source must be effectively referenced using the UCEM Harvard referencing system, and this includes images. Your report should be professionally presented in an A4 report format. Please use this opportunity to enhance and develop your presentation skills – produce a document you would be proud to take to a job interview. Your floor plan should be at a scale of 1:100. It can be hand-drawn or CAD. In addition to identifying columns and beams of your proposed frame, you must also identify all external walls, all windows, internal partitions, external and internal door swings, annotations identifying room functions and an identification of the north. Your section drawing through the frame should be at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100. Your detailed section of the foundation should be at a scale of 1:20. They can be hand-drawn or CAD. They should include annotations to identify all the relevant elements and make use of appropriate drawing conventions. If you choose to submit your assignment electronically, then please submit it as a PDF file. Make sure that you print out a copy for checking before you submit. This will ensure that the format is as you intend and that any discrepancies or formatting problems can be amended prior to submission. UCEM will print whatever you submit, and it is this that is assessed for marking.© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 4 of 10 Appendix A All images reproduced by kind permission of Sonning Common Parish Council. Website: http://sonningcommonvillagehall.btck.co.uk/ [accessed 1 September 2016].© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 5 of 10 Appendix B Proposed floor plan 16m 17.5m 0.5m© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 6 of 10 Existing (indicative) site plan© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 7 of 10 Marking criteria Guidance for students on how to use the assessment criteria marking guide. This guide is designed to help you to do as well as possible in your assessments by explaining how the person marking your work will be judging it. This should ensure you are aware of what they are looking for when you prepare your assessment. When you receive feedback on your assessment, the guide should also help you to see where you lost marks and how you could have done better. Every assessment will have a brief. The assessment marking guide should be read alongside the assessment brief. In the brief you will be told what you have to produce. So, for example, you might be asked to:  Select an example of a building you are familiar with.  Provide a report on a particular aspect of that building for an identified client.  Make recommendations for the client on the identified aspect of the building. The assessment criteria marking grid will enable you to make judgments on how you should approach this assessment to take into account the generic requirements for your performance at this level. Where there are special criteria which relate to the specific subject matter of your course, or a particular type of assessment, you may be provided with some additional criteria. An example of this might be if you are required to work as part of a group, where your tutor might add a criterion that describes how marks will be allocated for successful team working. It is suggested that you read the assessment grid before attempting each assessment and keep in mind what will help you to achieve the highest marks as you work on the assessment. Once you have finished you should review the assessment before submitting it, to check you have done what is required to achieve the highest marks to the best of your ability. When you receive your feedback from your tutor you should clearly be able to see which categories you lost marks in. The feedback should provide you with more detail on the extent to which you have achieved each of the criteria, as well as recommendations of how to improve (where relevant).© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 8 of 10 LEVEL 4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MARKING GUIDE Weighting Marking % 1. STRUCTURE, PRESENTATION and GRAMMAR 15 0–5 6–9 10–15 The assessed work must be clearly structured and presented and where appropriate make best use of the identified word count. Structure is confused and presentation distracts from content. Too short or too long. Structure shows some progression from introduction to conclusion. Presentation is clear. Word count adhered to but maybe not well used. Structure is logical and sections are clearly linked. Presentation enhances content. Word count adhered to and well used. The assessed work must be in a style and format appropriate to the audience and/or industry protocols. Style and format is inappropriate for audience and/or protocols. Some elements of style and format appropriate for audience and/or protocols. Style and format explicitly appropriate for audience and/or industry protocols. The assessed work will have an introduction which identifies the subsequent content and a conclusion which summarises points made or arguments explored. Introduction and/or conclusion absent or does not relate to points made or arguments explored. Introduction and conclusion present but may be repetitive or lack coherence with points made or arguments explored. Introduction and conclusion well integrated with arguments and points made in assessed work and used to reinforce structure and analysis within assessed work. Content of the assessed work will be clearly referenced to course materials or wider reading. No reference is made to course materials or wider reading if required. Some reference made to course materials or wider reading but not always the most appropriate choice or reference. Apt reference to course materials or wider reading which clearly illustrates or justifies points or arguments made. 2. THEORETICAL, PRACTICE-BASED AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT 35 0–13 14–23 24–35 Your assessed work will clearly demonstrate how you have applied learning materials. No or little application of learning materials or inappropriate learning materials applied. Some appropriate learning materials applied. Well-chosen learning materials applied. In the completion of your assessed work you will have paid specific attention to any contextual information supplied in the assessment brief particularly in relation to industry content and practice and its relation to theory. Contextual information ignored. Where required no or little understanding of industry content and practice demonstrated. Partial response to contextual information that maybe inconsistent. Some understanding of industry content and practice demonstrated. Contextual information fully integrated in assessed work. Industry practice consistently threaded through response with a clear understanding or relationship between theory and practice.© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 9 of 10 LEVEL 4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MARKING GUIDE Weighting Marking % 3. KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING INFORMED BY READING 25 0–9 10–17 18–25 The assessed work must reflect evidence obtained from UCEM course materials or sources external to UCEM to which you have been guided by your tutor or course resources. No, little or irrelevant evidence from UCEM or external sources. Some evidence present, but some gaps in evidence or less appropriate choices of evidence. Well evidenced from course materials and materials from external sources where required. Where instructed your assessed work may refer to professional practice or information from real sites, which you have gathered from your own experience or sourced from publicly available information. Reference to professional practice lacks relevance or is superficial. Inappropriate choices of real sites for reference. Some reference to professional practice or information gathered from real sites but may lack depth. Best choices for reference not made. Assessed work shows thorough and informed reference to professional practice or real sites and links in learning from course materials. 4. ANALYSIS and INTERPRETATION 15 0–5 6–10 11–15 In your assessed work you should present analysis of the points you make. Descriptive with little or no discussion or consideration of contrasting points of view or options. A mix of description, discussion and argument, but one point made does not lead to the next or mesh in to the conclusion. Analysis is undertaken and clearly articulated. Analysis is based on clearly presented evidence leading logically to a conclusion. You should use this analysis to draw conclusions and/or recommendations. Conclusions or recommendations are absent or unrelated to the content of the assessed work. Conclusions or recommendations are made, but are not always clearly linked to the assessed work or lack relevance to the assessment brief or proposed audience. Conclusions or recommendations firmly based on evidence presented in the assessed work. Strongly focused on assessment brief and proposed audience. Your analysis should be based on and justified by your reference to learning materials and/or professional practice. Analysis is either not present or unrelated to learning materials or professional practice. Some analysis is based on learning materials or professional practice, but some is unjustified or link to learning materials lacks clarity. Clear articulation of how analysis is based on learning materials and/or professional practice. Your assessed work should be aligned to the requirements of the question. Assessed work does not meet the requirements of the question. Assessed work meets some of the requirements of the question. Assessed work is fully aligned with all the requirements of the question. 5. REFERENCING and BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 0–3 4–6 7–10 All key sources must be cited and a consistent and accurate use of the UCEM Harvard referencing system must be maintained. Main sources not cited or most sources cited incorrectly. Most sources cited using the UCEM Harvard referencing system or system used correctly in most cases. All key sources cited using the UCEM Harvard referencing system correctly.© University College of Estate Management 2017 Page 10 of 10 Submission of assignments Online  You may submit your assignment online through the VLE. Refer to the ‘Online submission guidelines’ (Go to Student support > Student services > Coursework team > Assignment information).  You will need to be familiar with these guidance notes prior to the submission deadline. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment is successfully received on time. By post  You may submit your assignment by post at any time up to and including the due date. Please complete a coursework submission form and staple it to your assignment.  You must retain proof of postage until after you have received the marked assignment.  Please refer to the submission guidance on the VLE for more information. Word count The overall word length for this assignment should be within 10% either way from the stated word count. You may incur a penalty if you exceed the upper value (see ‘Assignment guidance’ in the ‘Coursework Team’ section of the VLE). You must state the total number of words used at the end of your assignment; however, the content of appendices and references/bibliographies may be excluded from your word count. Warning Plagiarising someone else’s work, whether copying from the internet, UCEM study materials, a textbook, a fellow student or elsewhere, is a serious offence. Before you submit your work for assessment, you must check it to ensure that you have fully cited within the text all the sources of information you have used and that all your sources are listed in a reference section at the end of your submission. Quoted text must not be excessive in length. You will find guidance on correct citing and referencing in The Harvard System – The UCEM Guide to Referencing and Citation in the ‘Study skills’ section on the VLE. Be aware that your work may be checked using anti-plagiarism software. If plagiarism is identified, this will result in a severe penalty ranging from loss of all or part of the mark to exclusion from your programme.