I’m working as a mechanical engineer(inspector) for hotel construction project. I had reference for HVAC but i couldn’t find handbook as a guidance of design of system components & integration of the building plumbing & fire protection, HVAC piping installations. Thanks in advance.
It depends on very many factors
In Africa they have extremely different requirements than in some US!
Google your question
Check with local authorities…
Very often it is integrated with the ventilation system
With doors operation…
Hope this properly answers your question
Guru
For science class we have to build something out of wood sticks that would survive a 7.5 on his earthquake simulator machine. Are there any websites that would give me pictures of good designs to use?
since my dad is an architect he says to make the sticks in the shape of triangles. like in the design dont have squares, have triangles. its hard to explane though, good luck
Would it get passed by the planning department. Surely there should be a front door and a back door.
My bungalow is only 3 years old and has only one door so unless the building regs have changed since mine was built you should be ok.
I need to design a 5 story concrete building for a class, i just wanted to know if I should start the design with the roof and work down, or start with the foundation and move up
In every building design there are certain procedures to be followed. As per my experience here’s how it goes.
1. Conduct soil invetigation to determine the profile of your soil
2. In Analaysis of loads, you have to start from roof down to the foundation, this includes: Windload, Liveload, Seismic load and factor and Deadload, Zone exposure and Safeety load (pls refer to Building codes)
3. Then you establish moment frame analysis by considering all loads per level
As you go down, you will observed that member of your structures are becomming bigger in cross section like beams, girder and column
After load analysis, you can now start the reinforced concrete design from foundation to roof.
There are several structural applications you can use like STAAD Pro where you can just put the loads and it will automatically determine the sizes of your elements.
Good luck
from civil engg point of view i could not find any difference between building design and orientation of building..so pls help..
Positioning the house so it has south facing windows is an important component of passive solar design. That helps provide heat in the winter. But what about summer with the sun pouring in those windows, how do you prevent overheating? Passive solar design also takes cooling into account, providing either an overhang or a pergola to shade that window in the summer when the sun is high in the sky, but allowing clear access in the winter when it is low.
Other things like thermal mass are taken into consideration. In the winter when the sun is shining into the room, you want to have a big concrete wall or floor for the sun to heat up during the day, so at night the heat will slowly dissipate and heat the room at night.
Ventilation is also important to control the flow of heat throughout the house. Lighting is also considered to keep you from having to turn lights on during the day.
As you can see, passive solar design includes a heck of a lot more than just facing south. There are great books available on the subject, here’s one http://www.altestore.com/store/Books-Classes-Educational-Videos/General-Renewable/The-Solar-House-Dan-Chiras/p35/?nav=detail-addon
Is it about heating&cooling loads, airflow, smoke exhaust systems, etc, calculations, drafting, editing?
Heating and Cooling loads
System design (determine which type of equipment would work best, i.e. direct expansion units, water cooled chillers, air cooled chillers)
Equipment Selection
Equipment layout
duct design and layout
piping design and layout
pump sizing if required
exhaust fans and exhaust duct routing for restrooms,etc…
controls for HVAC and chilled water systems including interface to a DDC system if required
drawing up the design sometimes
scheduling the equipment
writing the specifications
reviewing submittals during construction
help with estimating and material take-offs
answering Requests For Information (RFI’s) from contractors
evaluating bids
coordinating the design with structural engineers, architectual engineers and electrical engineers.
providing electrical engineers with the electrical information of the HVAC equipment
that is all I can think of right now
There was talk of the worlds tallest tower (not gonna happen cos Dubai is already building it!) There was also talk of smaller towers?
4 buildings altogether, and the memorial at the site of the WTC towers.
The 4 buildings are designed by Daniel Libeskind (of the Berlin Jewish Museum and the V&A extension fame), Norman Foster (of the Gherkin fame, amongst others), Richard Rogers (Lloyd’s of London) and Fumihiko Maki (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium).
There was talk of the worlds tallest tower (not gonna happen cos Dubai is already building it!) There was also talk of smaller towers?
4 buildings altogether, and the memorial at the site of the WTC towers.
The 4 buildings are designed by Daniel Libeskind (of the Berlin Jewish Museum and the V&A extension fame), Norman Foster (of the Gherkin fame, amongst others), Richard Rogers (Lloyd’s of London) and Fumihiko Maki (Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium).
What should your building have? What are your specifications?
Anamated, graphic designer and animated construction crew,
What should your building have? What are your specifications?
Anamated, graphic designer and animated construction crew,