cameroon gce intermediate level 2024 construction process and building practice 2
cameroon gce intermediate level 2024 construction process and building practice 2
SECTION A
TECHNOLOGY
One of the main factors that determine the size of man power of a project is the type of building to be
constructed. A company has undertaken the construction and equipping of a school. As a student on internship
in that company, you are requested to give answers to the following questions:
(a) Identify three types of building.
(b) State five members who are involved in the client’s team
(c) Give four factors that influence the choice of a site.
(d) State three responsibilities of the main contractor on a construction site.
(e) Identify five site installations that have to be carried out before the commencement of work. (5 marks)
A Client and the site technician have as duty to discuss about the structure, choose the type of materials to
be used for the construction. A building structure is to be constructed on a sloppy site, you are a building
construction student and you are asked to answer the following questions
(a) What kind of foundation is suitable for this building on a sloppy site?
(b) List four requirements of a good foundation.
(c) Name two possible settlements that can cause instability in a structure.
(d) Sketch a stepped foundation and indicate the following
i) Step
ii) Mass concrete
iii) Wall
iv) Ground level
v) Damp proof course
vi) Foundation wall
(e) Differentiate with the aid of sketches, a strip foundation and a stepped foundation (5 marks)
3. The design of walls in a building has various functions to meet. Walls are essential components of a building.
The enclosed space protects the building from weather and offer privacy and security to the occupants and their
properties. Some of these walls carry roof members, while others retain earth. The opening in walls are bridged
with lintels or arches. As a student on internship, what will be your response to the following questions;
(a) Differentiate with the aid of sketches between a racking cut and a racking back
(b) Distinguish between a putlog and a transom scaffold
(c) From the sketch in figure 1 indicates the following:
i) Springing point
ii) Crown
iii) Depth
iv) Extrados
v) Rise
vi) Springing line
vii) span
(d) The sketch in figure 2 is a section of a reinforced concrete retaining wall, name the parts (i)(ii) (i
