UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Faculty : LKC FES Unit Code : UEBE1853

Course : Bachelor of Science (Hons) Unit Title : Building Structural System
Quantity Surveying
Year/ : Year 1 Semester 1 Lecturer : Dr. Lee Wah Peng
Semester Tutor : Dr. Lee Wah Peng
Session : May 2017
Tutorial No. 1
1) Figure 1 shows the outer wall of a multi-storey building which is supported on a beam at each
floor level. It consists of a 1.2m height of cavity wall supporting 1.3m high double glazing.
The cavity wall construction is 102.5mm of brick wall, a 75 mm cavity and 100 mm of
plastered lightweight concrete block wall. Determine the dead on the beam in kN/m of beam
(Exclude safety factors).

This beam
supports load
from wall above

Double glazing
1.3m

1.2m Cavity wall

1.0m

2) The average weight of a person can be assumed to be 80kg. Calculate how many peoples can
stand on one square metre of dance hall. The load that the dance hall can take is 5kN/m 2.
(Exclude safety factors). Assume gravity = 9.81 m/s2

3) Explain the differences between conventional building system and industrialized building
system.
4) Given the diagrams below, name the type of load acting on the beam.