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Centre Number
Candidate Number
G C B 1 1
General Certificate of Secondary Education2012
Construction and the Built Environment
Unit 1: The Construction Industry for the 21st Century
[GCB11]
MONDAY 14 MAY, AFTERNOON
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Marks RemarkSection A
Answer all questions
Use the Pre-Release Material to assist with answering
questions 1, 2, 3 and 4.
1 (a) The following symbols have been used on the Site Plan and GroundFloor Plan contained within the Pre-Release Material.
Identify what each of these BS1192 symbols or building elementsrepresent:
1. _____________________________ [1]
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Marks Remark
3. _____________________________ [1]
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Marks Remark(b) The following building elements are found in the Pre-Release
Material. Name one material that can be used to manufacture eachelement.
1. Front Windows __________________
2. Damp Proof Membrane (DPM) __________________
3. Roof Covering __________________
4. Wall Ties __________________
5. Rafters __________________
6. Gutter __________________ [6]
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Marks RemarkThe following professionals and craft operatives are employed during thedesign and construction stages of the house shown in the Pre-ReleaseMaterial.
2 (a) Identify three of the main roles that a Site Engineer would have inrelation to this project.
Site Engineer
1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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(b) Identify three of the main roles that the following craft operativeswould have for the project shown in the Pre-Release Material.
Bricklayer
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Marks Remark3 Using the attached Pre-Release Material, give the following dimensions in
millimetres. Some dimensions may need to be scaled.
(a) The length and width of the dining room.
Length __________________ Width __________________ [4]
(b) The overall width of the conservatory from the outside of the walls, atground floor level, including sill projection.
Width __________________ [2]
(c) The width and height of the family room window at the front of thehouse. Take this height at the highest point of the window.
Width __________________ Height __________________ [4]
(d) The total number of toilets within the complete building.
Total number of toilets __________________ [2]
(e) The gradient of the ramp into the entrance hall.
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Marks Remark4 The drawing shown below is of a foundation detail, which will be used in
the dwelling shown in the Pre-Release Material.
High densityconcrete blockin sand cementmortar 1:3
Damp proof Course min 150above G.L.
Existing/ProposedGround Level
Lean mix concrete, fillto cavity up to groundlevel, haunched at30 degrees with falltowards the outsideface.
60 mm thick Quinn ThermWF/Kingspan rigid board insulationfixed to inner skin of blockwork withcavity tie clip
100 mm thick Quinn-Liteinsulation block laid in,lime mortar 1:1:6
100 mm thick 20 N/10 mmaggregate Concrete Slap
1200 guageDamp Proof Membrane
50 mm thick Quinn ThermQF/Kingspan rigid boardinsulation to underside of floor slab, 25 mm toperimeter of slab
600 300 Concrete strip foundation,grade 20N/10 mm aggregate, minimumdepth below finished ground level600 mm, or deeper until satisfactoryground bearing strata is reached to
ti f ti f B ildi C t l ffi
Centre Lineof Foundation
150mm min wellcompacted, hardcore25mm Crusher RunStone
20mm sandblinding
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Marks Remark(d) List two functions of the wall construction shown in Fig. 2 .
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________[2]
(e) What is the full name of the material represented by the letters DPM?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________[2]
(f) State one function of a DPM.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________[1]
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Marks Remark5 List different examples of work which could commonly be carried out
under each of the following headings:
Building , Civil Engineering and Building Services .
(a) Building
List five different examples of work:
1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________[5]
(b) Civil Engineering
List three different examples of work:
1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Marks Remark6 A requirement of all modern construction is to incorporate services into a
building.
(a) Clearly state how you would incorporate electrical services into a
timber stud wall and secure a socket box in place. In your answer indicate what stage plastering should take place in this process.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________[4]
(b) Clearly state how you would incorporate electrical services into the
inner leaf of a concrete block cavity wall and secure a socket boxin place. In your answer indicate what stage plastering should takeplace in this process.
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Marks Remark7 State the main reason for having the following elements in a typical
domestic house.
(a) The building element shown in Fig. 3 is a foundation trench.
Fig. 3
What is the main reason for excavating the foundation trench?
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Marks Remark (b) The building elements shown in Fig. 4 are floor joists.
Fig. 4
What are the two main reasons for having floor joists in a domestic
house?
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Marks Remark(c) The building element shown in Fig. 5 is a window.
Fig. 5
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Marks RemarkSection B
Answer all questions
8 Compare how a solid stone wall in traditional domestic construction is
different from a modern cavity wall constructed from Brick or Block.
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Marks Remark9 Fig. 6 shows the early stages in the development of the Titanic Signature
Building in Belfast which will be several storeys high.
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Marks RemarkThe domestic site shown in the Pre-Release Material will use TelescopicHandlers such as the one shown in Fig. 7 .
(b) List five operations which could be carried out by the Telescopic
Handlers on the domestic building site.
Fig. 7
1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Marks RemarkA Contractor organises his/her resources under three main headings:
PlantLabour
Materials
(d) (i) What does the term labour refer to?
[2]
(ii) Provide two examples of this.
[2]
(e) (i) What does the term materials refer to?
[2]
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Marks Remark10 Fig. 8 below shows a head detail used in cavity wall construction for the
dwelling shown in the Pre-Release Material.
Add the following labels to the drawing. Leader lines have been provided
for your guidance.
Wet dash on a sand/cement render total thickness is 19 mmCavity InsulationGypsum plaster bonding and finish coat 13 mmStepped DPCDouble Glazed PVCu or Timber Window100 mm blockwork outer leaf Proprietary cavity closer
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Marks Remark11 Before the client gives their final approval for the attached pre-release
drawing and specifications, he has asked you to identify ways in which hecan reduce the use of fossil fuels in the day to day running costs of thehouse.
Evaluate how this can be achieved under the following headings:
The building structureRenewable energy
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General Certificate of Secondary Education
January 2011
Construction and the Build Environment
Assessment Unit 1: The ConstructionIndustry for the 21 st Century
Assessing The Construction Industry[GCB11]
Available to Candidates 01 November 2010
Candidate Number
You must use this clean copy of the Pre-Release Material in the examination and not your
Construction and the Built EnvironmentPre-Release Material
Assessment Unit 1: The ConstructionIndustry for the 21 st Century
[GCB11]
MONDAY 14 MAY, AFTERNOON
General Certificate of Secondary Education
2012
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First floor construction25 mm T & G Boarding, 225 mm 38 mm. Joists at 400 mm centres. All joists built into insideskin of cavity walls to be beam filled and completely sealed between floor void and cavity.Provide one row herringbone bridging to each room, 12.5 mm plaster board and skim to
ceilings. Provide 30 mm 5 mm restraint straps to all timbers parallel to walls.
Damp proof coursesVertical DPCs to all window and external door jambs, horizontal DPCs behind and under sillsand stepped between lintels. Wall DPCs to external skin, laid at 150 mm minimum abovefinished ground levels.DPCs to internal walls to overlap and be bonded to the floor DPM by a minimum of 215 mm.
Foundations600 mm 300 mm foundations to 300 mm walls.450 mm 300 mm foundations to 100 mm walls.The above to be concrete strip foundations. The size and depth of foundations shown are theminimum required. Final sizes and bearing depths to be determined and agreed with buildingcontrol when sub/soil bearing pressures are known.Cavity fill to external walls to stop a minimum of 150 mm below the lowest DPC.
Roof construction37 degree pitched roof constructionBangor blue natural slate150 38 softwood rafters200 38 softwood ceiling joistWhite PVC gutter and down pipe
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7299.02112127
GCSE Construction and the
Built Environment
Front and Back Elevations
Unit 1PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012SCALE: 1: 100
Back Elevation
Front Elevation
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7299.02112127
GCSE Construction and the
Built Environment
Side Elevations
Unit 1PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012SCALE: 1: 100
Solar Panels
Side Elevation
Height of window
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7299.02112127
GCSE Construction and the
Built Environment
Sectional Detail
Unit 1PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012SCALE: 1: 100
Section AA
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Lamp Post LampPost
LampPost
Sign
BoundaryWall
BoundaryFence
Pedestrian Gate
FlaggedPath
TarmacCar Park
RoughGrassArea
Rough GrassArea
Wild Shrubs
Wild Shrubs
Wild Shrubs
Mature Trees600 dia Main Storm Drain owned by Water Service
Pedestrian Bridge
P ublic F oot P ath
Suf f olk S tre et
N
PavingBrick
Tarmac
Tarmac
TarmacDrive
Grass
Grass
Grass
Flower Bed
Proposed New Dwelling Proposed new tree planting
Site 1
Site 3
TBM 48.566Top of DrivewayLamp
51.60051.800
52.590
52.850
50.000
49.000
47.000
47.200
46.900
47.200
47.200
46.800
Overgrown Flagged Path
Man hole cover
7299.02
GCSE Construction and the
Built Environment
Site Plan
Unit 1PRE-RELEASE MATERIALS
Examination Series 2011 / 2012NOT TO SCALE