Viability Research for Structure

1. The number of inhabitants of the structure: commercial or residential

It is a Commercial structure.

2. The ages and gender of inhabitants

All ages can participate, 16 to 21 and up working (male and female accepted)

3. Future plans to add onto the structure: future expansion

Expansion can be decided depending upon popularity of building.

4. A list of activities to be done with the structure (i.e., office use, office and living use, or storage only)

Mostly living use and some in the office.

5. Entertainment habits

Mainly a sitdown restaruant for people to enjoy and also a lounge area outside.

6. Desired number of rooms, minimum sizes, and types of rooms

4 Restrooms, kitchen, 2 sit down areas, storage room, HVAC room.

7. Kitchen with types of appliances desired

Ovens, stoves, fridges, tables, all appliances, ect.

8. Bathrooms with the number, size, and types of fixtures desired.

4 bathrooms, 2 employee and 2 public restrooms. Size depends on amount of people.

9. Planned length of use of structure

999,999 years

10. ADA requirements

In parking lot, and in bathrooms.

11. Budget for structure

$999,999,999

12. Style of structure

Comercial, cubed

13. Special needs, i.e.: Handicap access

Handicap Restroom, Parking Spaces, and Entrances to rooms

Essential Questions 4.4

1. Why did we exaggerate the vertical scale when we did the profile layout of the road?

So that we could see the shift in height in greater detail.

2. In what ways do engineers use design to control traffic differently on an arterial opposed to a feeder street?

Arterial roads are designed to hold more traffic and with less stops than feeder streets.

3. What are some of the factors you would have to consider if you were asked to design a new parking lot for your local library?
How many people will be using it simultaneously, how much space I have to build in.

4. How would the design of ingress or egress change if a building were to be used as a day care center instead of a senior center?

The amount and placement of the doors. Also the amount and distance of parking from the door is key.

Activity 4.7.1 Landscaping

1. Reviewing the material about Xeriscape, list the seven fundamental Xeriscape areas that must be considered when designing a landscape.

The seven fundamentals are plan and design, create practical turf areas, select and group plants appropriately, improve the soil, mulch, efficient irrigation, maintain the landscape.

2. Describe/define what the term “Xeriscape” means. (http://www.xeriscape.org/).

Xeriscape is a combinations of 7 common sense gardening principles that save water while creating a lush and colorful landscape.

5. What part does shade play in water resource management and human comfort?

Shade plays a part in water resource management and human comfort by allowing water to stay in the ground and not evaporate, and the people will enjoy the shade on a hot sunny day.

6. How can it be incorporated into landscape design efficiently?

Shade can be incorporated into landscape design efficiently by placing trees where you will need the shade.

7. When is it appropriate to provide shade and when is it not appropriate?

It is appropriate to provide shade when your plants need shade and it is not appropriate on a cold windy day.

8. Using the same website as in Question 3, list the criteria that should be followed when selecting plant material for a site.

Select plants based on their adaptability to your regions climate and soil.

10. In your journal, list appropriate plant material for your site’s geographical area that addresses plant groupings, requirements, sizing, and species selection.

Tropical plants will not survive long at all in our environment, but most other plants will.

Parking Lot

Questions 4.6.2

1. Determine the following information about the PLTW firehouse plan:

· What is the diameter of the existing water main? 6"

· What is the diameter of the proposed water service? 8"

· What is the elevation of the top of the hydrant? 301.79 ft

· What diameter pipe is used for the building’s sanitary sewer line? 6"

· Where is the gas meter to be located? south end, middle of outside wall South

· What is the spot elevation in the front left-hand corner of the building? 300.0 ft

Vocab: 15 words

Arterial-moderate or high-capacity road which is immediately below a highway level of service

Egress-electrical cable with an inner conductor surrounded by a tubular insulating layer typically of a flexible material with a high dielectric constant, all of which are surrounded by a conductive layer called the shield

Feeder-built into a metal casting mold to prevent due to shrinkage

Ingress-right to enter a tract of land

Transit Line-a line providing public transit

Bench Mark-surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

Delta Angle (∆)-angle using the delta point

Degree of Curve (D)-degree of point to a curved motion

Horizontal Alignment-combination of tangents, horizontal curves and spirals which defines the horizontal location of a roadway

Radius (R)-length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

Tangent Line-point of contact (tangency) between the cylinder and the knuckle portion of the vessel head

Vertical Alignment-combination of tangent grades and vertical curves which defines the vertical location of a roadway

Vertical Curve (VC)-vetical axis point of a curved plot

Point of Tangency (PT)-point where tangent intersects

End Vertical Curve (EVC)-vertical curved points end