CIVL 3016 Building Superstructure Supplementary Report

Project selection

Students are to study a medium/large construction project with a focus on the structural system, members, and connections. You may select a project from the case study folders in view, or if you are employed at a contractor, you may like to report on the project that you are working on. If you are choosing your own project, it must be:

• Alow-rise steel-framed industrial/warehouse/light commercial building where the structural system is a steel portal frame, or
• Multi-storey building consisting of a conventional RC/prestressed concrete frame, structural steel frame, mass timber structure or a hybrid/composite structure, or
• Other structure as approved by the Subject 

Typical   domestic construction   is   not acceptable.

Progress Report 5%

Students are to submit a brief overview (approx. 4 pages - 600 words plus images) of their chosen structure with focus on Sections 1-2 from the final report. It should include:

• Location and basic information of the structure selected
• Types of structural components used with some specific examples
• At least10 images of the structure and members
• Plan for completion of the  Including expected completion dates

Progress report will be assessed in vUWS as a mark out of 5. Project information and photos will account for 3 marks, the completion plan will receive a mark out of 2.

Note that the work submitted in the progress report will form the initial part of your final report. Any discussion written in your progress report may be used in your own final report without any concern for self-plagiarism.

Final Report (35%)

The final report submission should be approximately 2000 words. Tables, references, appendices, and captions are all excluded from the word count. The document structure in the report template will guide you on how to successfully write the report. A detailed rubric is given in the table below.