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Assessment Item 1 – Assignment 1
Due Date: 02 December 2020, at 23:45 PM Queensland time
1 Weighting: 25%
Length As required
BLSV 13021 Building Legislation 2
Assignment 1
Question 1. Building surveyor and legal process
a) Research and critically examine the building control legislation in your State and
describe what
i) The objectives are;
ii) How are these objectives achieved in practise; and
iii) What changes in this legislation is forthcoming.
) What is the role of the building surveyor in the building control process? Examine this
from the project inception through to project delivery;
c) How are the practises of building surveyors regulated, and to your expert opinion is
this regulation adequate and successful?
d) What mediation process exists between
i) the building surveyor and his client; and
ii) the building surveyor and the local government?
Question 2. Assessment of Structural stability, fire resistance and the adequacy of
structures in fire.
Background:
A well know German winery purchased a regional vineyard with several dilapidated but State
and local Heritage listed buildings. The new owners have a grand vision for this farm. Their
vision is a boutique hotel in one of the buildings and ultra-modern winery that also houses a
egional art gallery and cooking school in the other. The new owners won a contract with
ABC 1 for a cooking show as direct competition to MasterChef. The cooking show will use
the cooking school and boutique hotel for the next season of this program. The filming is due
to start in 9 months, so the pressure is on to get all approvals and construction work done
efore then. The Local Council’s Mayor has given their endorsement of this project, and
The most prominent structure, earmarked for the boutique hotel, is a three-storey hand cut
stone building, a former convent. The building has a footprint of 2,800 square metres, and
access to the above ground floors is via two magnificent stone and wood staircases. A
wrought iron staircase attached to the back of the building was installed in the late 1950’s as
a fire escape. Cu
ently the building is backpacker accommodation for seasonal fruit pickers
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who travel through the region. A few drywall offices are found on the ground floor, together
with a large kitchen.
The second building comprise of a large wood and sheet iron shed, 6,000 square metres
oofed area, and is tight against the stone building. The shed has two sets of sliding shed
style doors where tractors and trailers drove in to deliver night picked grapes on concrete
floors in this 9 metre high structure.
The plan:
The stone building’s ground floor will be turned into open plan offices for the winery with
separate entrances to the back (1,000m2). The front part of the ground floor will be a six star
eception area with wine and champagne bar (1,000m2); three small specialist shops
complete the ground floor. The rest of the building will comprise of one and two bedroom
guest suites, all with magnificent views of the vineyards and distant hills. They propose 10
one bedroom and 5 two bedroom suites per floor. The structure is sandstone with a wooden
floor and metal sheet roof.
The wooden shed will have two separate uses:
1.) Half will become a cooking school with auditorium for 200 people, cool rooms and
open industrial kitchen with tasting area. 2)
2.) The second half will be an ultra modern stainless steel winery where an Australian
version of the famous German Riesling will be crafted. This part will also act as an art
gallery, combining modern winery with art. The wooden structure cannot be altered,
however, a steel sub frame inside the shed will host all the new building elements of
oth the cooking school and the winery.
(A sketch will be provided of the building)
The architect is frustrated by the complications of both the heritage listings and the structural
stability requirements. The project manager, who wants to do the right thing, appoints your
firm to do an assessment of what will be required for the proposed development to be
structurally compliant.
a) In explaining the role of a building surveyor, describe how you would go ahead about
checking each of the above structures, to satisfy the loads and actions to which it may be
easonably subjected to;
) What considerations must be taken to maintain structural stability in the event of a
fire, to allow occupants to evacuate to a safe place.
c) Please describe the required Fire safety and fire resistance ratings for each of the
uildings in table format by;
- classifying each area of the building as described under NCC building classes
- determining the type of construction required
- determining the FRL of each building component. i.e. walls, floors, roof etc.
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Assessment criteria
Question 1
Accuracy and relevance of information, application of knowledge, language
and grammar used in answering questions.
a) 4
) 1
c) 2
d) 4
Question 2
Accuracy and relevance of information, application of knowledge, language
and grammar used in answering questions.
a) 5
) 3
c) 3
Presentation 1.5
Referencing 1.5
Total 25