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Key Points § Elevation View § Plan View § Footprints § Foundation § Stress § Safety Factor

An Elevation View § Is an orthographic 2 -D drawing of the above-ground portion of a structure.

A Plan View § Shows the top-down view of the structure

Footprint § Is the area contained within the perimeter of the building

A foundation § Transmits loads from the structure to the ground. § Foundations usually extend underground.

Stress and a safety factor § When determining the live load a building must be able to support, engineers refer to code that is listed as load per unit area, or stress. § A safety factor is a factor by which a maximum likely stress is multiplied in order to ensure the safety of the structure.

Who is Prity Rungta? A. Construction manager B. Construction worker C. Construction engineer D. Structural engineer

Which of the following view does the picture show? A. Elevation view B. Plan view C. Footprint D. Blueprint

What is the primary way that the architect communicates his/ her building plans to Prity’s team? A. An elevation drawing B. A plan drawing C. Both an elevation and plan drawing D. None of the above

If a scaffold can support a load of 300 pounds and must have a safety factor of 2, § how many pounds must your design be able to support? § What if the safety factor is 3? 4? 5?

Prity describes two new construction technologies. What are they? § A wood joist system made of composite wood § Insulated Concrete Forms (ICS)