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Construction assignment 2. - Photograph (1) show damage caused to the outside of a building due to a fault in loading.
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Construction assignment 2. Photograph (1) show damage caused to the outside of a building due to a fault in loading. Looking in more detail the photograph (2) shows extensive cracks on the exterior of a seeming prominent building. Cracks of this kind can appear for a number of reasons. Loading in construction needs to be supported in several ways such as the support of dead weight-the building itself, live or imposed weight and external pressures such as the force of the wind. Movement in the ground must also be guarded against, such as the swelling, shrinking or freezing of subsoil. Externally where this building has its faults, pressures have been put on open spaces in the masonry construction such as windows and doors. It is often assumed that brick won't be crushed under pressure but as photograph (2) illustrates, given enough pressure brick will crack clean through. From the photos it appears...
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