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Private Sector. Buildings and structures built for ordinary people. Public Sector. Includes municipal, city, county, state and federal government buildings. City Planners. People that study all the aspects of community development. Zoning Laws.
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Private Sector • Buildings and structures built for ordinary people.
Public Sector • Includes municipal, city, county, state and federal government buildings.
City Planners • People that study all the aspects of community development.
Zoning Laws • Laws that determine what type of structures can be built in specific parts of a community.
Topography • A building site’s surface features.
Utilities • Services such as electricity, gas, telephone.
Survey • A drawing that shows the exact size and shape of a building lot.
Power of Eminent Domain • Law that states that the government has the right to buy private property for public use.
Condemnation • The legal process for taking over land that an owner refuses to sell.
Scale Drawings • Small measurements that are used to represent large measurements in drawing structures.
Site Plans • Shows where the structure will be located on a building lot.
Floor Plan • Show the location of rooms, walls, windows, doors, stairs and other features of a structure.
Elevations • Drawings that show the finished appearance of the outside of a structure.
Detail Drawings • Show features that cannot be shown clearly on a floor plan or elevation drawings.
Section Drawings • Show how a part of a structure looks when sliced by a cutting plane.
Specifications • Details about what materials are to be used for as project as well as the standards and government regulations that must be followed.
How are private sector projects funded? • A person’s own private funds.
Things that city planners study. • The size and character of the population. • The economy of the community. • The nature and quantity of natural resources such as oil, gas, water, timber and farmland. • Transportation facilities. • The history and culture of the area.
Things that zoning laws specify. • Maximum property size. • Maximum height of a building. • The number of families that can occupy a house. • The number of parking spaces a commercial building must provide. • The distance structures must be from the property boundary lines.
Three zones that communities are divided into. • Residential • Commercial • Industrial
Seven things that must be considered when selecting a building site. • Location Utilities • Size Zoning Laws • Shape Cost • Topography
Three things that must be considered when reviewing and revising preliminary design ideas. • Special needs and desires of the client. • Amount of money available. • The site on which the structure will be built.