Identify and describe heavy engineering structures'

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Objectives

• Identify and describe heavy engineering
  structures.
• Identify and describe types of buildings.
• Explain how cultural norms, environmental
  conditions, and the requirements of enterprises
  and institutions might affect the design of
  structures.
• Describe the role transportation plays in the
  operation of construction enterprises.
• Describe the role information and communication
  technologies play in the operation of
  construction enterprises.
• Describe the major processes and procedures used
  to create buildings.
• Analyze construction business activity using a
  table.
• Conduct research.
• Develop a multimedia presentation.
• Contribute to a group endeavor by offering useful
  ideas, supporting the efforts of others, and
  focusing on the task.

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The Big Idea

• Construction is the systematic process of
  erecting structures to meet human needs and
  desires. It reflects cultural norms,
  environmental conditions, and the requirements of
  enterprises and institutions.

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Purpose of Lesson

• To familiarize students with construction
  technology and how cultural norms, environmental
  conditions, and the requirements of enterprises
  and institutions might affect the design of
  structures.

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What do they have in Common?

• Three Gorges Dam - Sandouping, Yichang, China
• Burj Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• International Space Station (ISS)
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Cixi and Zhapu, China
• Beijing Airport - Beijing, China
• The World Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Freedom Tower New York City
• Millau Viaduct - Millau, France
• Queen Mary II

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What do they have in Common?
Three Gorges Dam - Sandouping, Yichang, China
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What do they have in Common?

• Burj Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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What do they have in Common?

• International Space Station (ISS)

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What do they have in Common?

• Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Cixi and Zhapu, China

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What do they have in Common?

• Beijing Airport - Beijing, China

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What do they have in Common?

• The World Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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What do they have in Common?

• Freedom Tower New York City

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What do they have in Common?

• Millau Viaduct - Millau, France

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What do they have in Common?

• Queen Mary II

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What do they have in Common?

• Three Gorges Dam - Sandouping, Yichang, China
• Burj Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• International Space Station (ISS)
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Cixi and Zhapu, China
• Beijing Airport - Beijing, China
• The World Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Freedom Tower New York City
• Millau Viaduct - Millau, France
• Queen Mary II

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Why do people build Structures?
Shelter
Support
Contain
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Exploration

• Working in groups of four, use the materials
  provided (0ne sheet of paper and glue) and create
  a structure that it will support a person 5 off
  the ground while sitting on a chair.
• You will have 20 minutes to complete this
  activity.

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Explanation

• Present your ideas to the class.
• Answer questions related to the performance of
  the structure.
• The answer depends on how you arrange the
  columns. Three or four smaller columns arranged a
  distance apart in a triangular or rectangular
  shape might support more weight than a single
  large central column.

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Explanation
Construction is the systematic process of
erecting structures to meet human needs and
desires.
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Explanation
How do cultural norms, environmental conditions,
and the requirements of enterprises and
institutions affect the design of structures?
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Explanation

• Types of structures, include residential,
  commercial and industrial and heavy engineering
  structures (airports, canals, highways,
  hydroelectric and flood control dams, pipelines,
  power transmission and communication towers, and
  rail lines)
• The design of structures includes a number of
  requirements.
• Structures require maintenance, alteration, or
  renovation periodically to improve them or to
  alter their intended use.
• Structures can include prefabricated materials.
• The role information and transportation
  technologies play in the operation of
  construction enterprises.
• The role information and communication
  technologies play in the operation of
  construction enterprises.

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Explanation

• The major processes and procedures used to create
  buildings
• a. Preparing the site
• b. Setting foundations
• c. Building the framework
• d. Enclosing the structure
• e. Installing utilities
• f. Finishing the exterior
• g. Completing the site

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Explanation
Construction activity is a major indicator of the
economic wellbeing of a state or nation.
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Explanation

• Answer the following questions
• a. How does a dam withstand the crushing pressure
  of a lake full of water?
• b. How does a suspension bridge resist the forces
  of wind and traffic?
• c. Why can we walk in the shadows of mammoth
  skyscrapers, drive through tunnels deep
  underground, and sit beneath soaring stadium
  domes, confident that these giant structures will
  not collapse?

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Extension

• 1. Working in groups, research and develop a
  multimedia presentation on construction the
  systematic process of erecting structures to meet
  human needs and desires.
• 2. Explain how the construction project reflect
  cultural norms, environmental conditions, and the
  requirements of enterprises and institutions.
• 3. Sub-topics for the research will include the
  following
• Three Gorges Dam - Sandouping, Yichang, China
• Burj Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• International Space Station (ISS)
• Hangzhou Bay Bridge - Cixi and Zhapu, China
• Beijing Airport - Beijing, China
• The World Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Freedom Tower New York City
• Millau Viaduct - Millau, France
• Queen Mary II
• The Big Dig Boston MA.
• T-REX Project Denver CO
• Other Teacher Approved.

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Extension

• 4. The areas of investigation to be completed in
  the research
• evolution of the design.
• construction processes used
• resources required
• requirements and constraints
• examples of historic and contemporary structures
• Impacts (social, environmental, economic etc)
• 5. Student groups will deliver their multimedia
  presentations to the class and other audiences on
  December 8th 9th, 2008