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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2013/2014

YEAR 2 SEMESTER II EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

CIVIL ENGINEERING

ECE 2216: ENGINEERING DRAWING IV

DATE: December 2013 TIME: 3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

a) Attempt any THREE questions out of five.

b) Construction lines should be faint and should not be erased
c) All dimensions are in millimeters unless otherwise stated
d) Missing and mismatching dimensions, in any, may be suitably assumed

QUESTION ONE

Attached find architectural drawing for a proposed residential house development Fig.1.
The house should be built using the following material

 Reinforced concrete
 Masonry stone wall
 Timber trusses

Carefully study the drawings in Fig. 1 and make to appropriate scale, architectural drawing
of Front elevation……. (View E-03) (20marks)

QUESTION TWO

Refer to architectural drawings in Fig. (1) Draw structural layout of the foundation and at
least a section of the strip foundation to appropriate scale (20marks)

QUESTION THREE

Refer to Figure 2. Upper floor slab reinforcement details. Prepare a bar-bending schedule
for the upper floor slab.

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 i. Show bars marked 01 to 10 on your bending schedule (16marks)
ii. Calculate the total length in metres of Y8 and Y10 bars for bars marked 01 to 10
(4marks)

QUESTION FOUR

With reference to Figure 1. Draw to appropriate scale, structural drawing of the stair case
(20marks)

QUESTION FIVE

Draw to appropriate scale, the structural drawings of a column and base

Technical specification

- Column size 200x200 mm

- Base size 1200x1200 mm

The following specifications were provided by the designer

- Masonry wall thickness=200 mm

- Beams 450x200 mm
- Reinforcements in beams: tension 3Y16, compression reinforcement 2Y12 and links
Y8 at 200 mm centres
- Strip foundation size 600x200mm
- Strip foundation reinforcement: main reinforcement bars Y12 at 200 mm centres,
distribution bars, Y10
- Upper slab: Thickness 150 mm, main reinforcement Y10 at 200 mm centres,
secondary reinforcement Y8 @ 200 mm centres, distribution steel Y8 at 200 mm
centres
- Column size 200x200mm. column reinforcement: compression reinforcement Y12
and links Y8 @ 200 mm centres
- Pad foundation: size 1200x1200x300 mm thick. Pad foundation reinforcement Y12
at 200 mm each way.
- Make professional assumptions whenever necessary and use your judgment to
determine dimensions and details given.

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