BCGBC4010A Apply structural principles to residential low-rise constructions

Industry professionals

Engineer

Listening activity for an engineer
A photo of Luke an engineer is shown. He says, 'Hi. Luke speaking. I'm a structural engineer. This is a soil report I received after organising testing at a country site to find out what kind of soil was present. I need this information to design footings that are suitable for the particular kind of soil in that area'.
A copy of the soil report is shown. The soil report contains the following information:
•	client
•	address of site
•	basic soil testing
•	aim of investigation
•	the general findings.
Then Luke says, 'I also design footing systems and concrete slabs. This is a detailed drawing of a timber floor showing footing details and positions of bearers and joists'.
A copy of a floor plan is shown containing the following details and measurements of:
•	bearers
•	strip footings
•	compressible strip
•	floor joists
•	sawcuts
•	infill slab.

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