1. Btec Construction and the Built Environment: Unit 1
What is meant by the following terms?
DPC………………………………………………………………....
Engineering brickwork
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Cavity fill……………………………………………………………………………..
Sand Blinding
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Key Words
Foundations
Detailing
List 5 types of foundation you know
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Use your answers above to label this drawing from last years exam paper
Choose three from your list of 5 and state an advantage and disadvantage of each.
1. ______________________________
Advantage_______________________
Disadvantage_____________________
2.______________________________
3.______________________________
Learning Objective
To be able to describe the advantages and disadvantages of types of foundations (Pass)
To be able to name component parts up to floor level. (Merit)
Challenge objective: To be able to draw a section through a foundation (distinction)

2. Check Test what you have learned this week:
Answer the following questions...
Explain the difference between the substructure and the superstructure of a building._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain what a is meant by DPC _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Explain what steel trench sheets are used for? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What is this and why is it important to someone working on the substructure of a building __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What is meant by ‘the water table’?
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MARK YOUR FRIENDS WORK. HAVE THEY MET THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES?
Learning Objective
To be able to describe the advantages and disadvantages of types of foundations (Pass)
To be able to name component parts up to floor level. (Merit)
Challenge objective: To be able to draw a section through a foundation (distinction)
WHAT LEVEL WOULD YOU GIVE THEM?