Architectural engineering
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Architectural engineering (also building engineering) consists of three fields: "building structures", "architectural environmental planning", and "building services".
- Foundation engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Mechanics of materials
"Architectural environmental planning" is also called "principles of architectural planning". The "building environment" affects the indoor environment, and the field studies acoustics, daylighting, lighting, sunlight exposure, temperature and humidity, and so on. "Building services" include water supply and drainage, electrical systems, and the like.
Unlike an architecture department, an architectural engineering department is a four-year program that focuses on structural mechanics, mechanics of materials, and construction of buildings.
Terms
- Net quantity (design quantity)
- Net quantity, or design quantity, is the exact quantity calculated from the design documents.
- For each construction object, quantities such as length, area, volume, and count are calculated from the design drawings; the quantity calculated this way is called the net quantity.
- It means the quantity first calculated from the design drawings.
- Required quantity (purchase quantity)
- Required quantity, or purchase quantity, is the quantity calculated by multiplying the design quantity (net quantity) by an allowance.
- During construction, materials can be damaged or lost in the building process.
- For example, when you buy and lay bricks, they can break during transport or construction, and some are also cut to fit the shape.
- Also, in the case of rebar, the lengths that steelmakers produce are limited, so cutting it to fit the members inevitably produces losses (Loss - https://next-rebar.tistory.com/6).
- Net quantity and required quantity (allowance)