Engineering and Construction
Appendices;
Late submissions will be penalised in accordance with normal University regulations (see
handbook). You are also reminded that, while encouraging you to discuss your work with
each other, the University regards the
copying of another student’s work as a form of
plagiarism, which is subject to severe penalties.
As the owner of a
property portfolio that includes residential and commercial
offi
ce
buildings
,
you are involved in both the development of
a new
–
build project
and the
management of
an existing building
. You
have recently:
a
)
t
aken ownership
of an empty
office building in the centre
of a dense urban area in
the UK
;
b
)
a
t
the same time, you have
gained planning permission to build
a
new
mixed
–
use
development
on
a brownfield site in an outer
sub
urban area of a large city in the UK
.
The
new
development will include a
mu
lti
–
occupancy office building
and
also 100
new homes
, ie it is a ‘mixed’ development
. The new project
will
b
e
constructed
in
compliance with
the latest standards, and t
he planning permission conditions
require
the 100 homes in
the mixed development
to meet
the
Code for Sustainable
Homes 2010
to
Code Level
3.
Both
buildings have
location
s
with
good tra
nsport
links.
In this
assignment
you must
consider
the European Commission’s (EC) 20
–
20
–
20
Renewable Energy laws
, where relevant
.
Work that is considered to be plagiarised will be awarded a zero mark. Refer to the Module
Outline for the assessment criteria.
Assignment
Background:
As this assignment has three parts, shown below, it is advisable to proportion your answers
to the three parts in an approximate ratio to the marks awarded for those sections, ie;
30:40:3
0.
Please submit your work as an
MS Word file
using the
Assignment
section
.
?
This assignment forms 100% of your assessed mark for this module;
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All sections of the assignment must be completed as part of this assessment;
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The permitted word count for the assignment is 3,500 words, not including
Task
s
:
1
)
D
e
scribe
the
various environmental, sustainability and building
energy standards/
laws/regulations/
codes of practice
with which
you are required to comply.
A
nswer
this
question
with respect to both
;
a)
the
existing
city centre
building
,
assuming a large building of over 1,000m
2
,
and
b)
the
new
–
build development
.
(3
0 marks)
2
)
Select
two
out of the
environmental, sustainability and building energy s
tandards/
laws/regulations/
codes of practice
from
the list of
those
you
described
in
your
answer to
question
1)
.
F
or
both
of these
:
i.
Describe
the procedures, practices, building assessments, measurements
,
monitoring, recording,
reporting and mitigation actions you will instruct
to be taken
in order to ensure that these buildings comply.
Answer this question with respect to both;
a)
the existing city centre building
, assuming a large building of over 1,000m
2
,
and
b)
the new build development
.
There are four sections to this ans
wer.
(4
0 marks)
ii.
Explain your
justification
s
for
the
instructions that you gave
in question part i.
,
paying particular attention to the adverse consequences
that you seek to avoid to
minimise
your liabilities
in the case of
both
;
a)
the existing city centre building
, assuming a large building of over
1,000m
2
,
and
b)
the new build development.
There are four sections to this ans
wer.
(3
0 marks)