This CPD is presented in a correspondence format. The participant will receive the presentation and accompanying notes in a PDF format by e-mail on the starting date. The course must be completed within 14 days. This will enable the participants to work at their own pace, and to move between slides and notes to and […]
Content Historical background: pre-historic, Eastern (Feng Shui and Vastu Shastra) and post WW II development. Spatial influences: (relating to space) designing, handling and experiencing the space and configuration around us. Malls, places of worship, workplace and offices, homes, restaurants and public buildings, courts. Influence of light and colour: ideal lighting, artificial light, effects of natural […]
Content Basic principles of surveying sites. Types of measurements, reading SG diagrams, angles of direction, co-ordinates, slopes and contours, triangulation of positions. Soil structure and earthworks. Types of soil and properties, angles of repose (refractory index), excavations and deep trenching, cut & fill, retaining walls. Foundation design. Historic and modern types, shallow foundations and mixes, […]
