PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND MECHANICAL LAYOUTS

The second part of Building Design covers the other aspects of completing a plan - plumbing, electrical, and mechanical.

Plumbing considers the three categories: water supply, sanitary and storm drainage lines. Students are asked to sketch out their own residential structures as models to be used throughout the course. After introducing the symbols and details needed for plans, they are required to work on their own individual model plans to lay-out piping, and designate fixture locations, etc. Septic vault details is also a part of the plumbing course, however cisterns and cesspools as part of water storage facilities are not included.

courtesy of Colorado Springs Plumbing

Electrical includes both power and lighting lay outs. Students are expected to have covered computation schedules and designation of circuits from the lecture class. 

courtesy of SATRA Engineering Consotium

Mechanical covers HVAC layouting, fire protection and details of elevators. Although start-up model is a residential structure, mechanical layouting would be incorporated to introduce to students the different mechanical detailing needed in plans, especially for bigger commercial structures.

courtesy of Dynavative

 Laboratory Plates are as follows:

Intoduction
TLO1:   Basic Principles of the Plumbing Code
TLO2:   Shapes of Fittings
TLO3:   Types of Connections
TLO4:   Symbols Used for Plumbing Plans
TLO5:   A Typical Plumbing System
TLO6:   Isometric Drawing of Water Supple and Sanitary Installation for a simple Toilet and Bath
TLO7:   Plumbing Layout for the Ground Floor
TLO8:   Plumbing Layout for a 2-Storey Residential Structure
TLO9:   Septic Tank Details
TLO10:  Electrical Symbols
TLO11:  Lighting Layout Plans
TLO12:  Power Layout Plans
TLO13:  Fire Sprinkler System Plans
TLO14:  HVAC Layout Plans
TLO15:  Simple Elevator Plans
TLO16:  Project