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David Ritter Building Accepts Requirements for Building Green Homes By David Ritter Fri, 23 Mar 2007, 10:30 PST David Ritter, President of David Ritter Building Contracting, Inc., explains, "Recently I attended a Green Building Guidelines Seminar to learn what the requirements are for building green homes that meet the standards of the HBA green building program. The concept behind participating in the green building program is to develop more energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally friendly homes. David Ritter Building is always looking at ways to improve the building process and make homes more economical for buyers. The seminar reinforced the way that David Ritter Building builds homes. Many of the requirements for building a green home already come standard for the company," continues David Ritter. As green building becomes more and more of a trend among homebuyers, David Ritter Building will be prepared to meet those demands. Building an energy efficient structure, that is also environmentally friendly, will stand the test of time and will truly be an investment for our customers. More information on “building green” will be made available through our website at http://www.davidritterbuilding.com " resumes David Ritter. David Ritter, President of David Ritter Building Contracting, Inc., explains, "Recently I attended a Green Building Guidelines Seminar to learn what the requirements are for building green homes that meet the standards of the HBA green building program. The concept behind participating in the green building program is to develop more energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally friendly homes. David Ritter Building is always looking at ways to improve the building process and make homes more economical for buyers. The seminar reinforced the way that David Ritter Building builds homes. Many of the requirements for building a green home already come standard for the company," continues David Ritter. As green building becomes more and more of a trend among homebuyers, David Ritter Building will be prepared to meet those demands. Building an energy efficient structure, that is also environmentally friendly, will stand the test of time and will truly be an investment for our customers. More information on “building green” will be made available through our website at http://www.davidritterbuilding.com " resumes David Ritter.

Portal Frame Connection with the footing

This image above shows the rigid base connection between a steel column and a concrete pad footing. The steel column is also connected to the concrete panel through a bolted cleat shown in the image.
An interesting element of this connection is that the pad footing is raised out of the ground, when usually pad footings are positioned below ground.

Portal Frame

This building is a portal frame school gym located in Melton. The building is comprised of a combination of different materials such as precast concrete panels, brickwork and a sheet metal material.
The floor of the gym consists of structural steel members acting as bearers and floor joists, with timber floor boards.

Portal Frame

The portal frame of the gym is expressed externally, with the use of pre cast concrete panels as the cladding at the base of the wall, and a steel sheet cladding at the top of the wall.
The image also shows diagonal cross bracing for the portal frame, and the downpipes from the box gutter connected to steel columns and into the concrete pad footings.

Week 7 Tutorial Exercise 2 Storey Building

Two storey office block section at column show builbing components to hatched area.

Drawing by Tendai Makuwatsine ( 700328711)