2014 ACE TEAM 8

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Material prices, a good source

http://www.cbmaterials.com/default.asp So this website contains products of all materials "MADE IN CALIFORNIA" and it looks like the company delivers items as well, now i just need the material list.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Structural Design

Some key basic structural information to consider:
- Loads on a structure:

Gravity Loads: dead loads (permanent loads such as weight of the structure, flooring, etc.), live loads (loads that are not necessarily permanent, based on the use of the space), snow loads, rain loads
Lateral Loads: wind loads, seismic loads

- Main parts of a structure

Floor system: includes slabs and beams
Supports: columns or walls (columns and walls take on increasing load as we go down a building, taking the most at the foundation)
Foundation: shallow (mat or spread footing) and deep foundations (piles, drilled piers, etc.)
Lateral system: concrete walls, braced frames resist seismic and wind forces (remember to balance/distribute the lateral system in building)

- Structural materials

Concrete (reinforced concrete, precast concrete, etc.) - concrete is strong in compression and weak in tension
Steel - preferred for longer spans with shallower framing
Wood

More Demographics

Demogrqaphic
http://www.library.ca.gov/CRB/97/09/

Flooding risks in the Californis central valley
http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2008/101507challenge.pdf

http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/cwpu2013/2013-prd/Vol1_Ch02_ImperativeToInvest_PubReviewDraft_Final_PDFed_wo_JW.pdf

Phase Change Materials (PCM)

http://www-epb.lbl.gov/thermal/docs/pcm2.pdf

Phase Change Materials

http://web.ornl.gov/sci/buildings/2012/2007%20B10%20papers/035_Castellon.pdf

http://www.micronal.de/portal/basf/ien/dt.jsp?setCursor=1_290829

http://www.basf.co.uk/ecp1/UK_Ireland/en/content/Products_Industries/Solutions/basf_house/07_The_Materials/06_Phase_Change_Materials/Phase_Change_Materials

Plants Native to California

http://www.plantsofcalifornia.com/

http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/plants.htm

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/cnddb/pdfs/TEPlants.pdf

http://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?start=0&collection=CA_NORTH&pagecount=10&pagecount=100

http://www.theodorepayne.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=High_Desert_Plants

Friday, February 21, 2014

More work to be Done!

Here are a list of items that need to be done over the course of the next two and a half weeks!

Architects To Do

Engineering To Do

Construction Team To Do

What a WEEK! Team 8 Comes through!

What week! Team 8 made a big jump!

We have floor plans! Thanks to all of you who showed up and worked! Thanks to all of your efforts we now have a working schematic plan. Here are a few of the images produced.