Arki Review: Utilities 04

Here's Building Utilities Quiz 04.

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UTILITIES

A. Rationale and Description
     1. Understanding of the basic practices, principles, general design and installation and/or construc-tion of utilities required for a building/ struc¬ture and its grounds/premises;
     2. Understanding and analyses of utility, facility, and equipment require¬ments in relation to aesthetics, function, and stability of a building/ structure and its pre¬mises.

B.  Terminal Competencies for LEA Candidates
     1. Ability to identify and apply the fundamentals of building utilities and systems;
     2. Ability to apply fundamental concepts and principles covering the general design and installation of electrical, mechanical, electronic/ communications, fire protection, building management, plumbing and sanitary systems, waste management systems, and the like in buildings and its grounds, consistent with trade practices and recommendations by the pertinent professionals;
     3. Ability to applies the pertinent code provisions relative to the planning/ lay-outing, design, installation, operation and maintenance of such utility systems and their components; 
     4. Ability to converse and coordinate with the professionals and their staff concerned with such utility systems and components;
     5. Ability to apply the basic principles of planning, designing, operating and maintaining such utility systems and components;
     6. Ability to identify and to apply  the different important aspects of acoustics and lighting as these relate to planning and design principles for buildings/ structures and their grounds; and
     7. Ability to relate the psychological and physiological effects of such utility systems, sound and light on building occupants/ end-users.

C. Scope
Design and construction and/or installation of the following utility systems and their respective components:
     1. Sanitary and Plumbing Systems and Equipment
          a. Source, storage, supply and distribu¬tion;
          b. Plumbing rough-in and fixtures;
          c. Drainage and sewerage systems; and
          d. Waste collection, disposal, treatment and/or recycling.
     2. Mechanical Systems
          a. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems;
          b. Conveyors and other building mechanical equipment e.g. elevators, funiculars, escalators, walkalators, etc.;
     3. Electrical and Other Power Systems
          a. Electrical power and lighting supply, distribution and fixtures; and
          b. Electrical power source and alternative power sources.
     4. Acoustics and Illumination
          a. The psycho-physics of acoustics and lighting; and
          b. Acoustical treatment and corrections.
     5. Disaster Prevention and Protection Systems; Security Systems
          a. Building fire-fighting, prevention, and protection apparatus;
          b. Installation and/or construction of the different protection systems;
          c. Materials and fixtures; and
         d. Disaster prevention and mitigation systems.
     6. Communication Systems
          a. Electronics system; and
          b. Telephone, intercom, internet/ DSL, cable TV, audio/video facilities, public address (PA) system, etc.
     7. Building management and other systems
          a. Climate/ lighting/ security controls and related applications for buildings/ structures;
          b. Robotics and related intelligent building features.

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