Married Student Residences
Married Students Apartments
Estimated Cost : 240,000 US$
Prepared by:
Engineering Ministries International Canada
4626 Bowness Road NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3K 3S7
www.emicanada.org
1 INTRODUCTION
This report and the accompanying set of architectural drawings has been prepared
by eMi Canada as a supplementary document to eMi Canada's Project 10002 Final
Report issued in December of 2008.
The Final Report was a product of the eMi Canada team that visited FACTEB
seminary in June of 2008. This team of architects, civil engineers and electrical
engineers conducted a topographic survey of the campus property, documented all
of its existing buildings and features and produced a new overall master plan
(Figure 1) that included proposed future buildings to complement the existing. The
Final Report remains a key document in providing context for all follow-up
documents such as this one.
In the Final Report the eMi team documented that the two highest priority
construction projects for the FACTEB campus as being a new library and more
student housing. As there was already some construction underway on campus for
student housing, the eMi team focused its immediate architectural design focus on
a new library/classroom building (Site Plan Building #9). The team produced both
design as well as construction documents for this building as part of the Final
Report. The construction of the new library on the ground level of a new building
began in 2010 and a new library is expected to be complete and open to serve the
student body in early 2011. The upper level of the building where classrooms and
some faculty offices will be located will proceed as funding allows.
2 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The housing provided in this document is specifically designed for students living in
a family situation or could be shared quarters for single male students living
together or single female students living together. Each building (Site Plan Building
#1) has been designed with four housing units; two with two bedrooms and two with
three bedrooms. To maximize land-use each building has two levels. Thirteen new
buildings are proposed on the Site Plan so if all are built, there will be a total of 52
new housing units with a potential population of about 520 with two adults or two
children sharing each bedroom.
Each housing unit will have a sitting area, a dining area, its own toilet and bathing
room, an interior kitchen as well as a covered exterior porch that could be used for
cooking. The main entry to each unit will exit directly to the exterior and face the
front of the building. The two upper level units will share a central exterior stairway.
An initial cluster of this building type will be located adjacent to and west of the
existing family houses (Site Plan Building #2) at the north end of the campus.
Once a cluster of the first three buildings is complete, it is envisioned that future
buildings will be located along the edge of the ridge that narrows at it drops in
elevation toward the west.
As the current married student housing is less than ideal, being very small for
families with children, not having running water or individual toilet facilities, it is
expected that over time families living in the existing buildings will move into the
better equipped newer housing units. This process of moving to better dwellings
will in turn free up the existing buildings to be modified into classroom buildings to
become part of a much needed primary school. This new primary school will be in
a convenient location, being immediately adjacent to the married student housing.
The gross floor area (measured to the exterior of the walls) of the two-bedroom
dwelling is approximately 80 m2, while the three-bedroom dwelling 94 m2.
3 CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN
3.1 Water Supply
In 2008, there was no operational water supply in the existing married student
housing area. Residents were required to walk cross the valley to the academic
area to obtain water, one container at a time, for cooking, cleaning and bathing.
Shared latrine/bathing buildings with no water connection were located between or
across the housing units.
Today a pipe brings city-supplied water across the valley to a common tap but
water still does not reach into each individual housing unit for cooking, cleaning and
bathing. The latrine/bathing buildings remain unconnected to a water supply.
3.2 Proposed Water Supply
A key recommendation for improving the water supply to this married student
housing area is to construct a water tower. A water tower will provide increased
water pressure and if sized properly, will provide a more consistent water supply. A
chart produced for the Final Report shows the anticipated water requirement per
person in the married student housing area to be 135 litres per day. Using these
figures a water tank on a structural tower can be designed depending on whether
the tank will serve one student housing building or more. (See Appendix A)
3.3 Existing Waste-water System
Individual wastewater systems and latrines are used throughout the campus. Each
faculty housing building, the administration/classroom building, the men's residence
and the two duplexes have wastewater systems consisting of a septic tank and a
soak pit. Latrine/bathing buildings are located near student housing units, the
widow's residence, and the family housing units. These buildings do not have
running water.
3.4 Proposed Waste-water System
The use of septic tanks and soak pits for individual buildings is not the ideal
solution given the soil type in the area (slow drainage) but is common in the Boma
area and will likely be used for each new married student housing buildings. If two
buildings are ever built at the same time, then one septic tank and soak pit can be
designed and built to service both buildings. This will lower construction cost and
be less land and labour intensive. (See Final Report)
3.5 Existing Site Surface Drainage
There is ample topographic relief on the site for surface water to quickly move
down the slopes into the valleys. The primary areas of concern are erosion and
drainage in the immediate vicinity of the uphill side of some buildings.
Ground level concrete rain gutters and concrete pads direct roof runoff away from
some campus buildings and should become the common practice. Many buildings
have roof runoff splashing directly onto the soil below the roof eaves that
contributes to the erosion of the soil immediately around buildings. This erosion is
slowly undermining the foundation of some buildings in the existing married student
housing area.
3.6 Proposed Building Grading
It is recommended that stone retaining walls be built at the up-slope side of all
excavations to create level land for each building ground slab, stabilize the exposed
slope and minimize erosion. This, plus rain gutters and concrete pads, should be
standard construction for all new buildings.
Stone retaining walls and rain runoff channels should also be considered to
improve the long-term viability of the existing married student housing, especially if
they are to be transformed to become the new Primary School.
3.7 Proposed Drainage
In areas where site grading has created a focused runoff channel that is subject to
erosion, it is recommended that a concrete or stone lined channel be constructed
down the slope to a point where it will not create problems. However, because the
upper strata of soil along the ridges have a large proportion of stone, which tends to
mitigate erosion, this is not a significant concern for most of the campus and is only
recommended where there appears to be definite signs of erosion.
4 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Present conditions and recommendations noted in the Final Report for the overall
campus should be reviewed and will not be reiterated in full in this document. In
brief, the overall capacity of supplied power to the campus in 2008 was barely
adequate for the existing power demand and definitely inadequate once more
buildings are constructed and the population on the campus increases in any
significant way.
At the time of the visit of the eMi team, electrical power was being brought from
across the valley with wire about the thickness of an extension cord and was only
adequate to power a few bare light bulbs inside and outside of each residence.
4.1 Electrical Safety
Most all buildings on the campus have unprotected exterior lights. Rugged outdoor
fixtures should be purchased and installed to protect the bulbs and prevent
inadvertent contact with exposed electrical wiring.
The electrical service entry to each building on campus is a mixture of breaker
panels, knife switches and fuses. New breaker panels should be purchased to
ensure the reliability of the current system, allow for less maintenance, and prevent
inadvertent contact with exposed electrical wiring.
4.2 Power Saving Solutions
All current incandescent light bulbs should be replaced with compact fluorescent
bulbs that are available locally as the incandescent bulbs burn out.
5 COST ESTIMATE
As a part of the cost estimate for the new library the team was able to meet with
two separate local contractors and a purchasing agent to discuss the proposed
plans and current pricing and building practices in the Boma area. Through this
interchange the second contractor was eventually chosen to be the contractor for
the new library building. To-date the workmanship on the new library building
appears to be acceptable and this contractor will likely be the first for consideration
to build the new married student housing.
Most contracting in the local area is done with owner supplied building material and
the contractor provides labor and supervision for the project. The contractor
estimated the cost of the library to be approximately $150,000USD. To date, upon
completion of the ground level of the library, it is estimated that the contractor is
within 10% of his budget, a reasonable margin. Since the library construction is still
underway and it appears the construction climate in Boma has not changed
significantly since 2008, one can reasonably expect that the per-square-metre cost
for library and the married student housing should be approximately the same.
Since the married student housing building is 44% of the area of the library (348
sq.m vs 777 sq.m), both are two level buildings using the same construction
materials and construction techniques, the estimated cost for a single married
student housing building is estimated to be $66,000USD.
Figure 2: Proposed
overall Master Plan
(not printed to scale)
Engineering Ministries International Canada
4626 Bowness Road NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3K 3S7
www.emicanada.org
1 INTRODUCTION
This report and the accompanying set of architectural drawings has been prepared
by eMi Canada as a supplementary document to eMi Canada's Project 10002 Final
Report issued in December of 2008.
The Final Report was a product of the eMi Canada team that visited FACTEB
seminary in June of 2008. This team of architects, civil engineers and electrical
engineers conducted a topographic survey of the campus property, documented all
of its existing buildings and features and produced a new overall master plan
(Figure 1) that included proposed future buildings to complement the existing. The
Final Report remains a key document in providing context for all follow-up
documents such as this one.
In the Final Report the eMi team documented that the two highest priority
construction projects for the FACTEB campus as being a new library and more
student housing. As there was already some construction underway on campus for
student housing, the eMi team focused its immediate architectural design focus on
a new library/classroom building (Site Plan Building #9). The team produced both
design as well as construction documents for this building as part of the Final
Report. The construction of the new library on the ground level of a new building
began in 2010 and a new library is expected to be complete and open to serve the
student body in early 2011. The upper level of the building where classrooms and
some faculty offices will be located will proceed as funding allows.
2 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The housing provided in this document is specifically designed for students living in
a family situation or could be shared quarters for single male students living
together or single female students living together. Each building (Site Plan Building
#1) has been designed with four housing units; two with two bedrooms and two with
three bedrooms. To maximize land-use each building has two levels. Thirteen new
buildings are proposed on the Site Plan so if all are built, there will be a total of 52
new housing units with a potential population of about 520 with two adults or two
children sharing each bedroom.
Each housing unit will have a sitting area, a dining area, its own toilet and bathing
room, an interior kitchen as well as a covered exterior porch that could be used for
cooking. The main entry to each unit will exit directly to the exterior and face the
front of the building. The two upper level units will share a central exterior stairway.
An initial cluster of this building type will be located adjacent to and west of the
existing family houses (Site Plan Building #2) at the north end of the campus.
Once a cluster of the first three buildings is complete, it is envisioned that future
buildings will be located along the edge of the ridge that narrows at it drops in
elevation toward the west.
As the current married student housing is less than ideal, being very small for
families with children, not having running water or individual toilet facilities, it is
expected that over time families living in the existing buildings will move into the
better equipped newer housing units. This process of moving to better dwellings
will in turn free up the existing buildings to be modified into classroom buildings to
become part of a much needed primary school. This new primary school will be in
a convenient location, being immediately adjacent to the married student housing.
The gross floor area (measured to the exterior of the walls) of the two-bedroom
dwelling is approximately 80 m2, while the three-bedroom dwelling 94 m2.
3 CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN
3.1 Water Supply
In 2008, there was no operational water supply in the existing married student
housing area. Residents were required to walk cross the valley to the academic
area to obtain water, one container at a time, for cooking, cleaning and bathing.
Shared latrine/bathing buildings with no water connection were located between or
across the housing units.
Today a pipe brings city-supplied water across the valley to a common tap but
water still does not reach into each individual housing unit for cooking, cleaning and
bathing. The latrine/bathing buildings remain unconnected to a water supply.
3.2 Proposed Water Supply
A key recommendation for improving the water supply to this married student
housing area is to construct a water tower. A water tower will provide increased
water pressure and if sized properly, will provide a more consistent water supply. A
chart produced for the Final Report shows the anticipated water requirement per
person in the married student housing area to be 135 litres per day. Using these
figures a water tank on a structural tower can be designed depending on whether
the tank will serve one student housing building or more. (See Appendix A)
3.3 Existing Waste-water System
Individual wastewater systems and latrines are used throughout the campus. Each
faculty housing building, the administration/classroom building, the men's residence
and the two duplexes have wastewater systems consisting of a septic tank and a
soak pit. Latrine/bathing buildings are located near student housing units, the
widow's residence, and the family housing units. These buildings do not have
running water.
3.4 Proposed Waste-water System
The use of septic tanks and soak pits for individual buildings is not the ideal
solution given the soil type in the area (slow drainage) but is common in the Boma
area and will likely be used for each new married student housing buildings. If two
buildings are ever built at the same time, then one septic tank and soak pit can be
designed and built to service both buildings. This will lower construction cost and
be less land and labour intensive. (See Final Report)
3.5 Existing Site Surface Drainage
There is ample topographic relief on the site for surface water to quickly move
down the slopes into the valleys. The primary areas of concern are erosion and
drainage in the immediate vicinity of the uphill side of some buildings.
Ground level concrete rain gutters and concrete pads direct roof runoff away from
some campus buildings and should become the common practice. Many buildings
have roof runoff splashing directly onto the soil below the roof eaves that
contributes to the erosion of the soil immediately around buildings. This erosion is
slowly undermining the foundation of some buildings in the existing married student
housing area.
3.6 Proposed Building Grading
It is recommended that stone retaining walls be built at the up-slope side of all
excavations to create level land for each building ground slab, stabilize the exposed
slope and minimize erosion. This, plus rain gutters and concrete pads, should be
standard construction for all new buildings.
Stone retaining walls and rain runoff channels should also be considered to
improve the long-term viability of the existing married student housing, especially if
they are to be transformed to become the new Primary School.
3.7 Proposed Drainage
In areas where site grading has created a focused runoff channel that is subject to
erosion, it is recommended that a concrete or stone lined channel be constructed
down the slope to a point where it will not create problems. However, because the
upper strata of soil along the ridges have a large proportion of stone, which tends to
mitigate erosion, this is not a significant concern for most of the campus and is only
recommended where there appears to be definite signs of erosion.
4 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN
Present conditions and recommendations noted in the Final Report for the overall
campus should be reviewed and will not be reiterated in full in this document. In
brief, the overall capacity of supplied power to the campus in 2008 was barely
adequate for the existing power demand and definitely inadequate once more
buildings are constructed and the population on the campus increases in any
significant way.
At the time of the visit of the eMi team, electrical power was being brought from
across the valley with wire about the thickness of an extension cord and was only
adequate to power a few bare light bulbs inside and outside of each residence.
4.1 Electrical Safety
Most all buildings on the campus have unprotected exterior lights. Rugged outdoor
fixtures should be purchased and installed to protect the bulbs and prevent
inadvertent contact with exposed electrical wiring.
The electrical service entry to each building on campus is a mixture of breaker
panels, knife switches and fuses. New breaker panels should be purchased to
ensure the reliability of the current system, allow for less maintenance, and prevent
inadvertent contact with exposed electrical wiring.
4.2 Power Saving Solutions
All current incandescent light bulbs should be replaced with compact fluorescent
bulbs that are available locally as the incandescent bulbs burn out.
5 COST ESTIMATE
As a part of the cost estimate for the new library the team was able to meet with
two separate local contractors and a purchasing agent to discuss the proposed
plans and current pricing and building practices in the Boma area. Through this
interchange the second contractor was eventually chosen to be the contractor for
the new library building. To-date the workmanship on the new library building
appears to be acceptable and this contractor will likely be the first for consideration
to build the new married student housing.
Most contracting in the local area is done with owner supplied building material and
the contractor provides labor and supervision for the project. The contractor
estimated the cost of the library to be approximately $150,000USD. To date, upon
completion of the ground level of the library, it is estimated that the contractor is
within 10% of his budget, a reasonable margin. Since the library construction is still
underway and it appears the construction climate in Boma has not changed
significantly since 2008, one can reasonably expect that the per-square-metre cost
for library and the married student housing should be approximately the same.
Since the married student housing building is 44% of the area of the library (348
sq.m vs 777 sq.m), both are two level buildings using the same construction
materials and construction techniques, the estimated cost for a single married
student housing building is estimated to be $66,000USD.
Figure 2: Proposed
overall Master Plan
(not printed to scale)