Affordable housing project

Description:
                 On this project, we were assigned a client to build a home for. My client, Mr.Dickey, is a business man with a wife and two kids living in Noblesville, IN. The home was to be a Habitat For Humanity home, which meant it must meet many specific requirements. These requirements were stated in the building code, and included things like maximum square footage. Mr.Dickey specified that he have a three bedroom house with room for leisure with his wife, two kids, and his pet capybara. Following the guidlines for a Habitat For Humanity home, i made his house a total square footage of 957 square feet, just below the maximum square footage of a three bedroom home. With a non-disabled family, I was not in need of installing any universal design features to make the house more accesable. I did install Energy-Star rated appliances, along with a skylight to incorporate multiple sustainable design features.

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Calculations: 

I found, based on the distance of the water source and pipes, that the predicted water pressure in the home will be 44.51 psi, which is within the residential limits.

Water Runoff Calculations:

Pre-Development

                                Cf: 1.25

                                C: 0.1

                                I: 3.05

                                A: 0.5

Q=(1.25)*(0.1)*(3.05)*(0.5)=0.2 CSF

Post-Development:

C-roof:                                                                   .85

C-Asphalt:                                                            .825

C-Lawn:                                                                .2

A-roof: 39’*34’= 1326ft =                              .03acres

A-Asphalt:  94’*11’= 1034ft =                      .02acres

A-lawn: =                                                             .45acres

Cc= (.85)(.03)+(.825)(.02)+(.2)(.45)/.5

Q= (1.25) (.264) (3.05) (.5) =0.5 CSF

Change in Runoff= 0.5-0.2= 0.3CSF  

          The post-development runoff was more than double the pre-development runoff. This means that there needs to be something added to account for this difference in water runoff. A ditch would be a good solution for this housing project.