JESÚS ANTONIO MUÑOZ CINTA

PROCESS ANALYSIS

HOW IS A BUILDING BUILT

The building construction process is one of the most expensive fabrication there is and perhaps is the most one. It could be a little house, an apartments building, a stadium, or a great museum until a skyscraper. It needs a great deal of resources, as materials as humans.

The first part of this process is to elaborate an extensive investigation about the site where the building is going to be rising up. It is important to know aspects like the natural conditions, the laws that affect the zone and the geographic location, all this information is going to be helpful.

Then it is time to research about the soil. It is necessary to make some proofs to know how resistant the soil is, and that is going to indicate us what kind of substructure is required for the building, what it is called the foundation. In this stage are developed several mechanic and chemical studies to know very well the characteristics of that soil.

After have recollected all these data, the building design is developed. The responsible person is the Architect, who guarantees the quality of the future building. In these part of the process it is decided how the building is going to be constructed, the kind of materials are chosen as the type of structure system. The architectonic design will show the ideas and the intentions the architect wants to give shape to the building, the ones that the future users are going to feel, to see…, to live in.

The last part of the process is to start the construction. A very organized plan is required to construct a building. It is very important to have the control of the several processes the construction includes and of all the materials are going to be used. A bad management in this process will be very expensive in the future. The economical aspect is very important. The construction is too complex to describe now. It could take years the accomplishment of the construction, nowadays is very important to finish faster and faster tough.

The description of this process is not as extensive as it should be. Nevertheless, it is useful to know about the general process and to notice that is very complicated and complex to deal with a problem like that, a problem that must be faced by the specialists: the Architects. In Mexico City, most of the city has been grown by something it is called Auto construction, which is, the people has constructed by themselves, and that is why the city has many urban problems.