Building Construction Handbook

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Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Butterworth-Heinemann
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Summary

Building Construction Handbook summarises all elements of building construction practice, techniques, components and procedures. Information is presented concisely, in a highly illustrated and accessible style. This is an essential text for all building construction students up to, and including, undergraduate level. It is an ideal resource for a wide range of courses including: BTEC National, HNC/HND, and Level 3/4 NVQs. The comprehensive coverage and numerous references to the latest Building Regulations, Water Supply Regulations, British and European Standards also makes this book an invaluable reference tool for construction professionals. The fifth edition consolidates recent amendments to the Building Regulations, including: Part A Structure; Part C - Site preparation and resistance to moisture; Part E - Resistance to the passage of sound; Part L - Conservation of fuel and power; and Part M - Access to and use of buildings. The new edition also addresses the new governmental requirements for property sellers' information packs, including property condition surveys, structural defects and remedial measures. Reference to supplementary regulations and standards are provided for further reading and new online lecture resources feature essential illustrations for use with presentations and handouts. Roger Greeno is a well-known author of construction texts. He has extensive practical and consultancy experience in the industry, in addition to lecturing at Guildford College and the University of Portsmouth. He also examines for City & Guilds, Edexcel and the Chartered Institute of Building. Roy Chudleys books on Building Construction have helped many thousands of students gain their qualifications and pass exams. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer at Guildford College.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Part One General
Built environment
3(3)
The structure
6(7)
Primary and secondary elements
13(3)
Component parts and functions
16(3)
Construction activities
19(1)
Construction documents
20(1)
Construction drawings
21(7)
Building surveys
28(4)
Method statement and programming
32(2)
Weights and densities of building materials
34(2)
Drawings -- notations
36(4)
Planning application
40(5)
Modular coordination
45(2)
Construction regulations
47(1)
CDM regulations
48(1)
Safety signs and symbols
49(2)
Building Regulations
51(6)
British Standards
57(1)
European Standards
58(2)
CPI System of Coding
60(1)
CI/SfB system of coding
61(4)
Part Two Site Works
Site investigations
65(2)
Soil investigation
67(7)
Soil assessment and testing
74(8)
Site layout considerations
82(3)
Site security
85(3)
Site lighting and electrical supply
88(4)
Site office accommodation
92(2)
Materials storage
94(6)
Materials testing
100(7)
Protection orders for trees and structures
107(1)
Locating public utility services
108(1)
Setting out
109(4)
Levels and angles
113(3)
Road construction
116(8)
Tubular scaffolding and scaffolding systems
124(12)
Shoring systems
136(11)
Part Three Builders Plant
General considerations
147(3)
Bulldozers
150(1)
Scrapers
151(1)
Graders
152(1)
Tractor shovels
153(1)
Excavators
154(5)
Transport vehicles
159(3)
Hoists
162(2)
Rubble chutes and skips
164(1)
Cranes
165(12)
Concreting plant
177(10)
Part Four Substructure
Foundations--function, materials and sizing
187(9)
Foundation beds
196(6)
Short bored pile foundations
202(2)
Foundation types and selection
204(3)
Piled foundations
207(20)
Retaining walls
227(15)
Basement construction
242(7)
Waterproofing basements
249(6)
Excavations
255(6)
Concrete production
261(6)
Cofferdams
267(2)
Caissons
269(2)
Underpinning
271(9)
Ground water control
280(10)
Soil stabilisation and improvement
290(5)
Reclamation of waste land
295(1)
Contaminated sub-soil treatment
296(5)
Part Five Superstructure
Choice of materials
301(1)
Brick and block walls
302(18)
Damp-proof courses and membranes
320(7)
Gas resistant membranes
327(2)
Calculated brickwork
329(3)
Arches and openings
332(7)
Windows, glass and glazing
339(22)
Domestic and industrial doors
361(9)
Crosswall construction
370(2)
Timber frame construction
372(2)
Reinforced concrete framed structures
374(13)
Formwork
387(5)
Precast concrete frames
392(11)
Structural steelwork
403(12)
Portal frames
415(4)
Composite timber beams
419(5)
Multi-storey structures
424(2)
Roofs -- basic forms
426(4)
Pitched and flat roofs
430(33)
Dry and wet rot
463(8)
Long span roofs
471(6)
Shell roof construction
477(9)
Rooflights
486(4)
Rainscreen cladding
490(1)
Panel walls and curtain walling
491(11)
Concrete claddings
502(5)
Thermal insulation
507(20)
Thermal bridging
527(3)
Sound insulation
530(5)
Access for the disabled
535(6)
Part Six Internal Construction and Finishes
Internal elements
541(1)
Internal walls
542(5)
Construction joints
547(1)
Partitions
548(5)
Plasters and plastering
553(2)
Dry lining techniques
555(4)
Wall tiling
559(2)
Domestic floors and finishes
561(6)
Large cast insitu ground floors
567(2)
Concrete floor screeds
569(2)
Timber suspended floors
571(3)
Lateral restraint
574(3)
Timber beam design
577(2)
Reinforced concrete suspended floors
579(4)
Precast concrete floors
583(4)
Raised access floors
587(1)
Timber, concrete and metal stairs
588(23)
Internal doors
611(4)
Fire resisting doors
615(4)
Plasterboard ceilings
619(1)
Suspended ceilings
620(4)
Paints and painting
624(4)
Joinery production
628(5)
Composite boarding
633(2)
Plastics in building
635(4)
Part Seven Domestic Services
Drainage effluents
639(1)
Subsoil drainage
640(2)
Surface water removal
642(3)
Road drainage
645(2)
Rainwater installations
647(2)
Drainage systems
649(10)
Drainage pipe sizes and gradients
659(1)
Water supply
660(2)
Cold water installations
662(2)
Hot water installations
664(3)
Flow controls
667(1)
Cisterns and cylinders
668(2)
Pipework joints
670(1)
Sanitary fittings
671(3)
Single and ventilated stack systems
674(3)
Domestic hot water heating systems
677(4)
Electrical supply and installation
681(9)
Gas supply and gas fires
690(4)
Services--fire stops and seals
694(1)
Open fireplaces and flues
695(9)
Telephone installations
704(1)
Electronic communications installations
705(2)
Index 707

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