Chudley and Greeno's Building Construction Handbook

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
1 Pre-construction
	1.1 Design considerations
	1.2 Modular coordination
	1.3 Construction contract documents
	1.4 Planning legislation
	1.5 Building control
	1.6 Health and Safety
	1.7 Building organisations
	1.8 Building Information Modelling (BIM)
	1.9 Building information classification systems
2 Site investigation
	2.1 Desk study
	2.2 Field study
	2.3 Site survey and ground investigation
	2.4 Soil analysis
	2.5 Site soil testing techniques
3 Site works
	3.1 General considerations
	3.2 Setting out
	3.3 Levelling
	3.4 Road and paving
	3.5 Landscaping
	3.6 Personal protective equipment (PPE)
	3.7 Demolition
4 Soil improvement and excavation
	4.1 Vibro replacement
	4.2 Vibro compaction
	4.3 Dynamic compaction
	4.4 Jet grouting
	4.5 Excavation support
	4.6 Cofferdams
	4.7 Steel sheet piling
	4.8 Caissons
	4.9 Culverts
	4.10 Dewatering
	4.11 Contaminated land
	4.12 Retaining walls
5 Materials
	5.1 Density of building materials
	5.2 Concrete
	5.3 Timber
	5.4 Joinery production
	5.5 Composite boards
	5.6 Plasters and plasterboards
	5.7 Plastics
	5.8 Mastics and sealants
	5.9 Metals
6 Plant
	6.1 Earthmoving
	6.2 Material handling
	6.3 Scaffolds
7 Foundations
	7.1 Trees
	7.2 Foundation design
	7.3 Strip foundations
	7.4 Raft foundations
	7.5 Pad foundations
	7.6 Small diameter piles and ground beams
	7.7 Pile foundations
8 Basement construction
	8.1 Secant pile walls
	8.2 Diaphragm walls
	8.3 Top down basement construction
	8.4 Waterproofing basements
	8.5 Basement insulation
9 Ground supported floors
	9.1 Ground supported concrete floors
	9.2 Industrial concrete floors
	9.3 Concrete floor screeds
	9.4 Resistance to contaminants
	9.5 Ground floor insulation
	9.6 Ground-bearing concrete
	9.7 Suspended beam and block
	9.8 Suspended timber
	9.9 Thermal bridging ground floors
10 Suspended floors
	10.1 Suspended timber ground floors
	10.2 Beam and block floors
	10.3 Timber upper floors
	10.4 In-situ reinforced concrete floors
	10.5 Precast concrete floors
	10.6 Composite floors
	10.7 Raised access flooring
11 External walls
	11.1 Stone walls
	11.2 Bricks
	11.3 Blocks
	11.4 Cement mortars
	11.5 Damp proof courses (DPC)
	11.6 Solid brick walls
	11.7 Design of masonry walls
	11.8 Jointing and pointing
	11.9 Feature brickwork
	11.10 Cavity wall construction
	11.11 Cavity wall insulation
	11.12 Thermal improvements
	11.13 Thermal or cold bridging
	11.14 Lintels and arches
	11.15 Timber frame construction
	11.16 Rendering
	11.17 Claddings
12 Pitched roofs classification
	12.1 Structure
	12.2 Stability
	12.3 Underlays
	12.4 Double lap tiles
	12.5 Single lap tiles
	12.6 Ridges and hips
	12.7 Slates
	12.8 Fibre cement slates
	12.9 Roof ventilation
	12.10 Roof insulation
	12.11 Vapour control layer (VCL)
	12.12 Structural insulated panels (SIPs)
	12.13 Thatched roofs
	12.14 Steel roof trusses
	12.15 Double skin, energy roof systems
	12.16 Long span roofs
	12.17 Membrane roof
	12.18 Fabric
	12.19 Rooflights
13 Flat roofs
	13.1 Falls
	13.2 Decks
	13.3 Built up felt roofing (BUFR)
	13.4 Mastic asphalt
	13.5 Milled lead sheet
	13.6 Single ply membranes
	13.7 Glass reinforced plastic (GRP)
	13.8 Green roofs
	13.9 Flat roof insulation
	13.10 Rooflights
14 Steel framed buildings
	14.1 Development
	14.2 Steel frame structure
	14.3 Hot rolled steel sections
	14.4 Steelwork connections
	14.5 Fire protection
15 Concrete framed buildings
	15.1 Formwork
	15.2 Reinforcement
	15.3 Structure
	15.4 Fire protection
	15.5 Precast concrete frames
	15.6 Connections
	15.7 Pre-stressed concrete
	15.8 Pre-tensioning
	15.9 Post-tensioning
	15.10 Comparison of pre-stressed and reinforced concrete
	15.11 Portal frames
16 Cladding of framed buildings
	16.1 Non-load-bearing brick panels
	16.2 Lightweight infill panels
	16.3 Rainscreen cladding
	16.4 Glazing
	16.5 Structural glazing
	16.6 Curtain walling
	16.7 Concrete cladding panels
17 Windows and doors
	17.1 Casement windows
	17.2 Sliding sash windows
	17.3 Pivot windows
	17.4 Bay windows
	17.5 Security
	17.6 Window schedules
	17.7 Glazing
	17.8 Double glazing
	17.9 Triple glazing
	17.10 Glazing health and safety
	17.11 External doors
	17.12 Internal doors
	17.13 Fire doors
18 Internal elements: Ceilings
	18.1 Plasterboard ceilings
	18.2 Suspended ceilings
	18.3 Internal walls/partitions
	18.4 Party walls
	18.5 Stud partition walls
	18.6 Demountable partitions
	18.7 Solid plastering
	18.8 Dry lining
	18.9 Stairs
	18.10 Paints and painting
	18.11 Glazed wall tiling
19 Drainage
	19.1 Below ground drainage – drains and sewers
	19.2 Means of access
	19.3 Drainage pipes
	19.4 Surface water drainage
	19.5 Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)
	19.6 Above ground drainage
	19.7 Sanitary fittings
20 Building services
	20.1 Cold water supply
	20.2 Domestic hot water systems (DHW)
	20.3 Space heating
	20.4 Electrical services
	20.5 Power circuits
	20.6 Lighting circuits
	20.7 Telecommunication services and electronic installations
	20.8 Gas services
	20.9 Flues
21 Insulation and U-values
	21.1 U-values
	21.2 Thermal conductivity (λ) of typical building materials
	21.3 Floor insulation
	21.4 Thermal bridging
	21.5 Sound insulation
	21.6 Sound insulation improvements
22 Construction defects
	22.1 Building survey
	22.2 Cracking in walls
	22.3 Underpinning
	22.4 Timber rot
	22.5 Damp proof course remedial work
Index