Barry's Advanced construction of buildings. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Advanced construction of buildings
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Emmitt.
• Authors: Emmitt, Stephen
• Contents: How to Navigate this Book ; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The function and performance of buildings 1; 1.2 New methods and products 8 1.3 Product selection and specification Chapter 2 AT A GLANCE 2 Offsite Construction 17; 2.1 Functional requirements 18; 2.2 Preassembly 21; 2.3 Modular building services 28; 2.4 Prefabricated housing 30; 2.5 The design and production process 34; 2.6 Joints and joining 37 2.7 Additive manufacturing (3D printing) 38 Chapter 3 AT A GLANCE 41 3 Pile Foundations, Substructures and Basements 43; 3.1 Pile foundations 43; 3.2 Ground stabilisation 68 3.3 Substructures and basements 73 Chapter 4 AT A GLANCE 95 4 Single ‐ Storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings 97; 4.1 Lattice truss, beam, portal frame and flat roof structures 97; 4.2 Roof and wall cladding, and decking 140; 4.3 Rooflights 164; 4.4 Diaphragm, fin wall and tilt‐up construction 178 4.5 Shell structures 190 Chapter 5 AT A GLANCE 205 5 Structural Timber Frames 207; 5.1 Functional requirements 207; 5.2 Timber 209; 5.3 Modified and engineered timber products 214; 5.4 Timber framed walls 218 5.5 High‐rise structural timber frames 239 Chapter 6 AT A GLANCE 241 6 Structural Steel Frames 243; 6.1 Functional requirements 243; 6.2 Methods of design 245; 6.3 Steel sections 249; 6.4 Structural steel frames 256; 6.5 Welding 277; 6.6 Fire protection of structural steelwork 291 6.7 Floor construction for structural steel frames 299 Chapter 7 AT A GLANCE 315 7 Structural Concrete Frames 317; 7.1 Concrete 317; 7.2 Concrete mixes 322; 7.3 Reinforcement 328; 7.4 Formwork and falsework 340; 7.5 Prestressed concrete 356; 7.6 Lightweight concrete 361; 7.7 Concrete structural frames 364; 7.8 Precast reinforced concrete frames 374 7.9 Lift slab construction 380 Chapter 8 AT A GLANCE 385 8 Envelopes to Framed Buildings 387; 8.1 Terms and definitions 387; 8.2 Functional requirements 388; 8.3 Infill wall framing to a structural grid 398; 8.4 Cavity walling 399; 8.5 Facings applied to solid and cavity wall backings 402; 8.6 Cladding panels 413; 8.7 Sheet metal wall cladding 436; 8.8 Glazed wall systems 446 8.9 Double skin façades 463 Chapter 9 AT A GLANCE 465 9 Lifts and Escalators 467; 9.1 Functional requirements 467; 9.2 Lifts (elevators) 469; 9.3 Escalators and moving walkways 481 Chapter 10 AT A GLANCE 483; 10 Fit Out and Second Fix 485; 10.1 Commercial fit out 485; 10.2 Raised floors 487; 10.3 Suspended ceilings 491 10.4 Internal partition walls 496 Chapter 11 AT A GLANCE 503 11 Existing Buildings: Pathology, Upgrading and Demolition 505; 11.1 The pathology of buildings 505; 11.2 Decay and defects 510; 11.3 Conservation of buildings 513; 11.4 Retrofitting 516; 11.5 Façade retention methods 520; 11.6 Demolition, disassembly and recycling 530 11.7 Reuse and recycled materials 534 Index 539
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 690; Building; Construction industry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119731047
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 12, 2023).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.