Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings

ISBN-13: 9781119734888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Stephen Emmitt

Spis treści

How to Navigate This Book ix1 Introduction 11.1 The function and performance of buildings 11.2 New methods and products 81.3 Product selection and specification 10Chapter 2 at a Glance 172 Offsite Construction 192.1 Functional requirements 212.2 Offsite design and production processes 242.3 Pre- assembly 272.4 Joints and joining 312.5 Prefabricated housing 322.6 Additive manufacturing (3D printing) 36Chapter 3 at a Glance 393 Pile Foundations, Substructures and Basements 413.1 Pile foundations 413.2 Ground stabilisation 613.3 Substructures and basements 64Chapter 4 at a Glance 834 Single- storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings 854.1 Lattice truss, beam, portal frame and flat roof structures 854.2 Roof and wall cladding and decking 1274.3 Rooflights 1504.4 Diaphragm, fin wall and tilt- up construction 1634.5 Shell structures 173Chapter 5 at a Glance 1895 Structural Timber Frames 1915.1 Functional requirements 1915.2 Timber 1935.3 Modified and engineered timber products 1985.4 Timber- framed walls 2025.5 High- rise structural timber frames 216Chapter 6 at a Glance 2196 Structural Steel Frames 2216.1 Functional requirements 2216.2 Methods of design 2236.3 Steel sections 2276.4 Structural steel frames 2346.5 Welding 2546.6 Fire protection of structural steelwork 2696.7 Floor construction for structural steel frames 276Chapter 7 at a Glance 2917 Structural Concrete Frames 2937.1 Concrete 2937.2 Concrete mixes 2987.3 Reinforcement 3047.4 Formwork and falsework 3167.5 Prestressed concrete 3317.6 Lightweight concrete 3367.7 Concrete structural frames 3397.8 Precast reinforced concrete frames 3507.9 Lift slab construction 356Chapter 8 at a Glance 3598 Envelopes to Framed Buildings 3618.1 Terms and definitions 3618.2 Functional requirements 3628.3 Infill wall framing to a structural grid 3728.4 Cavity walling 3738.5 Facings applied to solid and cavity wall backings 3768.6 Cladding panels 3878.7 Sheet metal wall cladding 4108.8 Glazed wall systems 4208.9 Double skin façades 436Chapter 9 at a Glance 4399 Lifts and Escalators 4419.1 Functional requirements 4419.2 Lifts (elevators) 4439.3 Escalators and moving walkways 454Chapter 10 at a Glance 45710 Fit Out and Second Fix 45910.1 Commercial fit out 45910.2 Raised floors 46110.3 Suspended ceilings 46510.4 Internal partition walls 470Chapter 11 at a Glance 47711 Existing Buildings: Pathology, Upgrading and Demolition 47911.1 The pathology of buildings 47911.2 Decay and defects 48411.3 Conservation of buildings 48811.4 Façade retention methods 49111.5 Retrofitting 50111.6 Demolition, disassembly and recycling 51111.7 Reuse and recycled materials 515Index 521

O autorze

Stephen Emmitt, PhD, is Professor of Architectural Practice at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, UK. He is an architect with industrial experience.