Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings (Paperback, 5 ed)

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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