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About this book
This new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the technology of low-rise construction. It includes sub-structure (site work, setting out and foundations) and superstructure (flooring, roofs, finishes, fittings and fixtures). The material here covers the first year course requirement of all courses on which construction technology is taught - no matter what the ultimate qualification.
It offers tried and tested solutions to a range of construction problems and is organised following the sequence of construction. It will show what has been done in the past, demonstrating good practice - what works and what doesn't - and common faults. There are summaries of the more important BSI documents and reference to the latest building regulations.
Lengthy explanations are avoided by relying heavily on hundreds of illustrations, pairing detail drawings with clear photographs to show real life construction situations.
The supporting spreadsheet referred to in the book can be found at this link http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/fleming/Fleming_spreadsheet.xls
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- 1 Masonry Construction in Bricks and Blocks
- 2 Substructures
- 3 Walls and Partitions
- 4 Timber Upper Floors
- 5 Openings in Masonry Walls
- 6 Roof Structure
- 7 Roof Coverings
- 8 Doors
- 9 Windows
- 10 Stairs
- 11 Mutual Walls
- 12 Plumbing and Heating
- 13 Electrical Work
- APPENDIX A Maps and Plans
- APPENDIX B Levelling Using the Dumpy Level
- APPENDIX C Timber, Stress Grading, Jointing, Floor Boarding
- APPENDIX D Plain and Reinforced In-situ Concrete
- APPENDIX E Mortar and Fine Concrete Screeds laid over Concrete Sub-floors or Structures
- APPENDIX F Shoring, Strutting and Waling
- APPENDIX G Nails, Screws, Bolts and Proprietary Fixings
- APPENDIX H Gypsum Wall Board
- APPENDIX I DPCs, DPMs, Ventilation of Ground Floor Voids, Weeps
- APPENDIX J Drawing Symbols and Conventions
- APPENDIX K Conservation of Energy
- APPENDIX L Short Pr´ ecis of Selected British Standards
- Index