
- 436 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Construction Technology for Tall Buildings
About this book
This new edition of Construction Technology for Tall Buildings comprehensively revises and expands the previous edition, incorporating new topics and many new figures. The text introduces the latest construction practices and processes for tall buildings from foundation to roof. It acquaints the reader with the methods, materials, equipment and systems used for the construction of tall buildings.
The book progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and foundations, basement construction, structural systems for the superstructure, site and material handling, wall and floor construction, cladding and roof construction. The construction sequence, and the merits and limitations of the various proprietary systems commonly used in these stages, are discussed.
The target readers are practitioners and students in the related professions, including architecture, engineering, building, real estate, project and property management, quantity and land surveying.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1 ASSEMBLY OF BUILDING
- CHAPTER 2 SAFETY AND HEALTH
- CHAPTER 3 SITE INVESTIGATION
- CHAPTER 4 FOUNDATION
- CHAPTER 5 BASEMENT CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER 6 MATERIALS HANDLING & MECHANISATION
- CHAPTER 7 WALL AND FLOOR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER 8 EXTERNAL WALL CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER 9 ROOF CONSTRUCTION
- INDEX