Building Construction Handbook

Building Construction Handbook

CONTENTS

Preface  to  eighth  edition   xi

Part  One   General

Built environment   2

The structure   5

Primary and secondary elements   12

Component parts and functions   15

Construction activities   19

Construction documents   20

Construction drawings   21

Building survey   28

HIPs/Energy Performance Certificates   32

Method statement and programming   33

Weights and densities of building materials   35

Imposed floor loads   37

Drawings -- notations   38

Planning application   42

Modular coordination   47

Construction regulations   49

CDM regulations   50

Safety signs and symbols   51

Building Regulations   53

Code for Sustainable Homes   62

British Standards   63

European Standards   64

Product and practice accreditation   66

CPI System of Coding   67

CI/SfB system of coding   68

Part  Two   Site  Works

Site survey   70

Site investigations   71

Soil investigation   74

Soil assessment and testing   81

Site layout considerations   88

Site security   91

Site lighting and electrical supply   94

Site office accommodation   98

vMaterials storage   101

Materials testing   106

Dry and wet rot   121

Protection orders for trees and structures   123

Locating public utility services   124

Setting out   125

Levels and angles   129

Road construction   132

Tubular scaffolding and scaffolding systems   140

Shoring systems   153

Demolition   162

Part  Three   Builders  Plant

General considerations   168

Bulldozers   171

Scrapers   172

Graders   173

Tractor shovels   174

Excavators   175

Transport vehicles   180

Hoists   183

Rubble chutes and skips   185

Cranes   186

Concreting plant   198

Part  Four   Substructure

Foundations -- function, materials and sizing   206

Foundation beds   215

Short bored pile foundations   221

Foundation types and selection   223

Piled foundations   228

Retaining walls   248

Gabions and mattresses   262

Basement construction   269

Waterproofing basements   272

Excavations   278

Concrete production   284

Cofferdams   290

Caissons   292

Underpinning   294

Ground water control   303

Soil stabilisation and improvement   313

Reclamation of waste land   318

Contaminated sub-soil treatment   319

Contents

viPart  Five   Superstructure † 1

Choice of materials   322

Brick and block walls   323

Cavity walls   338

Damp-proof courses and membranes   344

Gas resistant membranes   351

Calculated brickwork   353

Mortars   356

Arches and openings   359

Windows   366

Glass and glazing   379

Doors   391

Crosswall construction   400

Framed construction   404

Rendering to external walls   408

Cladding to external walls   410

Roofs † basic forms   417

Pitched roofs   420

Double lap tiling   437

Single lap tiling   439

Slating   441

Flat roofs   447

Dormer windows     456

Green roofs   465

Thermal insulation   467

‘U’ values   472

Thermal bridging   488

Access for the disabled   492

Part  Six   Superstructure † 2

Reinforced concrete slabs   496

Reinforced concrete framed structures   500

Reinforcement types     510

Structural concrete, fire protection   513

Formwork   516

Precast concrete frames   521

Prestressed concrete   525

Structural steelwork sections   532

Structural steelwork connections   537

Structural fire protection   542

Portal frames   549

Composite timber beams   557

Multi-storey structures   560

Roof sheet coverings   564

Contents

viiLong span roofs   569

Shell roof construction   579

Membrane roofs   588

Rooflights   590

Panel walls   594

Rainscreen cladding   600

Structural glazing   602

Curtain walling   603

Concrete claddings   607

Concrete surface finishes   614

Concrete surface defects   616

Part  Seven   Internal  Construction  and  Finishes

Internal elements   618

Internal walls   619

Construction joints   624

Internal walls, fire protection   626

Party/separating walls   628

Partitions   629

Strut design   631

Plasters and plastering   636

Dry lining techniques   639

Plasterboard   642

Wall tiling   645

Domestic floors and finishes   647

Large cast in-situ ground floors   654

Concrete floor screeds   656

Timber suspended floors   658

Lateral restraint   661

Timber beam design   664

Timber floors, fire protection   667

Reinforced concrete suspended floors   668

Precast concrete floors   673

Raised access floors   678

Sound insulation   679

Timber, concrete and metal stairs   685

Internal doors   716

Doorsets   718

Fire resisting doors   719

Plasterboard ceilings   725

Suspended ceilings   726

Paints and painting   730

Joinery production   734

Composite boarding   739

Plastics in building   741

Contents

viiiPart  Eight   Domestic  Services

Drainage effluents   746

Subsoil drainage   747

Surface water removal   749

Road drainage   752

Rainwater installations   754

Drainage systems   758

Drainage---pipe sizes and gradients   766

Water supply   767

Cold water installations   769

Hot water installations   771

Flow controls   774

Cisterns and cylinders   775

Pipework joints   777

Sanitary fittings   778

Single and ventilated stack systems   781

Hot water heating systems   784

Electrical supply and installation   788

Gas supply and gas fires   797

Open fireplaces and flues   801

Telephone installations   811

Electronic communications installations   812

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