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Stephen Emmitt, Christopher Gorse
ISBN: 9781444335767
Format: Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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* These books provide an authoritative, well established, comprehensive, practical and highly illustrated guide to construction practice* Text is concise and supplemented with comprehensive illustrations, photographs and a supporting website. Includes references to all relevant Building and Construction Regulations.
Building on the success of previous revisions, these new, revised editions of Barry's classic texts retain the original concept of explaining construction technology through key functional/performance requirements. They have been fully updated to include extensive revisions to information on the Building Regulations; expanded discussions of timber frame construction and prefabrication; fully integrated coverage of building and construction sustainability; a more thorough treatment of demolition, and general updates to the text and illustrations reflecting the latest teaching approaches. This special bundle includes both the Introduction and Advanced volumes.
| ISBN | 1444335766 | | Pages | 1360 | | ISBN13 | 9781444335767
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 2594 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Published in | Chicester | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Height (mm) | 244 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 174 | | Publication date | 22 Jan 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 60 | | DEWEY | 690 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1.1 | | The function and performance of buildings | | 1 | | 1.2 | | New methods and products | | 8 | | 1.3 | | Product selection and specification | | 8 | | | | Useful links | | 12 | | | | Further reading | | 12 | | | | Supporting information | | 12 | | 2 | | Scaffolding, Facade Retention and Demolition | | 13 | | 2.1 | | Scaffolding | | 13 | | 2.2 | | Refurbishment and facade retention | | 40 | | 2.3 | | Demolition | | 53 | | 2.4 | | Reuse and recycled materials | | 60 | | | | Useful links | | 63 | | | | Further reading | | 63 | | 3 | | Ground stability, Foundations and Substructures | | 64 | | 3.1 | | Ground stability | | 64 | | 3.2 | | Functional requirements | | 74 | | 3.3 | | Foundation types | | 83 | | 3.4 | | Substructures and basements | | 137 | | | | Useful links | | 160 | | | | Further reading | | 160 | | 4 | | Single-Storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings | | 161 | | 4.1 | | Lattice truss, beam, portal frame and flat roof structures | | 161 | | 4.2 | | Roof and wall cladding, and decking | | 205 | | 4.3 | | Rooflights | | 230 | | 4.4 | | Diaphragm, fin wall and tilt-up construction | | 238 | | 4.5 | | Shell structures | | 252 | | | More... | | |
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