Construction technology analysis and choice 2nd Edition by Tony Bryan 1405158743 9781405158749

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ISBN 10: 1405158743 

ISBN 13: 9781405158749

Author: Tony Bryan

The second edition of Construction Technology: analysis & choice is to be expanded to include commercial buildings, giving a single textbook covering all the basic forms of construction studies on professional courses.

Table of contents:

PART 1 ANALYSIS

1 The Framework for Understanding
Process and knowledge
The initial suggestion
Carrying out the evaluation
Physical and social context
The basis of analysis
Knowledge needed for choice
Summary

2 Building Purpose and Performance
Activities, space and construction
Introduction to performance requirements
Environmental impact and sustainability
Summary

3 Common Forms – Specific Solutions
General and constructed forms
The emergence of general building forms
Uncertainty and risk
Summary

4 Construction Variables
The variables of construction – the outcome of choice
Choosing materials
Choosing shape
Choosing size
Spatial relationships
Joints and fixings
Summary

5 Defining Conditions
Physical and social conditions
Activity and construction-modifying environments
The dynamics of the system
Choice of interior elements of the building
Inside the construction itself
Summary

6 The Resource Base
Introduction
Materials – the primary resource
Knowledge and skill – the human resource
Production equipment – the technological resource
Money – the enabling resource
Summary

7 Design Concept
Linking design to construction choice – flows and transfers
Concept design – broad options
Physical performance and appearance – commodity, firmness and delight
Function of the whole, function of the parts
Summary

8 Appearance
Visualising attributes and response
Space and context
Physical space for the construction
The approach to analysis
Summary

9 Analysis of Physical Behaviour
Visualising conditions and response
Function and performance – a technical aim
Preventing failure – a technical objective
The role of observation and science in the analysis
The approach to analysis
Summary

10 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments
Aspects of environment
The building as a system
The dry environment
The warm environment
The light environment
The acoustic environment
The clean environment
The safe environment
The private environment
Summary

11 Physical Behaviour Under Load
Forces, external and internal
Basic structural members
Curving (and folding) structural members
Structural connections
Grid members – pin-jointed frames
Building structures – wind stability
Stress–strain and the choice of material
Structural analysis and design
Movements and structural behaviour
Stresses in the ground
The major structural forms
Summary

12 Physical Behaviour Over Time
Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and disposal
Basis of analysis
Soiling and cleaning
Durability of materials
Movements in components
Ground movement, settlement and subsidence
Movement and detailing
Wear of components
Summary

13 Manufacture and Assembly
Realisation of performance
Visualising stages and sequence
Analysis of operations, methods and resources
Materials and labour
Production equipment
Production options
Knowledge and expertise for the analysis of the process
Summary

14 Cost
Cost and value
Cost and price
Cost and time frames
Cost and cost data
Summary

15 Sustainability – Social Concern
Two major forces
Sustainability
Established influences and new concerns
Responding to the sustainability agenda
Buildings as systems
Renewable energy sources
Water and waste
Materials choice and detailing
Planning and design concepts
Emerging technologies
Summary

PART 2 CHOICE – HOUSECONSTRUCTION

16 Applying the Framework to Housing
The need for an integrated approach
The basis of the case study
Summary

17 Floors
Upper floors
General forms for upper floors
Timber-joisted upper floors
Ground floors
Suspended ground floors
Ground-supported slab floors
Services and other elements
Site influences on choice of ground floors
Production operations for ground floors
The final choice
Summary

18 Roofs
Pitch and span
Other functions
Pitched roofs
Flat roofs
Summary

19 Walls
Wall types by function
General forms
Walls in the case study
Masonry cavity external walls
Openings in the external wall
Doors and windows – the components in the openings
The panel frame option
Party (separating) walls
Partition walls
Summary

20 Foundations
Basic function
Site investigation
Foundation design
The strip foundation
Foundations for poor surface conditions
Economics of foundations
Basements
Summary

21 Services
Introduction
Analysis of services systems
Hot and cold water
Heating systems
Drainage
Electrical systems
Summary

PART 3 CHOICE – COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

22 Applying the Framework to Commercial Buildings
The story so far
The way forward
The technological mix
Summary

23 Common Forms and Emerging Technologies
Introduction
UK commercial building through the twentieth century
Summary

24 Interface Design
Introduction
The enclosure–services interface
The enclosure–structure interface
The structure–services interface
Summary

25 Structural Skeletal Frames
Materials development and structural options
Reinforced concrete – performance
In situ reinforced concrete frames – production
Precast concrete frames – production
Structural steel – performance
Structural steel – fabrication and construction
Structure choice and overall design
Summary

26 Roof Structures
Introduction
Variety of structural form
Broad options
Construction details
Summary

27 Loadbearing Structural Walls
Broad options
Multi-storey construction
Single-storey industrial construction
Summary

28 Structure Below Ground
Introduction
Foundation design
Foundation types
Soil improvement
Basements
Large area industrial concrete ground floors
Summary

29 External Enclosure to Structural Frames
Introduction
External walls
Cavity brickwork
Cladding panels
Curtain walling
Facing materials
Lightweight cladding
Structural glazing
Roof construction
Summary

30 Internal Enclosure
Performance
Applied finishes
Component systems
Summary

31 Services – Scope and Space
Introduction
Scope
Space
Environmental services
Public health services
Power supply
Security
Operational services
The need for coordination
Production sequence and contract time
Cost of services systems
Summary

32 Guide to Further Reading
What this book provides
Sources of information – authority, validity and relevance
Finding information
Using information – corroboration, confirmation and risk
Summary

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