Main entry:

Watts, Andrew, 1957- author.

Title & Author:

Modern construction handbook / Andrew Watts.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Publication:

Basel, Switzerland ; Boston, Massachusetts : Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, [2016]

Description:

503 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Structure and envelope ; Parametric design -- 1. Materials : Steel -- Aluminum -- Copper, zinc and lead -- Stone -- Glass -- Concrete -- Fibre reinforced concrete -- Ceramics -- Timber -- Polymers -- Material testing : Testing of building materials -- 2. Walls : Trends in facade design -- Generic wall types -- Metal : Sheet metal ; Profiled cladding ; Composite panels ; Rainscreens ; Mesh screens ; Louvre screens -- Glass systems : Stick systems ; Unitised glazing ; Clamped glazing ; Bold fixed glazing ; Glass blocks and channels ; Steel windows ; Aluminium windows ; Timber windows -- Concrete : Case in-situ ; Storey height panels ; Small precast panels -- Masonry : Loadbearing walls ; Cavity walls : Brick; Stone and block ; Cladding ; Rainscreens -- Fibre reinforced polymers : FRP cladding ; FRP rainscreens -- Timber : Timber frame ; Cladding panels -- 3. Roofs : Trends in roof design -- Metal roofs : Metal standing seam ; Profiled metal sheet ; Composite panels ; Rainscreens ; Metal louvres -- Glass roofs : Greenhouse glazing and capped systems ; Silicone-sealed glazing and rooflights ; Bolt fixed glazing ; Bonded glass rooflights -- Concrete roofs : Concealed membrane ; Exposed membrane ; Planted roof -- Timber roofs : Flat roof: mastic asphalt coverings ; Flat roof: bitumen0based sheet ; Pitched roof: tiles -- Fibre reinforced polymer roofs : FRP rooflights ; FRP panels and shells -- Fabric systems : ETFE cushions ; Single membrane: cone-shaped roof ; Single membrane: barrel-shaped roof -- 4. Structure : Material systems for structures -- Elements of structures : Braced frames : Reinforced concrete ; Steel ; Timber -- Portal frames -- Loadbearing boxes : Reinforced concrete ; Brick ; Glass -- Trusses -- Arches and shells -- Space grids -- Floor structures : Cast in-situ/cast-in-place concrete ; Precast concrete ; Steel and steel mesh ; Timber ; Glass -- Stairs : Concrete ; Steel ; Timber ; Glass -- 5. Environment : Environmental studies for envelopes -- Analysis for design : Solar radiation ; Daylight ; Thermal performance ; Wind ; Solar shading ; Double skin facades ; Natural ventilation ; Thermal mass -- Low energy material systems : Embodied energy ; Green walls -- Active design : Liquid based heating/cooling systems ; Mechanical heating/cooling systems ; Electrical lighting ; Raised floors ; Internal ceilings -- Support services : Sanitation and drainage ; Maintenance and cleaning ; Lifts -- Performance testing of facade material systems -- Performance testing of roof material systems -- 6. Applications : Working with industry -- Triangular panels for twisted facades -- Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades -- Solar shading louvres -- Double-skin facades -- Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry -- Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry -- Diagrid structures -- Hybrid systems forming facades of complex geometry -- Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing -- Complex curved glazed roofs -- Large-scale glazed facades -- Panelization of complex building surface geometry -- Opaque rainscreen cladding -- Full-height glazing with GRP-clad structural frame -- GRP cladding interfaces -- Full-height entrance glazing -- GRP louvres on stick glazing system -- GRC cladding -- Windows in GRC cladding -- Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- Unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure -- Glazed roofs with complex geometry -- Louvres and stick glazing -- Glossary of terms.

Summary:

This handbook examines the full range of construction options, using examples by well-known designers. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of construction, from materials to structure, to walls, environmental design and internal fittings.

ISBN:

9783035609592
3035609594
9783035609554 (pbk.)
3035609551 (pbk.)
9783035607659 (ePub ebook)
(print + online)
9783035607727

Subject:

Building Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Construction Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture and Planning.
Building.

Form/genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 294397
Call No.: TH151 .W3 2016
Status: Available