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Construction Technology - Tony Bryan

Construction Technology

Analysis and Choice

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Buch | Softcover
464 Seiten
2010 | 2nd edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5874-9 (ISBN)
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The second edition of Construction Technology: Analysis andChoice has been expanded to include commercial buildings. Thisnow covers, in a single textbook, all the basic forms ofconstruction studied on professional courses.
The second edition of Construction Technology: Analysis and Choice has been expanded to include commercial buildings. This now covers, in a single textbook, all the basic forms of construction studied on professional courses. The book takes as its theme the process of choice: what the expert has to know and how he/she might think through the decisions to be made about the design, production, maintenance and disposal of buildings.

It is written with the conviction that by focusing on the process of choice, the range of theory and knowledge that is useful to practice becomes explicit, making the link between knowledge and practice, and between understanding and experience.

The new edition has been updated throughout with extensive additions to Chapter13: Manufacture and Assembly and to Chapter 15: Sustainability. An entire new section has been added, covering all the main elements of commercial construction.

Students will find here explanations of how environments, structural behaviour, production know-how, cost and social concerns such as sustainability can be taken into account in the choice of construction. They will also gain a clear understanding of the construction details and specifications adopted for both housing and commercial buildings in the UK at the beginning of the 21st century.



Provides a framework to think through proposed solutions
Sets the choice of solution in both time and place, and in the context of sustainability
Focuses on key questions: will the proposal fail; and can it be built?
Considers a building’s response to loading, environmental conditions and time
Looks at the production process as manufacture and assembly

Book website at www.wiley.com/go/bryanconstructiontech2e

Contains nearly 200 fully referenced, clear line drawings to download for free, as well as suggested learning activities for lecturers to incorporate into their teaching programmes.

Tony Bryan is a Principal Lecturer in Construction Technology in the Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England.

Preface ix

Part 1 Analysis 1

1 The Framework for Understanding 3

Process and knowledge 3

The initial suggestion 4

Carrying out the evaluation 4

Physical and social context 5

The basis of analysis 6

Knowledge needed for choice 7

Summary 8

2 Building Purpose and Performance 9

Activities, space and construction 9

Introduction to performance requirements 9

Environmental impact and sustainability 17

Summary 17

3 Common Forms – Specific Solutions 18

General and constructed forms 18

The emergence of general building forms 18

Uncertainty and risk 22

Summary 23

4 Construction Variables 24

The variables of construction – the outcome of choice 24

Choosing materials 25

Choosing shape 27

Choosing size 27

Spatial relationships 32

Joints and fixings 32

Summary 35

5 Defining Conditions 37

Physical and social conditions 37

Activity and construction-modifying environments 38

The dynamics of the system 38

Choice of interior elements of the building 42

Inside the construction itself 42

Summary 43

6 The Resource Base 44

Introduction 44

Materials – the primary resource 44

Knowledge and skill – the human resource 45

Production equipment – the technological resource 46

Money – the enabling resource 47

Summary 48

7 Design Concept 49

Linking design to construction choice –flows and transfers 49

Concept design – broad options 50

Physical performance and appearance –commodity, firmness and delight 50

Function of the whole, function of the parts 51

Summary 52

8 Appearance 53

Visualising attributes and response 53

Space and context 53

Physical space for the construction 55

The approach to analysis 56

Summary 56

9 Analysis of Physical Behaviour 57

Visualising conditions and response 57

Function and performance – a technical aim 57

Preventing failure – a technical objective 57

The role of observation and science in the analysis 58

The approach to analysis 59

Summary 59

10 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments 60

Aspects of environment 60

The building as a system 60

The dry environment 65

The warm environment 72

The light environment 78

The acoustic environment 82

The clean environment 86

The safe environment 88

The private environment 96

Summary 97

11 Physical Behaviour Under Load 98

Forces, external and internal 98

Basic structural members 100

Curving (and folding) structural members 104

Structural connections 105

Grid members – pin-jointed frames 107

Building structures – wind stability 108

Stress–strain and the choice of material 110

Structural analysis and design 111

Movements and structural behaviour 112

Stresses in the ground 112

The major structural forms 114

Summary 117

12 Physical Behaviour Over Time 119

Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and disposal 119

Basis of analysis 120

Soiling and cleaning 120

Durability of materials 121

Movements in components 124

Ground movement, settlement and subsidence 127

Movement and detailing 128

Wear of components 129

Summary 129

13 Manufacture and Assembly 130

Realisation of performance 130

Visualising stages and sequence 130

Analysis of operations, methods and resources 133

Materials and labour 135

Production equipment 136

Production options 141

Knowledge and expertise for the analysis of the process 148

Summary 149

14 Cost 150

Cost and value 150

Cost and price 151

Cost and time frames 151

Cost and cost data 152

Summary 154

15 Sustainability – Social Concern 155

Two major forces 155

Sustainability 156

Established influences and new concerns 156

Responding to the sustainability agenda 158

Buildings as systems 161

Renewable energy sources 168

Water and waste 170

Materials choice and detailing 172

Planning and design concepts 173

Emerging technologies 173

Summary 174

Part 2 Choice – House Construction 177

16 Applying the Framework to Housing 179

The need for an integrated approach 179

The basis of the case study 180

Summary 182

17 Floors 183

Upper floors 183

General forms for upper floors 183

Timber-joisted upper floors 184

Ground floors 191

Suspended ground floors 192

Ground-supported slab floors 195

Services and other elements 197

Site influences on choice of ground floors 197

Production operations for ground floors 198

The final choice 199

Summary 199

18 Roofs 201

Pitch and span 201

Other functions 201

Pitched roofs 202

Flat roofs 218

Summary 219

19 Walls 221

Wall types by function 221

General forms 221

Walls in the case study 224

Masonry cavity external walls 224

Openings in the external wall 233

Doors and windows – the components in the openings 236

The panel frame option 238

Party (separating) walls 241

Partition walls 242

Summary 243

20 Foundations 244

Basic function 244

Site investigation 246

Foundation design 247

The strip foundation 247

Foundations for poor surface conditions 250

Economics of foundations 254

Basements 254

Summary 254

21 Services 256

Introduction 256

Analysis of services systems 257

Hot and cold water 257

Heating systems 263

Drainage 267

Electrical systems 273

Summary 279

Part 3 Choice – Commercial Construction 281

22 Applying the Framework to Commercial Buildings 283

The story so far 283

The way forward 285

The technological mix 287

Summary 289

23 Common Forms and Emerging Technologies 290

Introduction 290

UK commercial building through the twentieth century 291

Summary 298

24 Interface Design 299

Introduction 299

The enclosure–services interface 300

The enclosure–structure interface 302

The structure–services interface 305

Summary 306

25 Structural Skeletal Frames 307

Materials development and structural options 307

Reinforced concrete – performance 315

In situ reinforced concrete frames –production 317

Precast concrete frames – production 329

Structural steel – performance 330

Structural steel – fabrication and construction 333

Structure choice and overall design 337

Summary 338

26 Roof Structures 340

Introduction 340

Variety of structural form 341

Broad options 342

Construction details 348

Summary 352

27 Loadbearing Structural Walls 353

Broad options 353

Multi-storey construction 354

Single-storey industrial construction 359

Summary 363

28 Structure Below Ground 364

Introduction 364

Foundation design 364

Foundation types 366

Soil improvement 372

Basements 373

Large area industrial concrete ground floors 380

Summary 384

29 External Enclosure to Structural Frames 385

Introduction 385

External walls 385

Cavity brickwork 390

Cladding panels 392

Curtain walling 396

Facing materials 397

Lightweight cladding 403

Structural glazing 404

Roof construction 406

Summary 411

30 Internal Enclosure 412

Performance 412

Applied finishes 413

Component systems 414

Summary 421

31 Services – Scope and Space 422

Introduction 422

Scope 422

Space 424

Environmental services 424

Public health services 429

Power supply 432

Security 433

Operational services 435

The need for coordination 436

Production sequence and contract time 437

Cost of services systems 438

Summary 438

32 Guide to Further Reading 440

What this book provides 440

Sources of information – authority, validity and relevance 440

Finding information 443

Using information – corroboration, confirmation and risk 444

Summary 444

Index 445

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.3.2010
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 244 mm
Gewicht 1089 g
Themenwelt Technik Bauwesen
ISBN-10 1-4051-5874-3 / 1405158743
ISBN-13 978-1-4051-5874-9 / 9781405158749
Zustand Neuware
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