A new edition of this popular undergraduate textbook for the study of industrial and commercial building. This third edition is thoroughly revised including new material on sustainable construction, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and sustainable building services.
Author(s): Mike Riley
Edition: 3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 435
City: London
Cover
Contents
List of comparative studies and case studies
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART 1 Preparing to build
1 Functions and requirements of industrial and commercial buildings
1.1 Physical and environmental functions of industrial and commercial buildings
1.2 Forces exerted on and by buildings
1.3 Structural behaviour of elements
2 The building process
2.1 Methods of building
2.2 Building sequence
2.3 Expenditure on building
2.4 Costs in use and life cycle costing
2.5 Building Information Modelling (BIM) by Dianne Marsh
3 Preparing to build
3.1 Site investigation and associated issues
3.2 Overview of statutory control of building
3.3 Ground water control
PART 2 Building substructure
4 Foundations
4.1 Soils and their characteristics
4.2 Functions of foundations and selection criteria
4.3 Shallow foundation forms
4.4 Deep foundation forms
4.5 Enhancing the sustainable credentials of foundations
5 Walls below ground and basement construction
5.1 Requirements of walls below ground
5.2 Options for waterproofing of basements
5.3 Methods of basement construction
6 Ground floors
6.1 Functions of ground floors and selection criteria
6.2 Ground-supported floors
6.3 Suspended floors
PART 3 Building superstructure
7 High-rise buildings
7.1 Frames: functions and selection criteria
7.2 Frames: forms and materials
7.3 Comparative study
8 Long-span frames
8.1 Frames: functions and selection criteria
8.2 Frames and structures: forms and materials
9 Fire engineering design
9.1 Fire engineering design and the fire protection of structural elements
10 External walls and claddings for multi-storey and large-span commercial buildings
10.1 Functions of external walls and claddings
10.2 Options for walls and claddings to industrial and commercial buildings
10.3 Functions and selection criteria for claddings to low-rise buildings
11 Upper floors and internal access
11.1 Upper floor construction in multi-storey buildings
11.2 Internal access in multi-storey buildings
11.3 Floor finishes
11.4 Overview of mechanical transportation in buildings
12 Roof construction
12.1 Functions of roofs and selection criteria
12.2 Pitched roof forms
12.3 Flat roof forms
12.4 Roof drainage
13 Internal division of space and integration of services
13.1 Requirements of building services and the need for services integration
13.2 Structural and non-structural methods of services integration
PART 4 Sustainable building services
14 Sustainable engineering systems by Laurie Brady and Derek King
14.1 Mechanical engineering systems
14.2 Electrical engineering systems
14.3 Public health engineering systems
Index
