Building Construction Handbook

Table of contents

- Building Construction Handbook (Page 4)
- Copyright Page (Page 5)
- Contents (Page 6)
- Preface to eighth edition (Page 12)
- Part One: General (Page 14)
- Built environment (Page 15)
- The structure (Page 18)
- Primary and secondary elements (Page 25)
- Component parts and functions (Page 28)
- Construction activities (Page 32)
- Construction documents (Page 33)
- Construction drawings (Page 34)
- Building survey (Page 41)
- HIPs/Energy Performance Certificates (Page 45)
- Method statement and programming (Page 46)
- Weights and densities of building materials (Page 48)
- Imposed floor loads (Page 50)
- Drawings – notations (Page 51)
- Planning application (Page 55)
- Modular coordination (Page 60)
- Construction regulations (Page 62)
- CDM regulations (Page 63)
- Safety signs and symbols (Page 64)
- Building Regulations (Page 66)
- Code for Sustainable Homes (Page 75)
- British Standards (Page 76)
- European Standards (Page 77)
- Product and practice accreditation (Page 79)
- CPI System of Coding (Page 80)
- CI/SfB system of coding (Page 81)
- Part Two: Site Works (Page 82)
- Site survey (Page 83)
- Site investigations (Page 84)
- Soil investigation (Page 87)
- Soil assessment and testing (Page 94)
- Site layout considerations (Page 101)
- Site security (Page 104)
- Site lighting and electrical supply (Page 107)
- Site office accommodation (Page 111)
- Materials storage (Page 114)
- Materials testing (Page 119)
- Dry and wet rot (Page 134)
- Protection orders for trees and structures (Page 136)
- Locating public utility services (Page 137)
- Setting out (Page 138)
- Levels and angles (Page 142)
- Road construction (Page 145)
- Tubular scaffolding and scaffolding systems (Page 153)
- Shoring systems (Page 166)
- Demolition (Page 175)
- Part Three: Builders Plant (Page 180)
- General considerations (Page 181)
- Bulldozers (Page 184)
- Scrapers (Page 185)
- Graders (Page 186)
- Tractor shovels (Page 187)
- Excavators (Page 188)
- Transport vehicles (Page 193)
- Hoists (Page 196)
- Rubble chutes and skips (Page 198)
- Cranes (Page 199)
- Concreting plant (Page 211)
- Part Four: Substructure (Page 218)
- Foundations – function, materials and sizing (Page 219)
- Foundation beds (Page 228)
- Short bored pile foundations (Page 234)
- Foundation types and selection (Page 236)
- Piled foundations (Page 241)
- Retaining walls (Page 261)
- Gabions and mattresses (Page 275)
- Basement construction (Page 282)
- Waterproofing basements (Page 285)
- Excavations (Page 291)
- Concrete production (Page 297)
- Cofferdams (Page 303)
- Caissons (Page 305)
- Underpinning (Page 307)
- Ground water control (Page 316)
- Soil stabilisation and improvement (Page 326)
- Reclamation of waste land (Page 331)
- Contaminated sub-soil treatment (Page 332)
- Part Five: Superstructure – 1 (Page 334)
- Choice of materials (Page 335)
- Brick and block walls (Page 336)
- Cavity walls (Page 351)
- Damp-proof courses and membranes (Page 357)
- Gas resistant membranes (Page 364)
- Calculated brickwork (Page 366)
- Mortars (Page 369)
- Arches and openings (Page 372)
- Windows (Page 379)
- Glass and glazing (Page 392)
- Doors (Page 404)
- Crosswall construction (Page 413)
- Framed construction (Page 417)
- Rendering to external walls (Page 421)
- Cladding to external walls (Page 423)
- Roofs – basic forms (Page 430)
- Pitched roofs (Page 433)
- Double lap tiling (Page 450)
- Single lap tiling (Page 452)
- Slating (Page 454)
- Flat roofs (Page 460)
- Dormer windows (Page 469)
- Green roofs (Page 478)
- Thermal insulation (Page 480)
- 'U' values (Page 485)
- Thermal bridging (Page 501)
- Access for the disabled (Page 505)
- Part Six: Superstructure – 2 (Page 508)
- Reinforced concrete slabs (Page 509)
- Reinforced concrete framed structures (Page 513)
- Reinforcement types (Page 523)
- Structural concrete, fire protection (Page 526)
- Formwork (Page 529)
- Precast concrete frames (Page 534)
- Prestressed concrete (Page 538)
- Structural steelwork sections (Page 545)
- Structural steelwork connections (Page 550)
- Structural fire protection (Page 555)
- Portal frames (Page 562)
- Composite timber beams (Page 570)
- Multi-storey structures (Page 573)
- Roof sheet coverings (Page 577)
- Long span roofs (Page 582)
- Shell roof construction (Page 592)
- Membrane roofs (Page 601)
- Rooflights (Page 603)
- Panel walls (Page 607)
- Rainscreen cladding (Page 613)
- Structural glazing (Page 615)
- Curtain walling (Page 616)
- Concrete claddings (Page 620)
- Concrete surface finishes (Page 627)
- Concrete surface defects (Page 629)
- Part Seven: Internal Construction and Finishes (Page 630)
- Internal elements (Page 631)
- Internal walls (Page 632)
- Construction joints (Page 637)
- Internal walls, fire protection (Page 639)
- Party/separating walls (Page 641)
- Partitions (Page 642)
- Strut design (Page 644)
- Plasters and plastering (Page 649)
- Dry lining techniques (Page 652)
- Plasterboard (Page 655)
- Wall tiling (Page 658)
- Domestic floors and finishes (Page 660)
- Large cast in-situ ground floors (Page 667)
- Concrete floor screeds (Page 669)
- Timber suspended floors (Page 671)
- Lateral restraint (Page 674)
- Timber beam design (Page 677)
- Timber floors, fire protection (Page 680)
- Reinforced concrete suspended floors (Page 681)
- Precast concrete floors (Page 686)
- Raised access floors (Page 691)
- Sound insulation (Page 692)
- Timber, concrete and metal stairs (Page 698)
- Internal doors (Page 729)
- Doorsets (Page 731)
- Fire resisting doors (Page 732)
- Plasterboard ceilings (Page 738)
- Suspended ceilings (Page 739)
- Paints and painting (Page 743)
- Joinery production (Page 747)
- Composite boarding (Page 752)
- Plastics in building (Page 754)
- Part Eight: Domestic Services (Page 758)
- Drainage effluents (Page 759)
- Subsoil drainage (Page 760)
- Surface water removal (Page 762)
- Road drainage (Page 765)
- Rainwater installations (Page 767)
- Drainage systems (Page 771)
- Drainage (Page 779)
- Water supply (Page 780)
- Cold water installations (Page 782)
- Hot water installations (Page 784)
- Flow controls (Page 787)
- Cisterns and cylinders (Page 788)
- Pipework joints (Page 790)
- Sanitary fittings (Page 791)
- Single and ventilated stack systems (Page 794)
- Hot water heating systems (Page 797)
- Electrical supply and installation (Page 801)
- Gas supply and gas fires (Page 810)
- Open fireplaces and flues (Page 814)
- Telephone installations (Page 824)
- Electronic communications installations (Page 825)
- Index (Page 826)
- A (Page 826)
- B (Page 826)
- C (Page 827)
- D (Page 829)
- E (Page 830)
- F (Page 830)
- G (Page 831)
- H (Page 832)
- I (Page 832)
- J (Page 832)
- K (Page 833)
- L (Page 833)
- M (Page 833)
- N (Page 834)
- O (Page 834)
- P (Page 834)
- Q (Page 835)
- R (Page 835)
- S (Page 836)
- T (Page 839)
- U (Page 840)
- V (Page 840)
- W (Page 840)
- Y (Page 841)