Construction practice / Brian Cooke.

Includes bibliographical references.

1.1. Procedure prior to commencing a project -- 1.2. Site layout planning considerations -- 1.3. Location of tower cranes -- 1.4. Site signage examples -- 1.5. Site accommodation situations -- 1.6. Site layout planning examples -- 1.7. Procedure when visiting a project -- 1.8. Site induction procedures -- 1.9.contract preliminaries -- 1.10. Site logistics -- 2.1. Responsibilities for material management -- 2.2. Creating waste streams -- 2.3. Good site practice observations -- 2.4. Bad site practice observations -- 2.5. Use of skips on site [--] waste separation practices -- 2.6. The waste disposal process -- 3.1. Demolition methods -- 3.2. Demolition case studies -- 3.3. Method statement extract for demolition works -- 3.4. Method statements [--] format -- 3.5. Excavation work [--] excavator types -- 3.6. Excavation work case studies -- 4.1. Foundation types [--] strip foundations -- 4.2. Foundation types [--] pad foundations -- 4.3. Foundation types [--] raft foundations -- 4.4. Piling in construction -- 4.5. Displacement piles-precast driven systems -- 4.6. Replacement piles-continuous flight augered bored piling system -- 4.7. Ground treatment -- vibro replacement techniques -- 5.1. Earth support considerations -- 5.2. Earth support to service trenches and drainage -- 5.3. Sheet piling support principles -- 5.4. Use of steel H piles with precast infill panels -- 5.5. Earth support -- battered excavation -- 5.6. Sequence of forming a bored pile wall -- 5.7. Groundwater control considerations -- 5.8. Dewatering case study -- 5.9. Basement construction methods -- 5.10. Precast concrete basement -- 5.11. Precast underground storage tank -- 6.1. Handling concrete -- 6.2. Identification of hazards -- 6.3. Concrete placing by direct discharge -- 6.4. Concrete placing by excavator -- 6.5. Concrete placing by crane and skips -- 6.6. Concrete placing via wet hoppers -- 6.7. Concrete pumping -- 6.8. Basement slab case study -- 6.9. Large floor slab pour -- 7.1. Building frame types -- 7.2. In-situ concrete frame with downstand beams -- 7.3. Flat slab construction -- 7.4. Crosswall construction -- 7.5. Crosswall construction -- Eastlands project -- 8.1. Introduction to skeleton frames -- 8.2. Steel portal frames -- 8.3. Cellular beam frames -- 8.4. Space frames -- 8.5. Arched tubular roof -- 8.6. Cable-stayed buildings -- 8.7. Cable-stayed roof -- 8.8. Bowstring roof to entrance foyer -- 8.9. Glulam portal frame -- 8.10. Glulam portal frame [-] Sheffield winter garders project -- 9.1. Formwork to foundations -- 9.2. Formwork to walls -- 9.3. Formwork to columns -- 9.4. Formwork to floor slabs -- 9.5. Formwork for staircase tower cores -- 10.1. Beam and block floors -- 10.2. Metal deck floors -- 10.3. Precast concrete floors -- 10.4. Plank floors -- 11.1. Cladding buildings -- 11.2. Cladding case studies -- Case study 1 Spinningfields project -- Case study 2 Four-storey office block -- Case study 3 Stockport College project -- Case study 4 Twelve-storey residential block[-]Liverpool -- Case study 5 Eleven-storey hotel project -- 11.3. Structural insulated panels -- 11.4. SIP [-] McVeigh Insulations -- 12.1. Timber-framed construction -- 12.2. Site-build platform frame -- 12.3. Small panel platform frame -- 12.4. Timber frame construction detail -- 12.5. Large panel platform frame -- 12.6. Structural insulated palens for housing -- 12.7. SIP build project [-] Cyprus -- 13.1. Erection of a pair of semi-detached houses -- 13.2. Application of the Building Regulations -- 13.3. Construction sequence and programme -- 13.4. Sequence 1 [-] foundations and ground floor -- 13.5. Sequence 2 [-] external wall construction -- 13.6. Sequence 3 [-] first floor construction -- 13.7. Sequence 4 [-] external walls: first floor to second floor -- 13.8. Sequence 5 [-] second floor construction -- 13.9. Sequence 6 [--] gable wall construction -- 13.10. Sequence 7 [--] roof construction -- 13.11. Sequence 8 [--] roof tiling -- 13.12. Sequence 9 [--] internal areas -- 13.13. Domestic stair construction -- 13.14. Forms of roof construction -- 13.15. Gabled roof construction -- 13.16. Formation of a manhole base and connections -- 13.17. Insulating a room.

"Construction is a highly practical subject. Students on all built environment degree programmes are expected to know and understand building technology from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. Construction site visits are a popular way for students to become acquainted with the practical aspects of construction, but these visits can only show students a small proportion of the technology of construction. Based around a series of full colour photographic sequences, augmented by carefully chosen line illustrations and text, Construction Practice provides students with a comprehensive overview of practical construction technology. The sequences follow a logical progression through the subject and include contemporary and established practice, as well as modern methods of construction. The book also includes some examples of continental European construction methods where these differ from established UK practice"-- Provided by publisher.