Index


    • accessibility (upgrading), 518
    • acrylic‐polymethyl methacrylate coatings, 146
    • active security measures, 7
    • adaptability, 5
    • adaptive building envelopes, 463
    • adding basements to existing buildings, 93
    • additive manufacturing, 38
    • admixtures, 322
    • aerated and foamed concrete, 362
    • agents of decay, 510
    • aggregates, 319
    • agricultural buildings, 157
    • alkali‐silica reaction, 327
    • aluminium cladding, 153
    • analysis of condition, 508
    • applied finishes, 421
    • architectural character (of buildings), 516
    • artificial aggregates, 320
    • assembling and fixing reinforcement, 334
    • assembly of raised floors, 488
    • assembly of suspended ceilings, 494
    • auger bored piles, 54
    • bamboo, 218
    • barrel vault, 193, 200
    • basement(s), 73
    • basement walls, 86
    • beam and slab floor, 369
    • beam to column connections, 289, 291
    • bearing strength of bolts, 275
    • biological agents, 510
    • bituminous membrane tanking, 83
    • blended cement, 319
    • board casings (to steel), 293
    • bolt(s), 274
    • bolted connection strength, 275
    • bond and anchorage of reinforcement, 329
    • bored displacement piles, 60
    • bored piles, 54
    • box panel cladding, 440
    • brick diaphragm walls, 179
    • brick fin walls, 183
    • building envelopes, 387
    • building information management (BIM), 18, 35
    • building pathology, 505
    • built up flat roofing, 162
    • built up steel columns, 284
    • bush hammering, 363
    • butt welds, 281
    • cantilever beams, 332
    • cantilever multi‐bay truss, 105
    • capacity of lifts, 474
    • cassette, 24
    • castella beam, 251
    • cavity tanking to basements, 85
    • cavity walling, 399
    • CAWS see common arrangement of work sections (CAWS)
    • ceiling tiles, 494
    • cement, 317
    • chemical agents, 510
    • chipboard, 215
    • cladding and decking, 140
    • cladding panels, 413
    • CNC router and milling machines, 39
    • cold‐rolled steel deck and concrete floor, 305
    • cold‐rolled steel sections, 254
    • cold strip sections, 291
    • cold worked steel reinforcement, 333
    • column(s), 333
    • column bases and foundations, 284
    • column formwork, 341
    • combined fixings, 406
    • comfort, 518
    • commercial fit out, 485
    • common arrangement of work sections (CAWS), 13
    • compliance with codes and regulations, 9
    • composite construction, 312
    • composite frame construction, 139
    • concrete, 317
    • concrete, brick and block casings, 297
    • concrete cladding units, 413
    • concrete columns, 333
    • concrete frames, 317
    • concrete lift shafts, 476
    • concrete mixes, 322
    • concrete offsite systems, 34
    • concrete piles, 44
    • concrete printing, 38
    • concrete structural frames, 364
    • concrete tilt‐up construction, 187
    • condensation, 519
    • condition survey, 508
    • connections and fastners for steel, 268
    • conoid shell roofs, 197
    • conservation, 513, 514
    • consoles for lifts, 476
    • construction defects, 511
    • construction joints, 325
    • contiguous piles, 87
    • continuous flight auger piles, 60
    • continuous helical displacement piles, 60
    • contour crafting, 39
    • conversion of wood into timber, 210
    • coordinated project information, 13
    • corrosion of steel, 250
    • COR‐TEN, 250
    • course aggregates, 320
    • cover to reinforcement, 329
    • creep, 327
    • cross laminated timber (CLT), 216
    • cross wall and box frame construction, 366
    • curing concrete, 325
    • curtain walling, 446
    • daylight, 165
    • dead loads, 1
    • decay in timber, 211
    • decay of buildings, 510
    • decking, 160
    • defects, 510, 511
    • deformation of concrete, 326
    • deformed bars, 334
    • demolition, 505, 530, 531
    • demolition waste, 534
    • descriptive specifying, 12
    • design and production process for offsite, 34
    • designed mixes, 323
    • design for manufacture and disassembly, 35
    • diaphragm walls, 93, 178
    • dimensional stability, 2
    • disassembly, 35, 530
    • disproportionate collapse, 244
    • doors for lifts, 474
    • double skin facades, 463
    • dragged finish, 363
    • drainage to flat roofs, 161
    • drained joint (open), 424, 425, 435
    • driven cast‐in‐place piles, 49
    • driven concrete piles, 44
    • driven tubular steel piles, 48
    • drop slab floor, 370
    • dry rot, 212
    • drying shrinkage, 326
    • D‐shape printing, 39
    • ductility of steel, 250
    • dynamic compaction of ground, 68
    • dynamic load testing of piles, 64
    • economic obsolescence, 506
    • edge and valley beams, 194
    • elasticity of steel, 250
    • electric supply to lifts and escalators, 469
    • electromagnetic agents, 511
    • engineered bamboo products, 218
    • engineered timber beams, 218
    • engineered timber products, 214
    • envelopes to framed buildings, 387
    • environmental impact, 20
    • escalators, 467, 481
    • existing buildings (work to), 514
    • expansion joints to barrel vaults, 197
    • exposed aggregate finish, 364
    • fabricated facade support systems, 527
    • face fixings, 408
    • façade, 387, 463
    • façade retention methods, 520
    • facings, 402
    • factory production, 35
    • faience slabwork, 412
    • falls to flat roofs, 161
    • fastners, 151, 274
    • fibre cement profiled cladding, 154
    • fibre reinforced concrete (FFC), 338
    • fillet weld, 280
    • fin wall, 178, 183
    • fine aggregates, 320
    • finishes for concrete, 362
    • finishes of lift interiors, 476
    • finishes to timber, 211
    • fire fighting lifts, 472
    • fire protection of structural steelwork, 291
    • fire safety of double skin facades, 463
    • fire safety of envelopes (cladding), 392
    • fire safety of partition walls, 497
    • fire safety of steel frames, 245
    • fire safety of timber, 208
    • fire safety of timber framed buildings, 233
    • fit out, 485
    • fixed end support, 331
    • fixings for stone facings, 403, 404
    • flat glulam timber portal frame, 130
    • flat roof, 97
    • flat roof frame construction, 131
    • flat roof weathering, 161
    • flat slab (plate) floor, 372
    • flexibility, 5
    • floor panels, 488
    • floors for concrete frames, 369
    • floors for structural steel frames, 299
    • flowdrill jointing, 289
    • flying formwork, 347
    • formwork and falsework, 340
    • formwork support, 341
    • foundations, 22, 43
    • foundations to steel columns, 289
    • framed support, 458
    • freyssinet system, 358
    • function of buildings, 1
    • functional obsolescence, 506
    • galvanised steel reinforcing bars, 334
    • gasket joint, 434
    • Gifford‐Udall‐CCL system, 360
    • glass fin supports, 458
    • glass for rooflights, 168
    • glazed wall systems, 446
    • glazing sealant, 452
    • glulam structural members, 126, 131
    • goods lifts, 473
    • grading of aggregates, 321
    • GRC cladding panels, 426
    • green specifications, 13
    • ground stabilisation, 68
    • gutters, 153
    • health and safety, 7
    • hexagon headed bolts, 274
    • high‐alumina cement, 319
    • high rise structural timber frames, 239
    • high performance structural glazing system, 455
    • high strength friction grip bolts, 275
    • historic buildings, 514
    • hollow clay block and concrete floor, 305, 374
    • hollow rectangular sections, 289
    • hollow sections, 253
    • home lifts, 472
    • honeycombing and leaks, 340
    • horizontal formwork, 341
    • housing (prefabricated), 30
    • human agents, 511
    • hybrid facade support systems, 525
    • hybrid offsite systems, 29, 34
    • hydraulic lifts, 471
    • hyperbolic shell roofs, 197, 203
    • industrial fit outs, 486
    • industrialised building, 17
    • infill wall, 398
    • in situ cast floors, 368
    • in situ cast frames, 365
    • indoor air quality, 519
    • insect attack on wood, 213
    • inspection and maintenance of facade support systems, 529
    • internal partition walls, 496
    • interstitial condensation, 520
    • intumescent coatings, 293
    • inverted t‐beam composite construction
    • jacked piles, 52
    • joint(s) and jointing of offsite systems, 37
    • joint(s) between cladding panels, 422
    • joint(s) between GRC panels, 432
    • joint(s) between stone slabs, 410
    • jointing and fixing of rainscreens, 444
    • joint tolerances, 5, 38
    • laminated panels, 436
    • large diameter bored pile, 55
    • laser cutting, 39
    • lattice beam flat roof, 131
    • lattice steel truss, 106
    • lattice truss roof, 97, 100
    • Lee‐McCall system, 360
    • lifts (elevators), 467, 469
    • lift shaft, 476, 477
    • lift slab construction, 380
    • lightweight concrete, 361
    • lightweight coverings, 97
    • limit state method of steel design, 248
    • listing of buildings, 514
    • live loads, 2
    • loadbearing fixings, 404
    • load factor method of steel design, 247
    • loading, 1, 3
    • logistics, 37
    • low‐carbon concrete, 322
    • low heat Portland cement, 318
    • machine grading of timber, 208
    • Magnel‐Blaton system, 360
    • maintenance, 513
    • manufacturer selection for offsite, 36
    • manufacturing tolerances, 4, 37
    • mastic asphalt tanking, 81
    • mastic joint, 432
    • measured survey, 508
    • mechanical agents, 511
    • medium density fibreboard (MDF), 215
    • metal laser sintering, 39
    • metal systems (housing), 31
    • methods of steel design, 245
    • MIG and MAG welding, 278
    • mild steel properties, 249
    • mild steel reinforcement, 333
    • mineral fibreboards and batts, 295
    • mineral fibre coatings, 292
    • mixing concrete, 324
    • MMA welding, 278
    • modern methods of construction, 17
    • modified wood products, 214
    • modular building services, 28
    • modular preassembly (3D), 24
    • modular steel framing, 32
    • moisture content of timber, 210
    • moisture movement, 3
    • motor room for lifts, 470, 472
    • mounting of lifts, 474
    • movement joints, 411
    • moving walkways, 482
    • multi‐bay symmetrical pitch lattice steel beam roof, 109
    • multiple bay lattice truss, 105
    • national building specification (NBS), 12
    • natural aggregates, 320
    • natural stone facings, 402
    • new methods and products, 8, 536
    • no fines concrete, 362
    • nominal mixes, 323
    • north light steel lattice truss, 104
    • obsolescence of buildings, 506
    • offices, 485
    • offsite construction, 17
    • on‐site preassembly, 21
    • open building concept, 5, 6
    • ordinary portland cement, 317
    • orientated strand board (OSB), 216
    • over purlin insulation to cladding, 148, 149
    • panelised preassembly (2D), 22
    • parallel beam structural steel frame, 261
    • panel system of curtain walling, 450
    • partition walls, 496
    • passenger lifts, 472
    • passive security measures, 7
    • patent glazing, 169
    • pathology of buildings, 505
    • performance gap, 513
    • performance monitoring, 9
    • performance of buildings, 1
    • performance specifying, 12
    • permissible stress design method, 246
    • physical obsolescence, 506
    • pile caps, 66
    • pile foundations, 43
    • pile testing, 63
    • pin‐jointed structural steel frames, 262
    • placing and compacting concrete, 324
    • planning for demolition and disassembly, 530
    • plaster and lath casings, 297
    • plasterboard casings, 296
    • plastic coated profiled sheet cladding, 145
    • plastic sheets for rooflights, 168
    • platform frame, 230
    • plywood, 216
    • pods, 24
    • point tooling, 363
    • polyvinyl chloride coatings, 146
    • polyvinyl fluoride coatings, 146
    • portal frame, 97, 109, 122, 124, 128
    • portland blastfurnace cement, 319
    • positional tolerances, 5, 38
    • post‐occupancy evaluation (POE), 509
    • post‐tensioning, 357
    • preassembly, 21
    • precast beam and filler block floor, 304, 374
    • precast concrete cladding units, 413
    • precast concrete plank floor units, 373
    • precast concrete T‐beams, 305, 373
    • precast concrete wall frames, 378
    • precast hollow floor beams, 301
    • precast hollow floor units, 373
    • precast prestressed concrete floor units, 304
    • precast reinforced concrete floor systems, 373
    • precast reinforced concrete frames, 374
    • precast reinforced concrete portal frames, 122
    • pre‐cut timber housing systems, 30
    • preflex beams, 313
    • preformed casings, 297
    • prefabricated housing, 30
    • prefabricated timber frames, 228
    • prescribed mixes, 324
    • preservation, 513
    • preservatives for wood, 214
    • pressure grouting, 73
    • prestressed concrete, 356
    • pre‐tensioning, 357
    • prevention of rot in timber, 213
    • primary system, 6
    • process defects, 512
    • product defects, 512
    • product selection, 10
    • production process for offsite, 35
    • profiled aluminium cladding, 153
    • profiled cold‐rolled steel decking, 306
    • profiled steel cladding, 148
    • profiled steel decking, 161
    • profiled steel sheeting, 145
    • proprietary specifying, 12
    • PSC one wire system, 361
    • purlins, 117
    • quality of materials, 20
    • rain screens, 441
    • raised floors, 487
    • rapid hardening Portland cement, 318
    • ready mixed concrete, 324
    • reconstructed stone facings, 402
    • recycled materials, 534, 536
    • recycling, 530, 534
    • recycling of soil, 73
    • reference standard specifying, 12
    • reinforcement cages and mats (prefabricated), 22
    • reinforcement for concrete, 328
    • release agents, 340
    • repair, 513
    • research and recording of buildings, 507
    • restoration, 513
    • restraint fixings, 406, 430
    • retail, 486
    • retrofitting, 516
    • reuse of materials, 534
    • ridges, 153
    • roof cladding and decking, 140
    • roof covering to barrel vaults, 197
    • rooflights, 164, 168, 171, 194
    • rooflight materials, 167
    • roof ventilation, 157
    • rules of thumb, 246
    • safety of rooflights, 167
    • salvaged materials, 535
    • SA welding, 279
    • sealant joints, 423
    • seasoning of timber, 209
    • secant piles, 89, 91
    • second fix, 485
    • secondary system, 6
    • security of buildings, 6
    • segal self‐build, 30
    • self‐compacting concrete (SCC), 325
    • self‐healing concrete, 327
    • service lifts, 473
    • services connections, 38
    • shear, 330
    • shear stud connectors, 312
    • sheeting rails, 117
    • sheet metal wall cladding, 436
    • shell structures, 97, 190
    • shop signs, 486
    • single ply roofing, 162
    • single skin cladding panels, 148, 437
    • single storey frames, 97
    • site production, 35
    • site work, 38
    • slimfloor, 310
    • soffit fixings, 410
    • soil modification, 73
    • sonic integrity testing of piles, 64
    • space grid flat roof, 131
    • spacers for reinforcement, 337
    • spacing of bolts, 276
    • spacing of piles, 66
    • specification, 10
    • spray coatings, 292
    • stainless steel reinforcement, 334
    • stair lifts, 473
    • standard mixes, 324
    • standard rolled steel sections, 251
    • standing seams, 151
    • static load testing of piles, 65
    • steel frames, 243, 256
    • steel framed housing, 31, 256
    • steel grillage foundation, 289
    • steel lattice beam roof, 108
    • steel piles, 48
    • steel portal frames, 109
    • steel sections, 249
    • steel tubes, 252
    • stick build, 228
    • stick system, 448
    • stiffening beams and arches, 194
    • stone bonder courses, 406
    • stress grading timber, 207
    • stress/strain curve for mild steel, 247
    • structural bracing, 116
    • structural frames, 2, 365
    • structural glazing sealant, 452
    • structurally insulated panels (SIPS), 216
    • structural silicone bonding, 455
    • structure and fabric, 1
    • stud frames, 430
    • sub‐assemblies and components, 22
    • substructures, 73
    • subtractive manufacturing, 39
    • sulphate‐resisting portland cement, 318
    • support grid, 494
    • support pedestals, 488
    • surface condensation, 519
    • surface finishes for cladding, 421
    • suspended ceilings, 491
    • suspended frameless glazing, 456
    • sustainable obsolescence, 506
    • symmetrical pitch glulam timber portal frame, 128
    • symmetrical pitch steel lattice beam roof, 108
    • symmetrical pitch steel lattice truss, 100
    • tanking to basements, 74, 80
    • temporary support to buildings, 522
    • tensile membrane structures, 177
    • tertiary system, 6
    • testing piles, 63
    • thermal agents, 511
    • thermal insulation to barrel vaults, 196
    • thermal insulation to timber framed buildings, 237
    • thermal movement, 3
    • thermal performance (upgrading), 518
    • 3D printing, 38
    • tile cladding, 224
    • tiles and mosaic, 412
    • tilt‐up construction, 179, 187
    • timber, 209
    • timber engineered beams, 218
    • timber cladding, 224
    • timber framed construction, 207, 220
    • timber framed walls, 218
    • timber portal frames, 124
    • timber shell structures, 200
    • time control, 20
    • tolerances, 4, 37, 469
    • tooled surface finishes, 363
    • traction lifts, 470
    • transportation, 37
    • trolley lifts, 473
    • trusses, 101
    • turned and fitted bolts, 274
    • unitized system of curtain walling, 450
    • upgrading buildings, 505, 518
    • usability (upgrading), 518
    • vapour check, 238
    • vermiculite/gypsum boards, 295
    • vermiculite/gypsum/cement coatings, 293
    • vertical platform lifts, 474
    • vibro compaction, 71
    • vibro flotation, 72
    • vierendeel girder, 260
    • visual grading of timber, 207
    • volume batching, 323
    • volumetric preassembly (3D), 24
    • volumetric timber framed units, 30
    • waffle grid slab floor, 370
    • wall cladding, 140, 153
    • wall formwork, 353
    • water (for cement), 321
    • water/cement ratio, 322
    • water‐repellent cement, 319
    • waterstops, 77, 79
    • weathering steels, 250
    • weight batching, 323
    • weld types, 280
    • welding, 277
    • welding in structural frames, 282
    • wellbeing, 7
    • wet rot, 213
    • white Portland cement, 318
    • wind bracing, 115, 263, 368
    • wind loading, 2
    • wood structural panels, 215
    • workability of cement, 322
    • working conditions, 19
    • written specification, 11
    • Zed purlins, 121
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