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introduction 1
contents 5
preface 8
notes on the 2nd edition 9
acknowledgements 10
support 11
the construction team 13
glossary of general terms 15
the construction team 16
project organisation 17
pre-contract phases 39
pie-contim, pluses 41
dueling piiue 42
piOpOndl pi idbc 44
acuii Jeo,gn phase 47
tenue! o, LOiuaci processes 50
architectural tea lures
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living (green) walls & roofs
construction drawing Jf
communication 81
eli awing standards 81
paper 83
pencils 83
lines 84
printing 84
dimensioning 85
hatching 86
types of drawing . 87
materials 95
bricks 97
blocks 98
mortar 98
plaster 99
concrete 100
timber - 103
metals 105
plastics 106
fungal attack 107
insect attack 108
substructure 111
introduction 113
soil investigation 113
site survey 114
site layout 116
setting out 117
foundations 118
earthwork support 120
shuttering 121
underpinning 121
shoring 122
ruperrtructurc 125
walk o- wd! construction 127
bondin': 130
surface 4ovtment 131
jointing 131
wall openings 133
floors & floor construction 136
roofs & roof construction 139
weatherproofing 145
scaffolding 147
prefabrication 151
introduction 153
steel 156
concrete 158
timber 160
units & cabins 163
joinery "O' 167
windows 169
doors 172
staircases 176
building services 181
introduction 183
waste & drain system 184
water supply 185
gas supply 188
ventilation 189
electrical supply 191
the intelligent house 194
appendix If 7
answers 199
explanatory notes 201
useful contacts 208
index 209
credits 221
key to colour plates
the world's tallest building 11
mud & grass constructions 14
wooden constructions 40
fabric covered constructions 58
snow & ice constructions 80
stone constructions 96
brick constructions 112
concrete constructions 126
metal constructions 152
glass constructions 168
engineering triumphs 1 182
engineering triumphs 2 198