Building Construction: Principles and Practices / Denis Walton

1: HEALTH AND SAFETY
Introduction
Working Safety
Check Your Understanding
Etc.

2: THE BUILDING TEAM
The Client
The Design Team
The Construction Team
Working Together

3: THE SITE INVESTIGATION
Considering the Suitability of a Site
Surveying the Site
Drawing Up The Site Survey

4: THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS
The Working Drawings
The Specification
The Bill of Quantities

5: PREPARING THE SITE
Setting Up the Site
Clearing the Site

6: SETTING OUT THE BUILDING
Setting Out the Building Outline
Fixing the Corners in Place
Setting Up a Site Datum for Vertical Levels

7: EXCAVATIONS
Removing the Top Soil
Digging a Trench for Strip Foundations
Supporting the Sides of an Excavation
Excavation Plant
Working Safely on Excavations

8: FOUNDATIONS
Foundation Loads
Types of Foundations
Designing Strip Foundations
Designing Pad Foundations

9: WALLS
Types of Wall
Characteristics of Walls
Technical Words Used in Bricklaying
Bonding
Openings in Brick Walls
Etc.

10: FIREPLACES AND FLUES
Technical Works for Parts of Fireplaces and flues
The Dimensions of brick Fireplaces and Flues
Building a Fireplace and Flue

11: FLOORS
The Over-site Concrete Slab
Concrete Ground-floor Slabs
Laying an Over-site Concrete Slab
The Raft Foundation Slab
Curing the Concrete
Etc.

12: ROOFS
Technical Words For Parts of Roofs
Pitched Roofs
The Structure of a Timber Pitched Roof
Connecting the Trusses
Using Tiles as Roof Coverings
Etc.

13: SCAFFOLDING
Technical Words for Parts a Scaffold
Types of Scaffolding
Regulations and Recommendations for Scaffolding

14: STAIRS
Technical Words for Parts of Staircases
Staircase Materials
Staircase Layout
Assembling a Timber Staircase
Making a Concrete Staircase

15: DOORS
Technical Words for Parts a door
Door Construction
Flush Doors
Panelled Doors
Ironmongery
Door Dimensions
Etc.

16: WINDOWS
Technical Words for Parts of a Window and a Frame
Building Regulations for Windows
Types of Windows
Window Height
Glazing
Etc

17: DRAINAGE
Technical Words for parts of a drainage system
Principles of Soil Drainage
Types of Drainage
Excavating the Drain Layout
Testing Drains
Etc.

18: WATER SUPPLY
The Cold Water Supply
Hot Water Installations
Pipes and Fittings

19: ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
Simple Electrical Theory
Electrical Wiring

20: FINISHES
Plastering
External Render
Painting
Floor Finishes
Finishes on Concrete Subfloors
Etc.

21: CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
Materials Used to Make Concrete
Concrete Mixes
Making Concrete by Volume
Adjusting the Water content of Damp Sand
Grading Coarse Aggregates
Etc.

22: SOIL TECHNOLOGY
Load-bearing Capacity
Check your Understanding

23: TIMBER TECHNOLOGY
Soft Wood and Hard Wood Trees
Making Timber From Trees
Timber Sizes
Joining Timber

24: STRUCTURAL LOADS
Compression Loading
Reactions and Moments

Includes Index p. 233-238