Advanced Construction Technology

Masonry Construction - Stone, Reconstructed stone (cast and split faced) and artificial stone. Rubble, random rubble, coursed work and ashler work. Dressings to openings, string courses and bandings, cornices, pediments etc. Substructures - Sub-soils requiring special foundations; short bored piles and simple rafts; cushions under rafts; dealing with sub-soil water and high water tables; concrete ground floors, hung and solid. Walls and partitions - some lesser known types of wall construction; light steel frame; SIPs; straw bale construction; earthships (motor tyre walls, earth sheltered housing); cob; wattle and daub; the modern equivalent; Upper floors - some manufactured timber joist systems; concrete upper floors; compound floors. Openings in walls - openings in the new wall constructions discussed earlier Roof structure - SIPs; more on trussed rafters, advanced solutions; flat roofs in concrete. Roof coverings - metal sheet - lead, copper and zinc traditional finishes; profiled metal sheet steel coated steel, zinc, aluminium (coated and plain mill finish), bituminous felt, mastic asphalt, one ply membranes Doors - more timber domestic doors; garage doors; uPVC and metal doors, French doors; patio doors; more ironmongery incl. security Windows - High performance timber (triple glazed and coupled sashes); uPVC and aluminium windows; thermal breaks in metal sashes; more ironmongery incl. security Stairs - Open tread stairs of various types; cantilevered tread stairs and variations on balustrades etc. Mutual Walls - more variations on mutual wall construction. Plumbing and Heating - More on sanitary appliances, more sanitary appliances (urinals, bidets etc)! Under floor heating by LPHW - various sub floors, various systems. Traditional cast iron soil and waste piping, fixing, jointing and fittings. Other metal waste disposal systems - SS, enamelled steel and copper. Electrical Work - Conduit installations and wiring; MICC installations - how they go together; fire alarms; smoke alarms including linking (see new Scottish Regs); CCTV; Alarms; television aerials. Under floor heating - solid embedded and withdrawable, over floor heating? Ceiling heating. Fire precautions in three and four storey single domestic structures. (Structures in multiple occupancy in the third volume!) External Works - Site* Surveys; Site* clearance; Connections for services - drains, water, gas, electricity, telephone, cable; footpaths, retaining walls, screen walls and fencing and gates; decks and paved areas; soft landscaping; garages; driveways; drains, manholes, rodding access and air admission; water supply pipes, tobies and valves; ducting for services into a dwelling; exclusion of vermin and their prevention and control. Appendix A Glazing - the works. Appendix B Painting, Decorating and Paper hanging - the works. Appendix C Plastering and external rendering, stucco work, and roughcasting.. Appendix D Security in addition to what has been written in Doors, Windows and Electrical work chapters; defensible space; defensive planting. Appendix E More Builders' and Architectural Ironmongery. Appendix F Conservation of Energy - The effect of the new Scottish Building Regulations, May 2005 and the new Regulations for England and Wales; Sample calculations. Appendix G Short Precis of Selected British Standards incl. Any which were in Vol. 1 and are now updated or superseded in the new Regulations. Appendix H Sustainability. Appendix I Recycling and Reclaiming. Appendix J More Surveying - Theodolites, Tacheometry and EDPM surveying and laying out.