For nearly three decades, Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever-providing the latest information in Francis D.K. Ching's signature style. Its rich and comprehensive approach clearly presents all of the basic concepts underlying building construction and equips readers with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter.
Laying out the material and structural choices available, it provides a full under-standing of how these choices affect a building's form and dimensions. Complete with more than 1,000 illustrations, the book moves through each of the key stages of the design process, from site selection to building components, mechanical systems, and finishes.
With its comprehensive and lucid presentation of everything from foundations and floor systems to finish work, Building Construction Illustrated, Fourth Edition equips students and professionals in all areas of architecture and construction with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter in building planning, design, and construction.
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Design Guide. Residential PEX Water Supply Plumbing Systems
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Design Guide. Residential PEX Water Supply Plumbing Systems
Plastics Pipe Institute
NAHB Research Center for Plastics Pipe Institute | 2006 | ISBN: n/a | 127 pages | PDF | 6 Mb
This Design Guide provides the information and resources necessary to design and install cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) water supply systems in residential buildings. It includes comprehensive design concepts and installation guidelines to increase the acceptance and proper use of PEX. This document is targeted to meet the needs of home builders, designers, and trade contractors. Its purpose is to introduce potential users and to enable current users to optimize their PEX plumbing and minimize system costs. In addition, it will allow code inspectors and homeowners to become familiar with the applications, performance characteristics, and benefits of PEX water supply systems.
This PEX Design Guide can be used by anyone considering the installation of PEX piping for a residential plumbing system. It can be used by the novice as an introduction to PEX piping or by the experienced plumber to optimize his/her approach. Building code officials can use this Guide as a consolidated source of information on the application of PEX piping in residential buildings. Builders can use this guide to learn about the advantages, installation issues, and expected performance of PEX plumbing systems for discussions with sales staff and homeowners.
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Images | 256 pages | English | ISBN:1864702370 | PDF | 536 MB
The Book presents a survey of Kindergarten through 12th-grade schools from around the world featuring projects that combine the best in aesthetics, sustainability and high-performance design. The book utilizes 45 case studies to illustrate the range of sustainable and high performance design solutions currently being applied to K-12 school design; Featuring the work of Perkins and Will, Foster and Partners, Arup Associates, Antoine Predock Architect, BOORA Architects, Centerbrook Architects, Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, Hillier Architecture, KieranTimberlake Associates, Lake Flato Architects, Mahlum Architects, HMC Architects and Pfau Architects among others. Bullet points highlight the Sustainable features of each project along with over 450 photographs, diagrams and plans.
Foreword By: S Richard Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chairman- U.S. Green Building Council
with an essay By: John P. Eberhard, FAIA - On Neuroscience and the Sustainable School
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Wood handbook wood as an engineering material
The Forest Products Laboratory | 1999 | Englisch | ISBN no | PDF | 14 Mb
Summarizes information on wood as an engineering material. Presents properties of wood and wood-based products of particular concern to the architect and engineer. Includes discussion of designing with wood and wood-based products along with some pertinent uses. Keywords: wood structure, physical properties (wood).
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The Handbook is a comprehensive instructional manual covering a wide range of applications and problem solving solutions for users of polyethylene pipe. The 2nd edition of the newly revised and updated Handbook of Polyethylene Pipe. The new Handbook will assist engineers, contractors and owners in designing and building reliable PE piping systems for multiple applications.
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The focus of this paper is too list the required information for the design of a TBM and focus on the selection of EPB or Slurry TBM.
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info: Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica | Oct 2009 | Pages: 882 | ISBN 1615353293 | PDF | 40 MB
The Encyclopaedia Britannica 2010 Almanac, is the complete source for fast facts. Published in association with Time Magazine, the Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010 includes more coverage of key subjects such as the arts, business, people, science, and the world than other leading almanacs. Read about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, the rise of global food prices and the accompanying political and financial effects, the growing military operation in Afghanistan, the lives of influential political leaders, athletes, authors, heroes and much more !
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Strut-and-tie modelling (STM) has been increasingly accepted for the design of concrete structures since it was promoted in the 1980s. In the time since, the method has seen continuing development such that it is now a mature method and its application has been considerably expanded in AS3600-200X. The presentation will outline the Australian requirements, plus demonstrate how the method can be used in conjunction with linear-elastic finite element modelling. Linear and non-linear analysis methods, combined with lower bound plasticity design processes, and with local detailing methods such as strut-and-tie modelling, can form the basis of design of new, complex, structures that are not easily dimensioned using other rational design methods.
The 26-pages pdf file has been presented by Prof. Peter Dux (UQ) in a seminar in Australia 2009. Please find the attached file below.
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The 2000 BS edition of the draft for development standard for execution of concrete structures. A prEN has been published since then. No final standard yet.
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Jeffrey W. Cody, “Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000"
Routledge | 2003-01-17 | ISBN: 0419246908 | 304 pages | PDF | 6,9 MB
International clients have long emulated American buildings such as skyscrapers, have followed patterns of American urbanism and have adopted American concepts of form and space for lesiure activities. This unique study examines how North American architecture has been 'transplanted' elsewhere throughout the 20th century. It explains how, why and where American architects, contractors, developers, planners, or building material exporters have marketed architecture overseas. Architectural historians, urban planners, architects and planning professionals will find this book of interest. Postgraduates and researchers in planning history, geography and cultural studies will find this an excellent resource.
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