Construction Technology - Analysis and Choice

Informationen zum Autor Tony Bryan is a Principal Lecturer in Construction Technology in the Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England. Klappentext The second edition of Construction Technology: Analysis and Choice has been expanded to include commercial buildings. This now covers, in a single textbook, all the basic forms of construction studied on professional courses.The book takes as its theme the process of choice: what the expert has to know and how he/she might think through the decisions to be made about the design, production, maintenance and disposal of buildings.It is written with the conviction that by focusing on the process of choice, the range of theory and knowledge that is useful to practice becomes explicit, making the link between knowledge and practice, and between understanding and experience.The new edition has been updated throughout with extensive additions to Chapter13: Manufacture and Assembly and to Chapter 15: Sustainability. An entire new section has been added, covering all the main elements of commercial construction.Students will find here explanations of how environments, structural behaviour, production know-how, cost and social concerns such as sustainability can be taken into account in the choice of construction. They will also gain a clear understanding of the construction details and specifications adopted for both housing and commercial buildings in the UK at the beginning of the 21st century.* Provides a framework to think through proposed solutions* Sets the choice of solution in both time and place, and in the context of sustainability* Focuses on key questions: will the proposal fail; and can it be built?* Considers a building's response to loading, environmental conditions and time* Looks at the production process as manufacture and assemblyBook website at www.wiley.com/go/bryanconstructiontech2eContains nearly 200 fully referenced, clear line drawings to download for free, as well as suggested learning activities for lecturers to incorporate into their teaching programmes. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Construction Technology: Analysis andChoice has been expanded to include commercial buildings. Thisnow covers, in a single textbook, all the basic forms ofconstruction studied on professional courses. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Part 1 Analysis 1 1 The Framework for Understanding 3 Process and knowledge 3 The initial suggestion 4 Carrying out the evaluation 4 Physical and social context 5 The basis of analysis 6 Knowledge needed for choice 7 Summary 8 2 Building Purpose and Performance 9 Activities, space and construction 9 Introduction to performance requirements 9 Environmental impact and sustainability 17 Summary 17 3 Common Forms - Specific Solutions 18 General and constructed forms 18 The emergence of general building forms 18 Uncertainty and risk 22 Summary 23 4 Construction Variables 24 The variables of construction - the outcome of choice 24 Choosing materials 25 Choosing shape 27 Choosing size 27 Spatial relationships 32 Joints and fixings 32 Summary 35 5 Defining Conditions 37 Physical and social conditions 37 Activity and construction-modifying environments 38 The dynamics of the system 38 Choice of interior elements of the building 42 Inside the construction itself 42 Summary 43 6 The Resource Base 44 Introduction 44 Materials - the primary resource 44 Knowledge and skill - the human resource 45 Production equipment - the technological resource 46 Money - the enabling resource 47 Summary 48 7 Design Concept 49 ...

List of contents

Preface.
 
Part 1 Analysis.
 
1 The Framework for Understanding.
 
Process and knowledge.
 
The initial suggestion.
 
Carrying out the evaluation.
 
Physical and social context.
 
The basis of analysis.
 
Knowledge needed for choice.
 
Summary.
 
2 Building Purpose and Performance.
 
Activities, space and construction.
 
Introduction to performance requirements.
 
Environmental impact and sustainability.
 
Summary.
 
3 Common Forms - Specific Solutions.
 
General and constructed forms.
 
The emergence of general building forms.
 
Uncertainty and risk.
 
Summary.
 
4 Construction Variables.
 
The variables of construction - the outcome of choice.
 
Choosing materials.
 
Choosing shape.
 
Choosing size.
 
Spatial relationships.
 
Joints and fixings.
 
Summary.
 
5 Defining Conditions.
 
Physical and social conditions.
 
Activity and construction-modifying environments.
 
The dynamics of the system.
 
Choice of interior elements of the building.
 
Inside the construction itself.
 
Summary.
 
6 The Resource Base.
 
Introduction.
 
Materials - the primary resource.
 
Knowledge and skill - the human resource.
 
Plant and machinery - the technological resource.
 
Money - the enabling resource.
 
Summary.
 
7 Design Concept.
 
Linking design to construction choice.
 
Concept design - general form.
 
Physical performance and appearance - commodity, firmness and delight.
 
Function of the whole, function of the parts.
 
Summary.
 
8 Appearance.
 
Visualising attributes and response.
 
Space and context.
 
Physical space for the construction.
 
The approach to analysis.
 
Summary.
 
9 Analysis of Physical Behaviour.
 
Visualising conditions and response.
 
Function and performance - a technical aim.
 
Preventing failure - a technical objective.
 
The role of observation and science in the analysis.
 
The approach to analysis.
 
Summary.
 
10 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments.
 
Aspects of environment.
 
The building as a system.
 
The dry environment.
 
The warm environment.
 
The light environment.
 
The acoustic environment.
 
The clean environment.
 
The safe environment.
 
The private environment.
 
Summary.
 
11 Physical Behaviour Under Load.
 
Forces, external and internal.
 
Basic structural members.
 
Curving (and folding) structural members.
 
Structural connections.
 
Grid members - pin-jointed frames.
 
Building structures - wind stability.
 
Stress/strain and the choice of material.
 
Structural analysis and design.
 
Movements and structural behaviour.
 
Stresses in the ground.
 
The major structural forms.
 
Summary.
 
12 Physical Behaviour Over Time.
 
Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and disposal.
 
Basis of analysis.
 
Soiling and cleaning.
 
Durability of materials.
 
Movements in components.
 
Ground movement, settlement and subsidence.
 
Movement and detailing.
 
Wear of components.
 
Summary.
 
13 Manufacture and Assembly.
 
Realisation of performance.
 

Product details

• Authors: T Bryan, Tony Bryan, Tony (Principal Lecturer in Construction Te Bryan, Tony (University of the West of England) Bryan, Bryan Tony
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2010
• EAN: 9781405158749
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-5874-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Construction, Bauausführung, Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen, Civil Engineering & Construction