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Barry's Construction Technology Analysis and Choice

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Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

18.09.2025

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

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304

Maße (L/B/H)

24,2/16,9/1,9 cm

Gewicht

538 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-394-26464-3

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

18.09.2025

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

24,2/16,9/1,9 cm

Gewicht

538 g

Auflage

3. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-394-26464-3

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Preface ix

    Part I Analysis 1

    Chapter 1 at a Glance 3

    1 The Framework for Understanding 5

    1.1 Responding to the climate emergency - rethinking how and why we build 5

    1.2 Process and knowledge 8

    1.3 The initial suggestion 9

    1.4 Carrying out the evaluation 10

    1.5 Physical and social context 12

    1.6 The basis of analysis 12

    1.7 Knowledge needed for choice 13

    Chapter 2 at a Glance 17

    2 Building Purpose and Performance 19

    2.1 Activities, space and construction 19

    2.2 Introduction to performance requirements 20

    2.3 The performance gap 28

    2.4 Environmental impact as performance criteria 29

    2.5 Analysis of physical behaviour 30

    2.6 The role of observation and science in the analysis 31

    Chapter 3 at a Glance 33

    3 Linking the Design Concept to Construction Choice 35

    3.1 Flows and transfers 35

    3.2 Concept design 36

    3.3 General and constructed forms 39

    3.4 The emergence of general building forms 40

    3.5 Emerging technologies - uncertainty and risk 45

    Chapter 4 at a Glance 47

    4 Construction Variables and Choice 49

    4.1 The variables of construction - the outcome of choice 49

    4.2 Choosing materials 50

    4.3 Choosing shape 52

    4.4 Choosing size 53

    4.5 Spatial relationships 58

    4.6 Joints and fixings 60

    Chapter 5 at a Glance 63

    5 Defining Conditions 65

    5.1 Physical and social conditions 65

    5.2 Activity and construction-modifying environments 66

    5.3 The dynamics of the system 67

    5.4 Choice of interior elements of the building 71

    5.5 Understanding what goes on within the building fabric 71

    Chapter 6 at a Glance 73

    6 The Resource Base 75

    6.1 Materials - the primary resource 75

    6.2 Buildings as material banks - the recycled resource 77

    6.3 Knowledge and skill - the human resource 78

    6.4 Production equipment - the technological resource 79

    6.5 Money - the enabling resource 80

    6.6 Time - the temporal resource 84

    Chapter 7 at a Glance 87

    7 Sustainability - Social Concerns and Technical Interventions 89

    7.1 Sustainability - two major forces 89

    7.2 Responding to the climate emergency 91

    7.3 Buildings as systems 93

    7.4 Renewable energy sources 101

    7.5 Water and waste 102

    7.6 Materials choice and detailing 104

    Chapter 8 at a Glance 107

    8 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments 109

    8.1 The building as a system 110

    8.2 The dry environment 115

    8.3 The warm environment 121

    8.4 The light environment 128

    8.5 The acoustic environment 132

    8.6 The clean environment 136

    8.7 The safe environment 139

    8.8 The private environment 147

    Chapter 9 at a Glance 149

    9 Physical Behaviour Under Load 151

    9.1 Forces - external and internal 151

    9.2 Basic structural members 154

    9.3 Curving (and folding) structural members 158

    9.4 Structural connections 159

    9.5 Grid members - pin-jointed frames 161

    9.6 Building structures - wind stability 162

    9.7 Stress-strain and the choice of material 164

    9.8 Structural analysis and design 166

    9.9 Movements and structural behaviour 166

    9.10 Stresses in the ground 167

    9.11 The major structural forms 169

    Chapter 10 at a Glance 173

    10 Physical Behaviour Over Time 175

    10.1 Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and reuse 175

    10.2 Basis of analysis 176

    10.3 Soiling and cleaning 177

    10.4 Durability of materials 178

    10.5 Movements in components 181

    10.6 Ground movement, settlement and subsidence 184

    10.7 Movement and detailing 185

    10.8 Wear of components 186

    Chapter 11 at a Glance 187

    11 Interface Design 189

    11.1 Interfaces 189

    11.2 The enclosure-services interface 190

    11.3 The enclosure-structure interface 192

    11.4 The structure-services interface 196

    11.5 Detailing interfaces 196

    Chapter 12 at a Glance 197

    12 Manufacture, Assembly and Disassembly 199

    12.1 Realisation of performance criteria 199

    12.2 Visualising stages and sequences 200

    12.3 Analysis of operations, methods and resources 202

    12.4 Materials and labour 204

    12.5 Production equipment 206

    12.6 Production options 210

    12.7 Knowledge and expertise for the analysis of the process 218

    Part II Choice 219

    Chapter 13 at a Glance 221

    13 Applying the Framework 223

    13.1 The need for an integrated approach 223

    13.2 Individual and collective choices 224

    13.3 The basis of the case studies 225

    13.4 The case studies 227

    Chapter 14 at a Glance 229

    14 Foundations: Do We Need to Dig a Hole? 231

    14.1 Structural integrity of foundations 231

    14.2 Foundation design 235

    14.3 Economics of foundations 242

    14.4 Exploring some scenarios 243

    Reflective exercises 245

    Chapter 15 at a Glance 247

    15 Walls: The Paradox of the Cavity Wall 249

    15.1 Walls by function 249

    15.2 General forms 250

    15.3 Walls in the case study 251

    15.4 Masonry cavity external walls 252

    15.5 Paradox 261

    Reflective exercises 263

    Chapter 16 at a Glance 265

    16 Openings: The Door and Window Performance Dilemma 267

    16.1 The hole in the external wall 267

    16.2 Doors and windows - the components in the openings 271

    16.3 How could we do things differently? 272

    Reflective exercises 274

    Index 277