TY - BOOK AU - Barry, R. TI - Construction of buildings. Vol. 4 : multi-storey buildings, foundations and substructures, structural steel frames, floors & roofs, concrete, concrete structural frames, external walls and cladding of framed buildings SN - 0632039116 U1 - 690 PY - 1996/// CY - Oxford PB - Blackwell Science Ltd. N1 - CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONvii CHAPTER ONE FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES 1 Functional requirements - Foundations - Substructures CHAPTER TWO STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMES, FLOORS AND ROOFS 31 Functional requirements - Methods of design - Steel sections - Structural steel frames - Floors and roofs to structural steel frames - Functional requirements - Floor and roof construction - Fire safety CHAPTER THREE CONCRETE 74 Cement - Aggregates - Concrete mixes - Reinforcement - Formwork and falsework - Prestressed concrete - Lightweight concrete - Surface finishes of concrete CHAPTER FOUR CONCRETE STRUCTURAL FRAMES96 In situ cast frames - Floor construction - Precast reinforced concrete frames - Lift slab construction CHAPTER FIVEEXTERNAL WALLS AND CLADDING OF FRAMED BUILDINGS 116 Functional requirements - External walls and cladding - Solid and cavity walling - Facings applied to solid and cavity wall backing - Cladding panels - Glass fibre reinforced cement cladding panels (GRC) - Glass fibre reinforced polyester cladding (GRP) - Infill wall framing to a structural grid - Glazed wall systems - Glass - Sheet metal wall cladding - Sheet metal wall panels INDEX173 ER -