Contents Foreword by W. R. Rose Foreword by David R. Winson Preface Acknowledgements CHAPTER ONE SITE SETTING-OUT 1.1 Linear measurement 1.2 Straight lines 1.3 Right angles 1.4 Angles other than right angles 1.5 Circles, arcs, and segments 1.6 Datums 1.7 Levelling 1.8 Vertical setting-out CHAPTER TWOFENCES AND HOARDING 2.1 Fences 2.2 Hoarding 2.3 Signboards 2.4 Posts 2.5 Weathering and maintenance CHAPTER THREEFORMWORK (TEMPORARY WORK) 3.1 Design 3.2 Pre-cast work (mould boxes) 3.3 In situ formwork (shuttering) CHAPTER FOURTURNING PIECES AND ARCHED CENTRES UP TO 1-M SPAN 4.1 Methods of setting-out geometric arch shapes 4.2 Determining the length of radii by calculation to form an arc 4.3 Turning pieces 4.4 Centres 4.5 Centre construction 4.6 Erecting centres 4.7 Easing and striking CHAPTER FIVEGROUND FLOORS 82 5. 1 Construction of floors 5.2 Concrete floors incorporating timber 5.3 Thermal insulation 5.4 Flooring (decking) 5.5 Skirting board CHAPTER SIXSINGLE UPPER FLOORS 6.1 Floor joists 6.2 Trimming openings 6.3 Strutting 6.4 Notching joists 6.5 Flooring 6.6 Insulation 6.7 Safety CHAPTER SEVENSINGLE TIMBER FLAT ROOFS 7.1 Roof joists 7.2 Abutment to walls 7.3 Eaves treatment 7.4 Verge treatment 7.5 Roof anchorage 7.6 Roof decking 7.7 Stages of construction 7.8 Thermal insulation 7.9 Roof coverage CHAPTER EIGHTROOFS OF EQUAL PITCH 8.1 Roof terminology 8.2 Types of single-pitched roofs 8.3 Roof geometry 8.4 Double roof or purlin roof 8.5 Steel roofing square 8.6 Trussed roofs 8.7 Trussed-rafter roofs 8.8 Roof anchorage 8.9 Roof openings 8.10 Thermal insulation and ventilation 8.11Eaves details CHAPTER NINE PARTITIONS (NON-LOAD BEARING) 9. 1 Timber stud partitions 9.2 Proprietary partitions of panel construction 9.3 Insulation 162 9.4 Protection from fire CHAPTER TENSCAFFOLDING 10.1 Ladders 10.2 Trestle scaffold 10.3 Tubular scaffold 10.4 Ties 10.5 Access towers 10.6 System scaffold Inspection of scaffolding 10.7 Inspection of scaffolding