Building Projects in China - A Manual for Architects and Engineers

By Bert Bielefeld, Lars-Phillip Rusch
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-05-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764374160
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764374167

Book Description:
Building Projects in China is the first publication on the book
market to give a comprehensive overview of the planning activities
of foreign architects in China. This practical handbook outlines
legal framework conditions, introduces the Chinese building market,
and gives practical descriptions of the execution of projects on
site. To complete the picture, international planning firms share
their experience on projects of the most various sizes and types in
China. What makes projects in China so challenging is the tension
between the traditional, historical planning environment of an Asian
big city and a modernity that is in many ways already ahead of the
Western world.
Interest in the Chinese building and planning market has been
steadily growing for many years. Now, for the first time, a
repository of knowledge as exhaustively researched as this one is
finally available.

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Building Construction Handbook

By Roy Chudley, Roger Greeno
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Pages: 736
Publication Date: 2006-04-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750668229
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750668224
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
Building Construction Handbook provides extensive coverage of
building construction practice, processes and techniques,
representing established procedures as well as those associated
with recent amendments to the Building Regulations, British and
European Standards and other related references. This approach,
combined with the presentation of information in a highly
illustrated and unique visual style, has proven this text to be
a vital learning resource for thousands of building construction
students, and an essential reference for professionals.
The sixth edition has been updated and expanded to take into
account many aspects of the new and revised Building Regulations
and associated Approved Documents as applied to working practice;
in particular, construction requirements for conserving and
economising energy and reducing atmospheric pollution (as this
relates to Building Regulations Part L Conservation of fuel and
power).
This new edition also develops existing topics, including
adaptation of buildings to ensure compatibility for the disabled,
further details of masonry construction, applications of steel
reinforcement to concrete, steel framed housing principles, sound
insulation and additional details of structural glazing. Throughout,
reference to supplementary regulations and standards are provided
for further reading, and where appropriate, design calculations are
included. Online lecture resources are provided, with power point
slides available for a selection of topics, featuring essential
illustrations for use with presentations and handouts.
The Handbook is an invaluable reference for students. It consolidates
several years of study material into one comprehensive volume,
suitable for a wide range of building and construction courses,
including NVQs in Construction and the Built Environment, BTEC
Nationals and Higher Nationals in Building Services Engineering,
Construction and Civil Engineering, as well as construction related
undergraduate degrees (such as Built Environment, Civil Engineering,
Building Surveying, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying,
Building, Architectural Technology and Facilities Management) and
professional examinations.
Roger Greeno is a well-known author of construction texts. He has
extensive practical and consultancy experience in the industry, in
addition to lecturing at several colleges of further and higher
education, and the University of Portsmouth. He has also examined for
City & Guilds, Edexcel, the Chartered Institute of Building and the
University of Reading.
Roy Chudleys books on Building Construction have helped thousands of
students gain their qualifications and pass exams. He was formerly a
Senior Lecturer at Guildford College.
* Topics presented in a highly visual and easy to understand layout
* The market-leading bestseller for construction practice guidance
* Ideal for students on general construction and building courses
* An essential reference for the industry
* Updated in line with revised Building Regulations
* Website resources for lecturers available

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From the Studio to the Streets - Service Learning in Planning and Architecture

By Mary C. Hardin
Publisher: Stylus Publishing
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2006-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1563771004
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781563771002

Book Description:
Architecture should be the ideal field of study for applying
to service learning since it requires mastery of theoretical
concepts for direct application to human situations and needs.
Though architecture has long fostered learning by doing, it is
only recently that the field’s hands-on aspects have been
subjected to more systematic appraisal. This book is the first
book to make a formal connection between service learning
pedagogy and architectural practice, and to address the related
issues, both professional and ethical. This book looks equally
at the emergence in the sixties of planning departments out of
schools of architecture, and at planning’s shift in orientation
away from “master planning,” elite designers, and signature
buildings to the mainstream acceptance of neighborhood-based
planning and socially engaged practice. This turn has led to far
more widespread adoption of service learning in planning programs.
The chapters in this book illustrate how service learning can be
used to develop a wide range of professional skills in students,
including land use and building condition surveys, zoning analysis,
demographic analysis, cost estimating, public presentation, site
planning, urban design, participatory design processes, public
workshops, and design charrettes as well as measured drawings of
existing buildings. The author demonstrates how community design
programs are more than service activities; and how they can be
models of interdisciplinary teamwork, often involving planners,
urban designers, and landscape architects as well as scholars and
researchers from related fields. The essays in this book offer
insights into both successful initiatives and roadblocks along the
way and address the practicalities of the use of this powerful
pedagogy.

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Managing Risk: in Construction Projects

Nigel J. Smith, Tony Merna, Paul Jobling "Managing Risk: in Construction Projects"
Wiley-Blackwell | 2006-03-03 | ISBN: 1405130121 | 256 pages | PDF | 1 MB

Written by a group of academics and practitioners, this guide is for construction practitioners having to manage real projects. It shows how the risk management process improves decision making in conditions of uncertainty.
This new edition includes the input of the Turnbull report, as well as to introduce the concept of corporate, strategic business, and project level risk.

The authors cover:
* a description of risk management and decision making in the context of a construction project
* the human dimension
* tools and techniques available to the risk analyst
* the problems of procurement and finance
* the practical application of risk analysis, including the principles of risk modelling and simulation, together wit case studies.

A thorough understanding of these concepts will provide the project manager with the basis for effective decision making.
From the reviews of the first edition:
'This book should be compulsory reading for all concerned with the management of risk in construction - whether academics or practitioners.'
Chartered Surveyor Monthly
'A valuable addition to the literature ... which helps condense, simplify and provide practical advice on how to implement risk management on construction projects.'

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Fire Safety Engineering

John A Purkiss, "Fire Safety Engineering"
Butterworth-Heinemann | 2006-12-07 | ISBN: 0750664436 | 424 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

Fire Safety Engineering: Design of Structures provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire.
The book covers everything from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures.
Focusing on the fire sections of the Structural Eurocodes, the book provides detailed design advice on each of the main structural elements such as concrete, steel, composite steel-concrete, timber, and masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass.

J. A Purkiss, Consultant, previously lectured Structural Engineering at Aston University. His main areas of research were the behaviour of concrete, concrete composite materials and concrete structures at elevated temperatures, the experimental determination of the effects of spalling and its modelling using coupled heat and mass transfer, the determination of the characteristics of fire damaged concrete structures.

* Design methods based on the fire sections of the new Structural Eurocodes
* Worked calculations and examples clearly illustrate the effect of temperature rise and structural performance of structural elements
* Essential reading for Structural Engineers, Building Designers, Architects, Fire Engineers and Building Control Officers

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Introduction to Residential Layout

By Mike Biddulph

Publisher: Architectural Press
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2006-12-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750662050
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750662055
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Introduction to Residential Layout is ideal for students and practitioners of urban design, planning, engineering, architecture and landscape seeking a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of designing and laying out residential areas.

Mike Biddulph provides a clear and coherent framework from which he offers comprehensive practical advice for designers of housing developments. Referring to a wealth of international examples, this is a richly illustrated, accessible resource covering the whole range of issues that should be considered by
anyone engaging in the planning and design of a new residential scheme.

A successful residential development must work on many levels - financial, social and environmental. This book includes analysis of commercial viability, the importance of place making, environmental sustainability and designing accessibility. Mike Biddulph details successful approaches to designing out crime and maximising permeability as part of an integrated approach to urban design.

Highly illustrated throughout, this work will show you how to turn design aspirations and principles into practical design solutions. Written without preconceptions, Introduction to Residential Design
highlights the strengths and weaknesses of particular design solutions to encourage both depth of thought and creativity.

Mike Biddulph is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at Cardiff University

* The only textbook that provides practical design advice sourced from principles of residential layout design
* Comprehensive coverage of urban design theory gives an ideal introduction to the subject
* Encompasses sustainability, accessibility and holistic design - all the key concerns in designing the built environment

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Materials for Architects and Builders, Third Edition

By Arthur Lyons

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750669403
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750669405
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Materials for Architects and Builders provides an introduction to a wide range of building materials. It explains in detail the manufacture, key physical properties, specification and uses of the standard building products, everything a student would need to know. The book also describes many recent technological innovations and rediscovered materials, reflecting an increased concern for environmental issues within the Industry.

This new edition has been completely updated to reflect the amended Building Regulations, the latest British and European Standards as well as incorporating current advice and information from the Building Research Establishment.

Dr Arthur Lyons is a teacher fellow and principal lecturer in building materials at the Leicester School of Architecture within the Faculty of Art and Design at De Montfort University, UK. He has taught the subject of building materials for thirty five years to a wide range of students within the built environment disciplines.

* The text covers the widest range of materials from standard products to ecofriendly materials and components
* Up-to-date with respect to the latest Building Regulations and European & British Standards.
* Well illustrated with many colour images showing typical use of the materials in high quality construction.

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Valode & Pistre Architects

By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2006-03-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764372001
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764372002
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

The firm of Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, which has been practicing for 25 years, entered upon a new phase of its career in 1992, when the architects — in cooperation with the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson — received the Equerre d’argent prize of the journal Le Moniteur for the L’Oréal corporate headquarters outside Paris. Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity. For some years, Valode & Pistre have not only been practicing in France, their native country, but also maintain offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Mexico, China, and elsewhere.

This book contains detailed presentations of 18 projects by Valode & Pistre, with documentation focusing on the specific working and design methods of the architects. Projects presented include the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France; the Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, Spain; a group of office and hotel towers in Beijing, China; and the Hyatt Hotel in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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