fundamentals of building construction materials and methods pdf

www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Preface to the Sixth Edition Chapter 1: Making Buildings LEARNING TO BUILD BUILDINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT THE WORK OF THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL THE WORK OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL TRENDS IN THE DELIVERY OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Chapter 2: Foundations and Sitework FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS EARTH MATERIALS EARTHWORK AND EXCAVATION FOUNDATIONS PROTECTING FOUNDATIONS FROM WATER, HEAT FLOW, AND RADON GAS SITEWORK DESIGNING FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATION DESIGN AND THE BUILDING CODE Chapter 3: Wood TREES LUMBER WOOD PRODUCTS PLASTIC LUMBER WOOD PANEL PRODUCTS www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com WOOD CHEMICAL TREATMENTS WOOD FASTENERS PREFABRICATED WOOD COMPONENTS TYPES OF WOOD CONSTRUCTION Chapter 4: Heavy Timber Frame Construction FIRE-RESISTIVE HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION HEAVY TIMBER IN OTHER CONSTRUCTION TYPES LATERAL BRACING CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER CONSTRUCTION ACCOMMODATING BUILDING SERVICES WOOD-CONCRETE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION LONGER SPANS IN HEAVY TIMBER HEAVY TIMBER AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF HEAVY TIMBER FRAMING Chapter 5: Wood Light Frame Construction HISTORY PLATFORM FRAME FOUNDATIONS FOR LIGHT FRAME STRUCTURES BUILDING THE FRAME VARIATIONS ON WOOD LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION WOOD LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF WOOD LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION Chapter 6: Exterior Finishes for Wood Light Frame Construction PROTECTION FROM THE WEATHER ROOFING WINDOWS AND DOORS SIDING CORNER BOARDS AND EXTERIOR TRIM SEALING EXTERIOR JOINTS EXTERIOR PAINTING, FINISH GRADING, AND LANDSCAPING EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com Chapter 7: Interior Finishes for Wood Light Frame Construction COMPLETING THE BUILDING ENCLOSURE WALL AND CEILING FINISH MILLWORK AND FINISH CARPENTRY FLOORING AND CERAMIC TILE WORK FINISHING TOUCHES Chapter 8: Brick Masonry HISTORY MORTAR BRICK MASONRY MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION Chapter 9: Stone and Concrete Masonry STONE MASONRY CONCRETE MASONRY OTHER TYPES OF MASONRY UNITS MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION Chapter 10: Masonry Wall Construction TYPES OF MASONRY WALLS SPANNING SYSTEMS FOR MASONRY BEARING WALL CONSTRUCTION DETAILING MASONRY WALLS SOME SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF MASONRY CONSTRUCTION MASONRY PAVING MASONRY AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF MASONRY Chapter 11: Steel Frame Construction HISTORY THE MATERIAL STEEL JOINING STEEL MEMBERS DETAILS OF STEEL FRAMING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com FIRE PROTECTION OF STEEL FRAMING LONGER SPANS AND HIGH-CAPACITY COLUMNS IN STEEL INDUSTRIALIZED SYSTEMS IN STEEL STEEL AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF STEEL Chapter 12: Light Gauge Steel Frame Construction THE CONCEPT OF LIGHT GAUGE STEEL CONSTRUCTION LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING OTHER USES OF LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING INSULATING LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAME STRUCTURES ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF STEEL FRAMING LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING AND THE BUILDING CODES FINISHES FOR LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING Chapter 13: Concrete Construction HISTORY CEMENT AND CONCRETE MAKING AND PLACING CONCRETE FORMWORK REINFORCING CONCRETE CREEP PRESTRESSING ACI 301 INNOVATIONS IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Chapter 14: Sitecast Concrete Framing Systems CASTING A CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE CASTING A CONCRETE WALL CASTING A CONCRETE COLUMN ONE-WAY FLOOR AND ROOF FRAMING SYSTEMS TWO-WAY FLOOR AND ROOF FRAMING SYSTEMS OTHER USES OF SITECAST CONCRETE SITECAST POSTTENSIONED FRAMING SYSTEMS SELECTING A SITECAST CONCRETE FRAMING SYSTEM INNOVATIONS IN SITECAST CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com LONGER SPANS IN SITECAST CONCRETE DESIGNING ECONOMICAL SITECAST CONCRETE BUILDINGS SITECAST CONCRETE AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF SITECAST CONCRETE Chapter 15: Precast Concrete Framing Systems PRECAST, PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ASSEMBLY CONCEPTS FOR PRECAST CONCRETE BUILDINGS MANUFACTURE OF PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS JOINING PRECAST CONCRETE MEMBERS COMPOSITE PRECAST/SITECAST CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS PRECAST CONCRETE AND THE BUILDING CODES UNIQUENESS OF PRECAST CONCRETE Chapter 16: Roofing LOW-SLOPE ROOFS STEEP ROOFS COOL ROOFS GREEN ROOFS PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS ROOFING AND THE BUILDING CODES Chapter 17: Glass and Glazing HISTORY THE MATERIAL GLASS GLAZING GLASS AND ENERGY GLASS AND THE BUILDING CODES Chapter 18: Windows and Doors WINDOWS DOORS OTHER WINDOW AND DOOR REQUIREMENTS Chapter 19: Designing Exterior Wall Systems www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXTERIOR WALL CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO WATERTIGHTNESS IN THE EXTERIOR WALL SEALING JOINTS IN THE EXTERIOR WALL LOADBEARING WALLS AND CURTAIN WALLS THE EXTERIOR WALL AND THE BUILDING CODES Chapter 20: Cladding with Masonry and Concrete MASONRY VENEER CURTAIN WALLS STONE CURTAIN WALLS PRECAST CONCRETE CURTAIN WALLS EXTERIOR INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEM KEEPING WATER OUT WITH MASONRY AND CONCRETE CLADDING Chapter 21: Cladding with Metal and Glass ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS ALUMINUM AND GLASS FRAMING SYSTEMS DOUBLE-SKIN FACADES SLOPED GLAZING THE CURTAIN WALL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS METAL PANEL CLADDING Chapter 22: Selecting Interior Finishes INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES THE SEQUENCE OF INTERIOR FINISHING OPERATIONS SELECTING INTERIOR FINISHES TRENDS IN INTERIOR FINISH SYSTEMS Chapter 23: Interior Walls and Partitions TYPES OF INTERIOR WALLS FRAMED PARTITION SYSTEMS MASONRY PARTITION SYSTEMS WALL AND PARTITION FACINGS Chapter 24: Finish Ceilings and Floors FINISH CEILINGS www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com TYPES OF CEILINGS FINISH FLOORING TYPES OF FINISH FLOORING MATERIALS FLOORING THICKNESS Appendix Glossary Index Cross-Merchandising Advertisements www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com 10 www.TechnicalBooksPDF.com gypsum board masonry plaster sequence of construction types See also Interior finishes Passive House standard Payment bond Penny (d) Performance bond Permeable unit paving Phased construction Phenol-formaldehyde Piles See Foundations, piles Pill test Plaster and plastering gypsum on gypsum lath history on masonry on metal lath ornament portland cement (stucco) resistance to fire textures trim accessories veneer See also Lath Plastic glazing Plastic limit, of soil Plastic lumber See also Wood-plastic composite Plastics in building construction Platform framing See also Wood light frame construction Plumbing: commercial residential Plywood Exposure Exterior hardwood high-density overlay (HDO) medium-density overlay (MDO) 1736 production veneer grades See also Wood panels Pneumatic structure Poke-through fittings Porous unit paving See Permeable unit paving Portland cement plaster See Stucco Pozzolan Prefabrication: brick panel cladding heavy timber roof panels shear panels steel components steel, light gauge, components stone panel cladding wood components wood headers Pressure-equalized wall design, see Rainscreen cladding Precast concrete, see Concrete, precast Prestress, concrete Protected membrane roof (PMR) PSL See Parallel strand lumber Q Quarry tile Quartz building stone Quoins R Radiant barriers Rainscreen cladding and cavity wall with curtain wall with panel cladding with wood siding with stucco Radon gas: and brick masonry and concrete and foundations and interior finishes and stone masonry 1737 Rafter, wood Rammed aggregate pier sustainability RBM See Brick masonry, reinforced Relative humidity Resilient flooring Retaining walls Rivets: sheet metal steel 435 timber Rock anchors Roll roofing Roofing and building codes cool fire criteria green and photovoltaic systems sustainability See also Roofing, low-slope; Roofing, steep Roofing, low-slope air barrier ballast decks details drainage insulation membranes for minimum slope ponding traffic decks vapor retarders ventilation Roofing, steep decks eaves and rakes gutters and downspouts ice barrier (ice and water shield) ice dam minimum slopes skip sheathing 1738 underlayment unventilated ventilated See also particular roofing materials Roofing felt air permeance Room fire growth contribution (NFPA 265) RSI-value conversion to U.S customary units See also R-value Rubber, synthetic Rubberized underlayment See also Roofing, steep, ice barrier Rubble stone masonry R-value of example wood framed wall systems of insulating materials of rigid roofing insulation materials S Safing SCOF See Static coefficient of friction Screws, wood and lag Screw slots and screw ports Scupper Sealants and sealant joints in exterior wood light frame construction gunnable joint design solid Seismic base isolation Self-adhering flashing Sequential construction SFRM See Spray-applied fire-resistive materials Shaft walls See Fire-rated walls and partitions Shear walls: in heavy timber construction in steel frame construction in precast concrete construction in wood light frame construction Sheeting, sheet piling bracing of Sheet metal See Metals in architecture 1739 Sheet metal roofing See Architectural sheet metal roofing Shotcrete slope support Siding artificial stone board fiber-cement panel masonry veneer metal and plastic plywood rainscreen shingle stucco Sill seal Single-ply membrane roofing Single-purpose entity SIP See Structural insulated panel Slab on grade, concrete casting isolation joint Slate building stone Slate roofing Slip resistance of floors Slurry wall Smoke barriers and smoke partitions See Fire-rated walls and partitions Smoke-developed rating plastics Slope support See Excavation support Slump test Soffit vent Softwoods, and hardwoods Soil liquefaction Soil mixing Sustainability Soil nailing Soil testing Soils, see Earth materials Soldering Soldier beams and lagging Sound attenuation blanket See Acoustic insulation Sound transmission class (STC) of floor-ceiling assemblies 1740 of gypsum board partitions of masonry walls of plaster partitions Space frame (space truss) concrete Specifications Split-ring connector Spray-applied fire-resistive materials (SFRM) Staggered truss Stainless steel Stains Stair: concrete, cast in place concrete, precast enclosure, fire-rated finishes, fire criteria glass opening, steel framed opening, wood framed proportioning steel stone terminology wood Static coefficient of friction (SCOF) Standing seam sheet metal roofing Steel cast steel cold-worked steel steelmaking alloys See also Steel frame construction Steel frame construction arches architectural structural steel bolts and the building codes castellated beam comparative structural properties composite construction concrete decks connections, beam-to-column 1741 connections, column erector fabricator fire protection framing plan history industrialized systems lateral stability metal decking plate girders preliminary design rigid frames rivets roof decking shear and moment connections space frame structural shapes sustainability tensile structures trusses trusses, staggered uniqueness welding See also Open-web steel joists Steel studs See also Light gauge steel frame construction Steiner tunnel test Stone cladding See also Stone masonry; Stone wall facing Stone flooring Stone masonry anchoring comparative physical properties of stone mortar joints quarrying and milling of stone sealant joints selecting stone for buildings stonework sustainability types of building stone See also Cladding, masonry and concrete; Masonry construction; Mortar Stone wall facing Strandboard panels Stressed-skin panel 1742 Structural composite lumber See Lumber, structural composite Structural insulated panel (SIP) Structural panel metal roofing Stucco Stud, wood Subcontractor Substructure Subsurface exploration Superinsulation Superstructure Surety bond Sustainability T Tensile structures Terra cotta Terrazzo Thatch (roofing) Thermal break: aluminum windows and extrusions controlling the conduction of heat curtain wall exterior wall furring in insulating glass unit spacers in light gauge steel frame construction sloped glazing steel and bronze window Thermal expansion of materials See Expansion of materials, thermal coefficients Thermal insulation See Insulation, thermal Thermal resistance See R-value Thermoplastic materials roof membranes Thermosetting materials powder coatings single-ply roof membranes Tile See Ceramic tile; Quarry tile Tilt-up construction See Concrete, sitecast, tilt-up Timber rivet connector Timber frame construction, see Heavy timber frame construction Tin Titanium Toothed plate connectors 1743 Traffic coating Travertine building stone Trees Trusses: sitecast concrete heavy timber light gauge steel steel, structural wood light frame See also Open-web steel joists Tuckpointing, mortar joint Turnkey construction Type I Ecolabel Type II Self-Declared Environmental Claim Type III Environmental Impact Label U U-factor: curtain wall glazing window Underfloor services Underlayment, flooring cement panel self-leveling wood panel See also Acoustic underlayment Underlayment, roofing See also Roofing, steep, ice barrier Underpinning Uniformat Unit conversions Up-down construction V Vacuum-insulated glazing Vacuum insulation panel Vapor barrier, see Vapor retarder Vapor permeability, vapor permeance Vapor retarder aluminum foil with concrete slab on grade in curtain wall spandrel glass 1744 and deterioration of paints and coatings and durable construction in exterior wall system foil-backed gypsum board in low-slope roofing in steep roofing in wood light frame construction Vault: brick masonry concrete gypsum board heavy timber historic masonry and concrete horizontal thrust plaster structural steel Veneer, wood Veneer plaster Vent spacers Volatile organic compound (VOC): and ceiling and floor finishes and gypsum products and insulation materials in paints and coatings and roofing W Water-cement ratio (w-c ratio) Waterproofing and drainage, foundation Water repellents, masonry integral Waterstop Water vapor and air barriers and exterior wall design and low-slope roofing and masonry construction and paints and rainscreen cladding and roofing underlayment soil and unventilated roofs 1745 and vapor retarders See also Humidity Water vapor and condensation and air leakage in roofing in soils in wall assemblies Weeps EIFS glazing system masonry cavity retaining wall Welded wire reinforcing (WWR) in concrete slab on grade in concrete slab on steel deck in precast concrete Welding: architectural metals structural steel Wind-borne debris, and window impact resistance Wind load Windows aluminum frame blast resistance glazing installation for light wood frame construction muntins plastic frame 761 glass-fiber-reinforced plastic frame safety considerations steel and bronze frame structural performance sustainability thermal expansion of frame materials, comparative thermal performance thermal performance, comparative types wood frame Wind washing Wood adhesives 1746 chemical treatments decay-resistant environmentally certified fasteners preservative-treated sustainability veneer wood-plastic composite See also Lumber; Trees; Wood panels Wood flooring Wood light frame construction balloon frame and the building codes floor framing foundations framing, general framing for increased thermal efficiency framing for optimal lumber usage history lateral stability nailing platform frame prefabrication preliminary design roof framing subflooring sustainability uniqueness wall framing Wood panels adhesives bond classification composite Exposure Exterior and formaldehyde nonveneered performance category prefabricated specifying structural underlayment 1747 See also specific panel types Wood shakes Wood shingles Wrought iron WWR See Welded wire reinforcing Wythe, masonry Z Z-flashing Zinc Zoning ordinances 1748 If you enjoyed this book, you may also like these: The Architect's Studio Companion 5e, by Edward Allen, Joseph Iano Learn more Form and Forces, by Edward Allen, Waclaw 1749 Zalewski, Boston Structures Group Learn more Architectural Detailing 2e, by Edward Allen, Patrick Rand Learn more 1750 ... trips, and other enrichments Gaining a useful knowledge of the materials and methods of building construction is crucial and a necessity for the student of architecture, engineering, or construction, ... to get involved in the art and practice of building In the meantime, this long and hopefully enjoyable process of education in the materials and methods of building construction can begin with... provisions of the code, the maximum permitted size for a building of any particular use and type of construction can be determined Figure 1.3 Height and area limitations of buildings of various types of