Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

Excavating Plant ~ the choice of actual pieces of plant to be used in any construction activity is a complex matter taking into ...

Basement Construction ~ in the general context of buildings a basement can be defined as a storey which is below the ground stor ...

Deep Basement Construction ~ basements can be constructed within a cofferdam or other temporary supported excavation (see Baseme ...

Basement Construction ...

Waterproofing Basements ~ basements can be waterproofed by one of three basic methods namely:- 1. Use of dense monolithic concre ...

Joints ~ in general these are formed in basement constructions to provide for movement accommodation (expansion joints) or to cr ...

Mastic Asphalt Tanking ~ the objective of tanking is to provide a continuous waterproof membrane which is applied to the base sl ...

Internal Mastic Asphalt Tanking ~ this method should only be adopted if external tanking is not possible since it will not give ...

Drained Cavity System ~ this method of waterproofing basements can be used for both new and refurbishment work. The basic concep ...

Basements benefit considerably from the insulating properties of the surrounding soil. However, that alone is insufficient to sa ...

Excavation ~ to hollow out † in building terms to remove earth to form a cavity in the ground. NB. Water in Excavations † this s ...

Trench Excavations ~ narrow excavations primarily for strip foundations and buried services † excavation can be carried out by h ...

Excavations up to 2.5 m deep---Processes ...

All subsoils have different abilities in remaining stable during excavation works. Most will assume a natural angle of repose or ...

Temporary Support ~ in the context of excavations this is called timbering irrespective of the actual materials used. If the sid ...

Poling Boards ~ a form of temporary support which is placed in position against the sides of excavation after the excavation wor ...

shape, surface texture and grading (distributionshape, surface texture and grading (distribution of particle sizes) are factors ...

Cement ~ whichever type of cement is being used it must be properly stored on site to keep it in good condition. The cement must ...

Concrete Batching ~ a batch is one mixing of concrete and can be carried out by measuring the quantities of materials required b ...

Weight or Weigh Batching ~ this is a more accurate method of measuring materials for concrete than volume batching since it redu ...