Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

Scaffolding Systems ~ these are temporary stagings to provide safe access to and egress from a working platform. The traditional ...

Suspended Scaffolds ~ these consist of a working platform in the form of a cradle which is suspended from cantilever beams or ou ...

Cantilever Scaffolds ~ these are a form of independent tied scaffold erected on cantilever beams and used where it is impractica ...

Truss-out Scaffold ~ this is a form of independent tied scaffold used where it is impracticable, undesirable or uneconomic to bu ...

Gantries ~ these are elevated platforms used when the building being maintained or under construction is adjacent to a public fo ...

Shoring ~ this is a form of temporary support which can be given to existing buildings with the primary function of providing th ...

Dead Shores ~ these shores should be placed at approximately 2„000 c/c and positioned under the piers between the windows, any w ...

Raking Shoring ~ these are placed at 3„000 to 4„500 c/c and can be of single, double, triple or multiple raker format. Suitable ...

Flying Shores ~ these are placed at 3„000 to 4„500 c/c and can be of a single or double format. They aredesigned, detailed and c ...

Shoring ...

Unsymmetrical Flying Shores ~ arrangements of flying shores for unsymmetrical situations can be devised if the basic principles ...

Temporary Support Determination ~ the basic sizing of most temporary supports follows the principles of elementary structural de ...

Design calculations reference previous page. Timber strength class C22, See page 115 for data. BM =WL 4 =^393004 ¾^3000 = 294750 ...

Stability check using the example from previous page ~ Timber of strength classification C22 (see page 115): Modulus of elastici ...

Town and Country Planning Act ~ demolition is generally not regarded as development, but planning permission will be required if ...

Demolition -- Notice ...

Demolition ~ skilled and potentially dangerous work that should only be undertaken by experienced contractors. Types of demoliti ...

Generally ~ the reverse order of construction to gradually reduce the height. Where space in not confined, overturning or explos ...

Concept ~ to reduce waste by designing for deconstruction. Linear (wasteful, non-sustainable) process ~ Production and component ...

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