Bolted connections, 5378, 541
Boltstypes, 541
Bonding, bricks, 323 9
Bonnet tiles, 431, 437
Boot lintels, 362
Bore hole, 72, 80
Borrowed light, 634
Bottom shore, 155
Bowstring truss, 573, 575
Box beam, 557
Box caisson, 292
Box pile foundation, 236, 240
Braced structures, 561
Breather membrane, 40910, 415, 430,
434 6
Bressummer beam, 666
Brick:
corbel, 3356, 805, 807
dentil, 336
dog-tooth, 336
infill panels, 597
internal walls, 621
jointing and pointing, 332
panel walls, 594
plinths, 334 5
purpose made, 334
retaining walls, 2489, 2523, 258 9
specials, 333 4
strength, 353 4
testing, 106
underpinning, 295 6
Brick bonding:
attached piers, 3256, 329
English bond, 323, 325, 761
Flemish bond, 326
principles, 324
quetta bond, 258 9
special bonds, 258, 3234, 327 8
stack bond, 328
stretcher bond, 324
zipper bond, 323
Brickwork cladding support, 595
Bridging of dpc’s, 349
British Standards, 63
Brown field, 318
Buckling factor, 507
Builders plant, 168 204
Building control, 56 8
Building Regulations, 53 61
Building Regulations:
application, 61
applied, 54
approval, 57
Approved Documents, 54
building notice, 56, 59
competent persons, 57compliance, 58
control, 56
exemptions, 60
full plans, 56, 59, 61
regularisation, 59
validation, 59
Building Research Establishment, 66
Building surveyor, 28 32
Built environment, 2 4
Built-up roofing felt, 448 51
Bulk density of soil, 86
Bulking of sand, 107
Bulldozer, 171
Busbar, 790 1
Butt weld, 540Cab crane control, 194
Cable sizing, 794
Caissons, 292 3
Calculatedbrickwork, 353 5
Calculation of storage space, 102
Camber arch, 359
Cantilever:
beam, 5, 500
foundations, 227
retaining wall, 254
scaffold, 150
stairs, 697, 703
structures, 560
Capita Group, 479
Cap tendons, 528
Carbon emissions, 32, 481 3
Carbon index, 481
Cartridge fuse, 794
Cased pile foundation, 241
Casein adhesive, 556
Casement windows:
ironmongery, 371
metal, 370, 384
timber, 368 9
Castellated beam, 535
Cast-in wall ties, 597
Cast insitu diaphragm walls, 270, 309
Cast insitu pile foundation, 244
Cast-on finishes, 615
Cavity barrier/closer, 350, 405, 434, 479,
489 90, 606, 627 8
Cavity fire stop, 627 8
Cavity tray, 222, 360 1
Cavity walls, 33843, 486 7
Cedar, 737
Ceilings:
plasterboard, 642, 725, 727
suspended, 726 9
Cellular basement, 269
Cement, 2845, 354, 356 7Index