Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Cement grouts, 311
Central heating, 784 7
Centres, 359, 361
Certificates of ownership, 42, 46
Channel floor units, 674
Channelsstructural steel, 532 3
Checked rebates in walls, 365
Chemical dpc, 347 8
Chemical grouts, 311
Cheshire auger, 78
Chezy formula, 766
Chimney pot, 22, 805, 809
Chimneys, 801, 804 7
Chipboard, 653, 740
Circular bay window, 376
Circular column, 504
CI/SfB system, 68
Cisterns, 76972, 775, 780, 784 6
Cladding panels, 5956, 610 13
Clamp vibrator, 203
Classification of piled foundations, 228 9
Clay cutter, 230
Clear glass, 379
Client, 50
Climbing cranes, 193, 197
Climbing formwork, 256
Closed couple roof, 422
Code for Sustainable Homes, 62
Codes of Practice, 63
Cofferdams, 290 1
Coil wall ties, 255, 519 20
Cold bridging, 350, 384, 4889, 651
Cold deck/roof, 448, 450 1
Cold water installations, 767 70
Collar roof, 422, 436
Column design, 5067, 548
Column formwork, 517 18
Column to column connection, 523, 538
Column underpinning, 301
Columns, 504, 5334, 537 9
Combined column foundation, 225
Combined method, 475
Combined pad foundation, 214
Combined system, 759
Combustion air, 808
Communicating information:
bar chart, 34, 88
elevations, 23, 26
floor plans, 21, 23, 26, 41
isometric projection, 24
orthographic projection, 23
perspective projection, 25
sketches, 22
Compartment floor, 18, 513
Compartment wall, 18, 513, 627
Competent persons, 57


Complete excavation, 267
Completion certificate, 31
Composite beams and joists, 557 9
Composite boarding, 739 40
Composite floors, 499, 674
Composite lintels, 362
Composite panel, 598
Composite piled foundation, 241 2
Compound sections, 534, 676
Compressed strawboard, 739
Compressible joints, 594, 61012, 624,
701  2
Concrete:
admixtures, 272
beam design, 501 3
claddings, 607 13
columndesign, 506  7
floor screed, 656 7
mixers, 199 200
placing, 202 3
production, 284 9
pumps, 202
slab design, 501 3
stairs, 696 704
surface defects, 616
surface finishes, 614 15
test cubes, 109
testing, 110 12
Concrete production:
designated mix, 288
designed mix, 288
materials, 284
prescribed mix, 288
site storage, 90, 285
specification, 288
standard mix, 288
supply, 289
volume batching, 286
weight (weigh) batching, 287
Concreting, 198
Concreting plant, 199 204
Conductivity, 470 1
Conduit and fittings, 792 3
Conoid roof, 9, 582
Consolidation of soil, 87
Construction activities, 19, 34
Construction, Design and Management
Regs., 49 50
Construction joints, 135, 273, 624, 654
Construction Products Directive, 65
Construction Regulations, 49 50
Consumer control unit, 78891, 795 6
Contaminated subsoil, 318 19
Contiguous piling, 308
Continuous column foundations, 224
Contraction joints, 135, 624

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