Slab base, 539
Slates and slating, 441 5
Slenderness ratio, 1601, 355, 547
Sliding doors, 396 8
Sliding sash windows, 372 4
Slump test, 109
Slung scaffold, 148
Small diameter piled foundation, 221,
229 32
Smoke seal, 722
Smoke test, 783
Snow loading, 218, 544
Soakaway, 756
Soakers, 41112, 438, 444, 806
Socket outlets, 794 5
Softwoods, 737
Soil:
assessment, 81 7
classification, 813, 217
investigation, 709, 313
nailing, 261
particle size, 81
samples, 73
stabilization and improvement, 313 17
testing, 81 7
washing, 319
Solid block walls, 337, 622, 6246, 680 2
Solid brick walls, 32331, 626 7
Solid slab raft, 226
Solvent, 730
Sound insulating:
floors, 680, 683 4
walls, 680 2
Sound insulation, 679 84
Sound reduction, 381, 679
Space deck, 10, 577
Space frame, 10, 578
Spindle moulder, 734
Spine beam stairs, 703
Spiral stair, 695, 698, 704, 706, 713 14
Splice joint, 552
Splicing collar, 238 9
Split barrel sampler, 83
Split load consumer unit, 791
Split ring connector, 576
Spruce, 737
Stack bond, 328
Stairs:
alternating tread, 692
balusters, 685, 68891, 6945, 698, 704,
706, 708
balustrade, 13, 6989, 704, 706 8
formwork, 700
handrail, 6856, 688, 690, 6935,
698 9, 7046, 708, 710 11
insituRC, 696 700
metal, 705 7
open riser, 6902, 695, 703
precast concrete, 701 4
public, 709
timber, 685 95
Standard Assessment Procedure, 32, 477,
481
Standard dumper, 181, 201
Standing crane skip, 198
Star rating, 62
Steel:
beam, 5335, 538, 676 7
beam design, 544 6
bolt connections, 541
cold rolled sections, 532
column, 533 4
column design, 547
compound sections, 534, 676
fire protection, 542 3
frame construction, 406 7
gantry girder, 534
grillage, 225
hot rolled sections, 533
lattice beams, 536
portal frames, 552
roof trusses, 5623, 566, 569 71
screw pile, 240
sheet piling, 290 1
standard sections, 532 3
string stairs, 707
tube pile, 241
web lattice joist, 559
welding, 539 40
Stepped barrel vault, 582
Stepped flashing, 438, 807
Stepped foundation, 219
Stock holding policy, 103
Stop valve, 76770, 774
Storage of materials, 90, 1005,
284 5
Storey height cladding, 613
Straight flight stairs, 68592, 701
Straight line costing, 169
Straight mast forklift truck, 182
Strand, 526
Strawboard, 739
Stress reduction in walls, 355
Stretcher bond, 258, 324
String beam stair, 697
Strip foundations, 213, 216 19
Stripboard, 739
Structural glazing, 601 2
Structural grid, 47
Structure:
basic forms, 7 10
basic types, 5 6Index