Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

INDEX


Access for disabled, 492 4
Access to sites, 88
Accommodation on sites, 89 90
Active earth pressures, 251, 263 4
Adhesives, 556
Admixtures, 272, 356
Aerated concrete floor units, 673
Aggregate samples, 108
Air lock hopper, 230
Air test, 765, 783
Air tightness, infiltration and permeability,
477, 480, 4834, 491, 559
Alternating tread stair, 692
Aluminium alloy infill panels, 598
Aluminium alloy windows, 382, 384
Anchor bars, 500
Anchor straps, 462, 660
Anchorages, 270, 5279, 531, 588
Angle Piling, 300
Angledozers, 171
Angles:
structural steel, 532 3
surveying, 131
Angles of repose, 250, 2634, 279, 281
Annexed buildings, 330 1
Anti-shear studs, 499
Apex hinges, 551
Approved Documents, 53 5
Approved inspector, 53, 56 8
Apron cladding panels, 608
Apron flashing, 806 7
Arches, 358 61
Asphalt tanking, 274 5
Asymmetric beam, 677
Attached piers, 3256, 329 30
Augers, 78, 232 4
Automatic level, 129
Axial grid, 48
Axonometric projection, 24


Backacter/hoe, 33, 170, 177, 179, 268
Backgutter, 806
Backshore, 155
Balanced flue, 799
Balloon frame, 404
Balusters, 685, 68891, 6945, 698, 704,
706, 708


Balustrade, 13, 6989, 704, 706 8
Bar chart, 34, 88
Bargeboard, 565
Barrel vaults, 9, 580 2
Basement excavation, 265 8
Basement insulation, 277
Basement waterproofing, 272 6
Basements, 54, 265 77
Basic forms and types of structure, 5 10
Basicformwork, 514  20
Basic module grid, 47
Basic roof forms, 417 19
Basins, 778
Batch mixers, 199 200
Baths, 779
Bay window, 376
Beam and block floor, 6501, 674
Beam and pot floor, 674
Beam and slab raft, 226
Beam formwork, 515 17
Beam to column connection, 524, 537 8
Beam design:
concrete, 501 3
steel, 544 6
timber, 663 6
Beams, 500, 5334, 5534, 5579, 666,
676  7
Bearing piles, 228
Beech, 738
Belfast truss, 573 5
Benchmark, 71, 125, 127 30
Bending moment, 544, 549, 664
Bentonite, 231, 309 10
Bib tap, 774
Binder, 730
Binders/bindingreinforcement, 226, 500,
504  6
Binders/bindingshoring, 155, 267
Birdcage scaffold, 148
Block bonding, 621
Block plan, 27, 42
Block walls, 621 5
Blockboard, 739
Bloom base, 225, 539
Boarded web girder, 557
Bolection moulding, 736
Bolt box, 522, 537, 539
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