Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

Controlling dimensions, 48

Controlling grid and lines, 47 8

Cooker circuit cable, 794

Coping stones, 248, 2523, 341

Corbelled brickwork, 3356, 805, 807

Core drilling, 79

Core structures, 561

Cored floor units, 674

CORGI, 479

Cor-ply beam, 557

Cornice, 736

Corrugated sheet, 564 8

Coulomb’s line, 86

Coulomb’s wedge theory, 264

Counter batten, 415, 430, 435 6

Couple roof, 422

Cove mouldings, 641, 725

Cover flashing, 806

CPI System of Coding, 67

Cracking in walls, 2078, 211

Cradles, 149

Crane operation, 194

Crane rail track, 196

Crane skips, 198, 201

Cranes, 186 97

Cranked slab stairs, 696, 702

Crawler crane, 190

Crib retaining wall, 260

Crosswall construction, 400 3

Crown hinges, 551

Curtain walling, 603 6

Curved laminated timber, 555

Curved tendons, 528

Cut and fill, 70, 278

Cylindershot water, 776

Dado panel and rail, 736

Damp proof course, 344 50

Damp proof course materials, 345 6

Damp proof membrane, 344, 351, 6478,

657

Datum, 125 30

Datum post, 125, 128

Dead loads, 356, 159, 218

Dead shoring, 1534, 159 60

Death Watch beetle, 463

Decorative suspended ceiling, 729

Decorative roof/wall tiles, 413

Deep basements, 270 1

Deep strip foundation, 213, 224

Defects in painting, 733

Deflection, 496, 546, 557, 665

Demolition, 162 6

Demountable partitions, 634 5

Dense monolithic concrete, 272

Dentil course, 336

Density of materials, 36, 470 1

Designer, 50

Desk study, 72

Dewatering, 302 6

Diaphragm floatvalve, 774

Diaphragm walls, 2701, 30910, 343

Diesel hammers, 246

Dimensional coordination, 47 8

Dimensionalgrids, 47  8

Direct cold water system, 769

Direct hot water system, 771

Displacement pile foundation, 228, 236 44

Disturbed soil sample, 734, 77

Documents for construction, 20

Dog leg stair, 693 4

Dog toothed brickwork, 336

Domelights, 593

Domes, 9, 578 9

Domestic drainage, 746 66

Domestic electrical installations, 788 96

Domestic floor finishes, 652 3

Domestic ground floors, 647 51

Domestic heating systems, 784 7

Doors:

external, 391 4

fire, 719 23

frames, 394, 717 22

glazed double swing, 724

industrial, 396 9

internal, 391, 715 24

ironmongery, 395

linings, 715, 717

performance, 391

sliding, 396 8

types, 392 3

Door set, 718 19

Dormer window, 419, 456 8

Double acting hammers, 246

Double action floor spring, 724

Double flying shore, 157

Double glazing, 369, 375, 381 5

Double hung sash windows, 367, 372 3

Double lap roof tiling, 4304, 437 8

Double lap wall tiling, 410 14

Double layer grids, 578

Double rafter roof, 423

Double swing doors, 724

Douglas fir, 737

Dovetail anchor slots, 594, 597

Draft for Development, 63

Draglines, 178

Drainage:

effluent, 746

gradient, 7634, 766

paved areas, 751

pipe sizes, 766

Index