Pitched trusses, 4245, 5623, 569 70
Pivot window, 367, 375
Placing concrete, 198
Plain tiles and tiling, 41014, 4304,
437 8
Planer, 734
Plank and pot floor, 674
Planning application, 42 6
Planning grid, 47
Plant:
bulldozer, 171
concreting, 198 204
considerations, 89, 168
costing, 169
cranes, 186 97
dumpers, 181, 201, 280
excavators, 1759, 280
forklift trucks, 182
graders, 173
hoists, 183 4
scrapers, 172
skimmers, 175
tractor shovel, 174
transport vehicles, 180 1
Plaster cove, 641, 725
Plaster finish, 6378, 642
Plasterboard, 470, 639 44
Plasterboard ceiling, 433, 4401, 476, 485,
683 4, 725
Plasterboard dry lining, 63941, 643 4
Plasters, 636
Plasticiser, 356
Platform floor, 684
Platform frame, 404
Plinths, 334 5
Plug wiring, 794
Plywood, 739
Pneumatic caisson, 293
Poker vibrator, 203
Poling boards, 282 3
Polyurethane paint, 730
Portal frames, 54952, 555
Portsmouth float valve, 774
Post-tensioned retaining wall, 259
Post-tensioning, 259, 528 9
Power circuit, 794 1
Power float, 204, 654 5
Precast concrete:
diaphragm wall, 310
floors, 6501, 673 7
frames, 521 4
portal frames, 550 1
stairs, 701 4
Preformed concrete pile, 238 9
Preservativetreatment,122, 4634, 556
Pressed steel lintels, 362, 365Pressure bulbs, 75 6
Prestressed concrete, 270, 362, 525 31
Pretensioning, 527
Primary elements, 12
Primatic cylinder, 776
Principal contractor, 50
Private sector building control, 57
Profile boards, 126 7
Profiled surface, 138, 493, 614
Program of work, 34
Programmer/controller, 787
Project co-ordinator, 50
Prop design, 1601, 631
Proportional area method, 474, 476
Propped structures, 5, 560
Protection orders, 123
Public and general use stairs, 709
Public utility services, 124
Published Document, 63
Pump sizing, 303
Purlin fixings, 5658, 570
Purlin roof, 421, 423
Purpose designed excavators, 175
Purpose made joinery, 735 6
Putlog scaffold, 141
Putty, 380
Pynford stool underpinning, 299Quarter sawn timber, 554
Quarter space landing, 693
Quetta bond, 258 9Radiators, 784 7
Radius of gyration, 547
Radon, 351
Raft basements, 269
Raft foundations, 2223, 226
Rail tracks for cranes, 196
Rainscreen cladding, 596, 600
Rainwater drainage, 74951, 754 6
Raised access floor, 678
Raking shore, 153, 155, 158
Raking struts, 1567, 267
Rankine’s formula, 263
Rat trap bond, 327
Ready mixed concrete, 289
Ready mixed concrete truck, 201, 289
Ready mixed mortar, 357
Redwood, 737
Reinforced concrete:
beams, 500 2
column design, 506 7
columns, 504 7
floors, 499, 668 72
formwork, 498, 51418, 700Index