Building Construction Handbook, Eighth Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1
Structure (continued)
functions, 15 16
protection orders, 123
Strut design, 161, 631
Strutting of floors, 659
Stud partitions, 629 33
Subsoil:
drainage, 7478, 752
movements, 207 11
water, 70, 72, 80, 302
Substructure, 11
Sump pumping, 303
Supply and storage of concrete, 198
Supported static tower crane, 193, 195
Surcharging of soil, 313
Surface water, 302, 746, 749 53
Surface water removal, 749 51
Survey:
defects, 2832, 211
desk, 72
field, 72
site, 702, 74, 313, 318
structure, 28 32
thermographic, 484
walk-over, 72
Suspended ceilings, 726 9
Suspended scaffold, 149
Suspended structures, 560
Suspended timber ground floors, 647, 649
Suspended timber upper floors, 65863, 667
Sustainability, 62
Sustainable demolition, 166
Swivel skip dumper, 181

Tactile pavings, 138
Tamping board vibrator, 203
Tapered treads, 695, 698, 704, 706, 710 12
Teak, 738
Telephone installation, 811 12
Telescopic boom forklift truck, 182
Telescopic crane, 188
Temporary bench mark, 125, 127 9
Temporary exclusion of water, 303 6
Temporary services, 89
Tendons, 261, 526
Tenoning machine, 734
Test cubes, 109
Testing of materials, 106 19
Textured surfaces, 614
Thatched roof, 446
Theodolite, 127, 131
Thermal break, 384
Thermal bridging, 479, 488 90
Thermal conductivity, 468, 4704, 476
Thermal insulation, 467 91
Thermal resistance, 4679, 473 6

Thin grouted membranes, 307
Thinners, 730
Thirty minute fire door, 720
Three axle scraper, 172
Three centre arch, 359
Three pin portal frame, 549
Tile hanging/cladding, 410 15
Tilting drum mixer, 199 200
Tiltinglevel, 129
Timber:
beam design, 663 6
beam notching, 666
casement windows, 368 9
connectors, 575 6
doors, 3914, 3978, 7156, 718,
720  3
flat roofs, 417, 447 56
frame construction, 404 5
girders, 572
grade markings, 113
hardwoods, 738
joinery production, 734 8
pile foundation, 236 7
pitched roofs, 416, 41830, 4338,
440 1, 462
preservation, 122, 463 4
sizes and finishes, 120
softwoods, 737
stairs, 685 95
storage, 105
strength classes/properties, 114 15
stud partition, 629 31
trestle, 241
truss, 4245, 573 6
visual strength grading/characteristics,
116  19
Timbering trenches, 282 3
Tooled surface, 614
Toothed plate connector, 424, 575 6
Top shore, 155, 158
Towed scraper, 172
Tower cranes, 90, 186, 193 6
Tower scaffold, 145
Track mounted crane, 190
Tractor shovel, 174
TRADA, 55, 113
Traditional strip foundation, 213, 224
Traditional underpinning, 294 6
Translational dome, 9, 579
Translucent glass, 379
Transport vehicles, 180 1
Transporting concrete, 198, 201
Traveller, 1268, 764
Travelling tower crane, 193, 196
Tree protection, 123, 210
Treesfoundation damage, 208 9

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