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Aimed specifically at those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of building construction as part of a wider sphere of professional activity.
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of modern construction and services. In addition most chapters contain information on earlier construction techniques to reflect the age profile fo the UK housing stock.
This fourth edition has a revised text and hundreds of revised graphics, new illustrations and photos, an additional chapter on concrete housing, and an eight page colour section showing a series of photographs of a modern housing development.
This book is the recommended construction text at a number of colleges and universities. It concentrates on principles and practice rather than details and regulations. In doing so it should enable the reader to demonstrate a comprehensive and genuine understanding of modern house construction and its evolution over the last 100 years.
* An extensive and comprehensive introduction to modern construction
* New illustrations and photos
* Eight page colour section
The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of modern construction and services. In addition most chapters contain information on earlier construction techniques to reflect the age profile fo the UK housing stock.
This fourth edition has a revised text and hundreds of revised graphics, new illustrations and photos, an additional chapter on concrete housing, and an eight page colour section showing a series of photographs of a modern housing development.
This book is the recommended construction text at a number of colleges and universities. It concentrates on principles and practice rather than details and regulations. In doing so it should enable the reader to demonstrate a comprehensive and genuine understanding of modern house construction and its evolution over the last 100 years.
* An extensive and comprehensive introduction to modern construction
* New illustrations and photos
* Eight page colour section
About the Author
Has been involved with building all of working life. Spent several years on site, working on new and old buildings, before becoming a building surveyors and, eventually a teacher
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have got a number of constuction books in my arsenal to help me through the construction of a house extension - this one is the one I turn to first. Covering all the stages of building in a very clear but suffciently detailed way, it has been enough to guide me through various stages of the build with no extra help. What you don't find in these pages you'll only get in the Building regs themselves (which I recommend you get!).
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you're buying a house, building one, or simply don't know your pargetting from your parapets, then this book is for you. It's thin enough that you can read it, yet the large format allows for several line drawings on every page. Reading this book taught me more than any other pile of textbooks about how houses were put together, how they fall apart and how to put them back again. It's a paragon of clear and legible writing and the scope covers all those types of building work that you're likely to encounter in UK domestic housing; from early-Victoriana to modern insulation systems. No longer need you be baffled by batts or fail to understand a U value. Highly recommended, and the best bargain anyone buying a house more than 10 years old could find.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think this book is a very good book for construction students, it has everything in it from foundations to the roofs of a building. it also has alot of good diagrams in it, which is useful in the construction tecnology lesson at uni or at college. This is a must buy book
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