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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface | |
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| Assembly of Building | |
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| Developments of Tall Buildings | |
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| Building Performance and System Integration | |
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| Cost, Quality and Time | |
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| Building Regulations and Control | |
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| Constraints and Resources | |
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| Environmental Requirements | |
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| Industrialisation | |
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| Sustainable Construction | |
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| Embodied energy | |
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| Green building materials | |
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| Robotics in Construction | |
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| References | |
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| Safety and Health | |
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| Accident Prevention | |
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| Safe Working Environment | |
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| Falls of person | |
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| Falling objects | |
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| Acts and Regulations | |
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| Safety and Health Management System | |
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| Risk Management | |
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| Risk Assessment | |
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| Review period | |
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| Record maintenance | |
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| Communication | |
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| Offences and penalties | |
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| References | |
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| Site Investigation | |
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| General | |
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| Information to be Retrieved | |
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| Stages of Site Investigation | |
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| Planning | |
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| Desk Study | |
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| Site Reconnaissance | |
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| Ground Investigation | |
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| Field tests | |
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| Subsurface mapping | |
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| Trial pitting | |
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| Exploratory boreholes | |
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| In situ testing | |
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| Laboratory tests | |
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| Site Works and Setting Out | |
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| References | |
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| Foundation | |
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| General | |
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| Soil Characteristics | |
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| Foundation Systems | |
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| Types of Foundation | |
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| Shallow Foundation | |
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| Deep Foundation | |
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| Caisson | |
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| Piles | |
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| Non-displacement pile | |
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| Bored pile | |
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| Barrette pile | |
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| Displacement piles | |
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| Precast reinforced concrete piles | |
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| Steel preformed piles | |
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| Composite piles | |
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| Driven in situ/cast-in-place piles | |
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| Pile Load Tests | |
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| Static load tests | |
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| Compression load test | |
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| Uplift pile load test | |
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| Dynamic load tests | |
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| References | |
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| Basement Construction | |
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| General | |
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| Construction Methods | |
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| Construction in excavations supported by sheet piling | |
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| Construction in excavations supported by reinforced concrete diaphragm wall | |
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| Construction in excavations supported by contiguous bored pile or secant pile wall | |
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| Control of Groundwater | |
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| Open Cut Technique | |
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| Cut and Cover Technique | |
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| Top Down Technique | |
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| Soil Movement Monitoring | |
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| Shoring | |
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| Underpinning | |
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| Basement Waterproofing | |
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| Membrane system | |
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| Integral system | |
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| Interior cavity and exterior drainage system | |
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| Joints and penetration | |
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| References | |
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| Materials Handling and Mechanisation | |
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| Materials Handling | |
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| Access considerations | |
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| Storage considerations | |
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| Classification of materials | |
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| Mechanisation | |
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| Earthmoving | |
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| Horizontal and vertical movements | |
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| Erection of Tower Cranes | |
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| Erection of Climbing Cranes | |
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| Factors Affecting the Selection and Location of Tower Cranes | |
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| Selection criterion for tower cranes | |
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| Location criterion for tower cranes | |
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| References | |
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| Wall and Floor Construction | |
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| Structural Systems | |
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| M&E Systems | |
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| Core Wall Construction | |
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| Slipform | |
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| Jumpform | |
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| Climbing form | |
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| Floor Construction | |
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| Flying form | |
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| False ceiling | |
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| Raised floor | |
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| Precast Prefabricated Elements | |
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| Advantages of precast/prefabrication | |
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| Disadvantages of precast/prefabrication | |
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| Construction process | |
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| Prestressed Elements | |
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| Advantages of prestressed concrete | |
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| Disadvantages of prestressed concrete | |
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| Pre-tensioning | |
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| Post-tensioning | |
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| On-site operation | |
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| Steel Structures | |
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| Structural steel frame | |
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| Steel decking | |
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| Concrete | |
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| Concrete admixtures | |
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| Batching plant | |
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| Ready-mixed concrete | |
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| Framework | |
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| Lateral pressure of fresh concrete | |
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| Column form | |
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| Wall form | |
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| Scaffoldings | |
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| Bintangor/bamboo scaffolds | |
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| Independent tied scaffolds | |
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| Couplers | |
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| Ties | |
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| References | |
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| External Wall Construction | |
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| General | |
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| Masonry Brickwall | |
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| Cast in situ RC Walls | |
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| Precast Concrete Panel | |
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| Glass reinforced polyester (GRP) | |
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| Glass reinforced concreted (GRC) | |
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| Curtain Walling | |
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| First generation (1800-1960) | |
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| Second generation (1960-1980) | |
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| Third generation (1980+) | |
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| Stick system | |
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| Unitised/panelised system | |
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| Water Penetration | |
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| Joints | |
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| Wind Pressures | |
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| References | |
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| Roof Construction | |
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| Structural Forms | |
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| Beams and Slabs | |
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| Flat Roofs | |
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| Lattice and Girder | |
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| Steel Sheet Roofs | |
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| Truss Roofs | |
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| Space Frames | |
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| Shell Roofs | |
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| Folded Plate Roofs | |
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| Cable Supported Roofs | |
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| Roof Decks | |
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| Installation process | |
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| Drainage and durability | |
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| Thermal properties | |
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| Glass Roof | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |