[PDF] Barry Advanced Construction of Buildings

Advanced Construction of Buildings Book Contents

• Introduction
• Offsite Construction
• Pile Foundations, Substructures, and Basements 
• Single‐Storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings
• Structural Timber Frames 
• Structural Steel Frames
• Structural Concrete Frames
• Envelopes to Framed Buildings
• Lifts and Escalators
• Fit Out and Second Fix
• Existing Buildings: Pathology, Upgrading, and Demolition

Preface to Barry Advanced Construction of Buildings PDF

Robin Barry’s Construction of Buildings first appeared in print in 1958 and eventually grew into five volumes. When I took on the task of revising and updating the Barry books, a decision was taken to condense the work into two volumes to make it more accessible to readers.

This was a big task and it required the input of a former colleague, Christopher Gorse, and the help of many individuals and companies, for which I remain extremely grateful.

Working on the books continues to be a process of addition and subtraction to keep the content topical and informative to a wide readership.

Now as a solo-authored work it has been possible to further simplify and clarify the content while making the latest round of revisions. This has resulted in the repositioning of material and new features, such as ‘How to navigate this book’ and the ‘At a glance’ fact sheets.

The repositioning of material, from one volume to another, and within volumes, has helped to ensure a more logical flow of information that better reflects the process of construction.

The main changes to each volume are as follows: The Introduction volume has retained the same chapter structure, with changes made within chapters to improve readability.

The introductory chapter has been rewritten to better explain the process of construction and to place greater emphasis on the environmental impact of construction.

The material on timber-framed construction has been moved to this volume, which has allowed for simplification, rewriting, and renaming of Chapter 5 to better reflect the content on loadbearing wall construction.

Scaffolding can now be found in the Introduction volume and the material on foundations has been restructured in both volumes to remove repetition.

This volume has been restructured. Offsite construction has been rewritten and moved to the front of the book (Chapter 2), as the majority of material in the volume is concerned with prefabricated and preassembled construction.

There is a new chapter on Framed Timber Construction (Chapter 5), thus the three main materials for framed construction – timber, concrete, and steel – are now in the same volume, making it easier for readers to draw comparisons.

The material relating to existing buildings, demolition, and recycling has been moved to Chapter 11, thus completing the entire building lifecycle. In making these revisions the original philosophy of Robin Barry – to address the functional requirements of building elements – has been retained.

Regardless of building type, the functional requirements for the main elements remain relevant. Similarly, the underpinning construction principles remain much the same, despite ever-changing building codes, regulations, guidance, and better awareness of the environmental impact of buildings.

Barry’s advanced construction of buildings PDF

Author(s): Barry, Robin; Emmitt, Stephen

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Year: 2019

ISBN: 9781118977125,1118977122,9781118977132,1118977130

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