Acknowledgement |
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Assembly of Building |
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1.1 Development of Tall Buildings |
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1.2 Building Performance and System Integration |
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1.3 Cost, Quality and Time |
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1.4 Building Regulations and Control |
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10 | (1) |
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1.5 Constraints and Resources |
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11 | (1) |
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1.6 Environmental Requirements |
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12 | (1) |
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1.8 Sustainable Construction |
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16 | (2) |
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1.8.2 Green building materials |
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18 | (3) |
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1.9 Robotics in Construction |
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21 | (6) |
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24 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Safety and Health |
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27 | (3) |
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2.2 Safe Working Environment |
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30 | (4) |
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34 | (3) |
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2.4 Safety and Health Management System |
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38 | (5) |
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2.6.4 Offences and penalties |
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Chapter 3 Site Investigation |
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3.2 Information to be Retrieved |
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3.3 Stages of Site Investigation |
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46 | (1) |
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3.7.1.1 Subsurface mapping |
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3.7.1.3 Exploratory boreholes |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (1) |
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3.8 Site Works and Setting Out |
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60 | (9) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (5) |
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4.8.1 Non-displacement pile |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (19) |
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128 | (1) |
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4.8.2.1 Precast reinforced concrete piles |
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4.8.2.2 Steel preformed piles |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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4.8.2.4 Driven in situ/cast-in-place piles |
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135 | (9) |
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144 | (11) |
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4.9.1.1 Compression load test |
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145 | (4) |
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4.9.1.2 Uplift pile load test |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Basement Construction |
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155 | (78) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (16) |
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5.2.1 Construction in excavations supported by sheet piling |
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156 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Construction in excavations supported by reinforced concrete diaphragm wall |
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158 | (10) |
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5.2.3 Construction in excavations supported by contiguous bored pile or secant pile wall |
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168 | (3) |
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5.3 Control of Groundwater |
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171 | (12) |
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183 | (2) |
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5.5 Cut and Cover Technique |
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185 | (5) |
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190 | (6) |
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5.7 Soil Movement Monitoring |
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196 | (13) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (9) |
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5.10 Basement Waterproofing |
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220 | (13) |
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221 | (1) |
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5.10.3 Interior cavity and exterior drainage system |
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221 | (5) |
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5.10.4 Joints and penetration |
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229 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 Materials Handling and Mechanisation |
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6.1.1 Access considerations |
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6.1.2 Storage considerations |
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6.1.3 Classification of materials |
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238 | (18) |
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239 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Horizontal and vertical movements |
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242 | (14) |
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6.3 Erection of Tower Cranes |
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256 | (2) |
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6.4 Erection of Climbing Cranes |
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258 | (2) |
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6.5 Factors Affecting the Selection and Location of Tower Cranes |
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260 | (7) |
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6.5.1 Selection criterion for tower cranes |
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260 | (3) |
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6.5.2 Location criterion for tower cranes |
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265 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Wall and Floor Construction |
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267 | (66) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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7.3 Core Wall Construction |
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270 | (5) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (1) |
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275 | (8) |
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275 | (7) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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7.5 Precast Prefabricated Elements |
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283 | (17) |
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7.5.1 Advantages of precast/prefabrication |
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285 | (2) |
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7.5.2 Disadvantages of precast/prefabrication |
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287 | (1) |
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7.5.3 Construction process |
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287 | (13) |
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300 | (7) |
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7.6.1 Advantages of prestressed concrete |
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7.6.2 Disadvantages of prestressed concrete |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (4) |
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7.7.1 Structural steel frame |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (4) |
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7.8.1 Concrete admixtures |
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311 | (1) |
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7.8.3 Ready-mixed concrete |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (5) |
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7.9.1 Lateral pressure of fresh concrete |
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315 | (2) |
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319 | (14) |
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7.10.1 Bintangor/bamboo scaffolds |
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321 | (1) |
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7.10.2 Independent tied scaffolds |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (6) |
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330 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 External Wall Construction |
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333 | (28) |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (1) |
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8.3 Cast in situ RC Walls |
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336 | (1) |
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8.4 Precast Concrete Panel |
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337 | (3) |
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8.4.1 Glass reinforced polyester (GRP) |
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339 | (1) |
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8.4.2 Glass reinforced concrete (GRC) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (10) |
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8.5.1 First generation (1800-1960) |
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340 | (3) |
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8.5.2 Second generation (1960-1980) |
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8.5.3 Third generation (1980+) |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (4) |
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8.5.5 Unitised/panelised system |
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350 | (6) |
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358 | (3) |
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359 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Roof Construction |
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361 | (42) |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (3) |
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364 | (3) |
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370 | (7) |
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377 | (3) |
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380 | (1) |
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9.10 Cable Supported Roofs |
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380 | (8) |
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388 | (7) |
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9.11.1 Installation process |
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390 | (2) |
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9.11.2 Drainage and durability |
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392 | (3) |
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9.11.3 Thermal properties |
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395 | (1) |
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395 | (8) |
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400 | (3) |
Index |
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