This new edition of "Construction Technology for Tall Buildings" comprehensively revises and expands the previous edition, incorporating new topics and many new figures. The text introduces the latest construction practices and processes for tall buildings from foundation to roof. It acquaints the reader with the methods, materials, equipment and systems used for the construction of tall buildings. The book progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and foundations, basement construction, structural systems for the superstructure, site and material handling, wall and floor construction, cladding and roof construction. The construction sequence, and the merits and limitations of the various proprietary systems commonly used in these stages, are discussed. The target readers are practitioners and students in the related professions, including architecture, engineering, building, real estate, project and property management, quantity and land surveying.
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Not directly applicable to US market,
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I was searching for a book regarding high-rise concrete construction and settled on this one. As I suspected, the information in this book does not represent how things are done in the US market. (NOTE: Bamboo scaffolding on page 305 and shirtless/shoeless workers on page 213). The portion of the 417 page book related to concrete frame construction is only 20 pages. The book is not entirely useless but covers all topics only very briefly.
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This book is fairly well written. I noticed a few typos / factual errors, but that tends to be true of a lot of technical books that are published nowadays. I think the technical content of the book has been worth the purchase price. The book covers a variety of general technical issues related to the construction of tall buildings, sometimes on difficult site conditions. A good overview of the subject. Tends to focus primarily on structural engineering issues, which as a structural engineer myself, I appreciate.
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New York, Drawing Not To Scale, Prentice Hall, Factories Act, Industrial Research, Singapore Institute of Standards, American Society of Civil Engineers, International Conference, Material Handling Storage Protection Loss, Ministry of Manpower, Van Nostrand Reinhold, International Symposium, Longman Scientific, Singapore Government Printer, Empire State Building, Fire Safety Bureau, Hong Kong, Huat Choe Formation, Kuala Lumpur, Ministry of Labour, National University of Singapore, Permanent Disablement Cases, Temporary Disablement Cases, Thomas Telford, Woolworth Building New!
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The term "tall building" is not defined in specific terms related to height or the number of storeys. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Drawing Not To Scale, Prentice Hall, Factories Act, Industrial Research, Singapore Institute of Standards, American Society of Civil Engineers, International Conference, Material Handling Storage Protection Loss, Ministry of Manpower, Van Nostrand Reinhold, International Symposium, Longman Scientific, Singapore Government Printer, Empire State Building, Fire Safety Bureau, Hong Kong, Huat Choe Formation, Kuala Lumpur, Ministry of Labour, National University of Singapore, Permanent Disablement Cases, Temporary Disablement Cases, Thomas Telford, Woolworth Building New!
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- Structure and Fabric (Pt. 1) by Jack Foster on 4 pages
- Modern Construction and Ground Engineering Equipment and Methods by Frank Harris on page 142, page 223, and page 262
- The Vertical Building Structure by Wolfgang Schueller on page 18, page 140, and page 313
- Ground engineering equipment and methods by Frank Harris on page 142, page 223, and page 262
- Introduction to Civil Engineering Construction by Roy Holmes on page 141, page 221, and page 262
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- Sensing Issues in Civil Structural Health Monitoring by Farhad Ansari on page 331, and page 340
- Building Surveys and Reports by Edward A. Noy in Back Matter
- Estimating Building Costs (Civil and Environmental Engineering) by Calin M. Popescu in Back Matter
- Building Adaptation by James Douglas in Back Matter
- Building Adaptation, Second Edition by James Douglas in Back Matter
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