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"Walls, Walks & Patios" is a complete guide to building landscaping walls, walks, and patios. Wall projects include garden walls of stone, brick, block, wood, and interlocking blocks. Walk projects include soft walks, such as wood chips, gravel, and crushed shells, and hard-surface walks of wood, stone, and brick. Patio projects include brick, concrete, and flagstone. The reader will learn how to plan these structures, as well as all the construction techniques required to create them. The book...

Bricks were introduced to Britain by the Romans and reintroduced by Flemish craftsmen in the middle ages. Until the early nineteenth century they were made in numerous small brickyards supplying local needs, but eventually increasing demand led to the invention of improved brickmaking machines and kilns. This book gives an insight into the surprising variety of bricks, as well as a brief history of brickmaking, descriptions of hand and machine moulding, drying, the use of kilns and firing. Despi...

Uniquely Future Schools not only provides design guidance on themes in schools architecture and a wealth of recent innovative projects drawn from the UK but also an understanding of the socio-political and economic context that any practice must work within when taking on a schools project.It balances beautiful visuals and innovative case studies with in-depth discussion of the thought processes and issues to consider in good school design. Reflecting on ambitious projects during the BSF period...

"Simplified Design of Masonry Structures" offers a series of examples showing the development of the complete structural system along with computations for the masonry structural elements. The book deals with masonry as a structural rather than decorative material, and describes the ingredients of the principal classes of masonry materials, types of construction in which to use them and design criteria.

Corrosion of Steel in Concrete provides information on corrosion of steel in atmospherically exposed concrete structures and serves as a guide for those designing, constructing and maintaining buildings, bridges and all reinforced concrete structures.This new edition incorporates the new European standards as well as USA and other international sta

A must have for anyone who needs to keep up-to-date with the Building Regs.

A beautiful tile job can make a room. And now with the help of this book and new, readily available materials, you can design and install your own tile floors, walls, countertops and shower stalls. All the up-to-date information you need is right here.

Enclosure walls have a key role in building construction, providing structural safety and protecting interiors from intrusion. The concept of an enclosure wall is a traditional one, common to the building history of many countries. There is a tremendous variety in types of enclosure walls, depending on such variables as climate and local technologies. Progress in these traditional practices has been stimulated by new national and international standards in the construction industry. These standa...

As part of their everyday work bricklayers must be able to interpret technical documents, understand the properties of various mortars/building materials, and understand the basics of health and safety on site. Brickwork Level 3 has been adapted from John Hodge's classic Brickwork for Apprentices - the established textbook on brickwork for generations of bricklayers. Now in full colour, this new book has been tailored to match Level 3 of both the Construction Alliance Awards Diplomas in Bricklay...

The use of precast concrete in multi-storey buildings is now widely regarded as an economic, structurally sound and versatile form of construction. However, much of the design knowledge is restricted to the precast industry itself and there is a need for a detailed reference work for structural engineers and architects. This book provides just such a work.