Construction technology for tall buildings / Michael Yit Lin Chew

Contents; Chapter 1. Assembly of Building; 1.1. Development of Tall Buildings; 1.2. Building Performance and System Integration; 1.3. Cost, Quality and Time; 1.4. Building Regulations and Control; 1.5. Constraints and Resources; 1.6. Environmental Requirements; 1.7. Industrialisation; 1.8. Sustainable Construction; 1.9. Robotics in Construction; References; Chapter 2. Safety and Health; 2.1. Accident Prevention; 2.2. Safe Working Environment; 2.3. Acts and Regulations; 2.4. Safety and Health Management System; 2.5. Risk Management; 2.6. Risk Assessment 5.4. Open Cut Technique5.5. Cut and Cover Technique; 5.6. Top Down Technique; 5.7. Soil Movement Monitoring; 5.8. Shoring; 5.9. Underpinning; 5.10. Basement Waterproofing; References; Chapter 6. Materials Handling and Mechanisation; 6.1. Materials Handling; 6.2. Mechanisation; 6.3. Erection of Tower Cranes; 6.4. Erection of Climbing Cranes; 6.5. Factors Affecting the Selection and Location of Tower Cranes; References; Chapter 7. Wall And Floor Construction; 7.1. Structural Systems; 7.2. M & E Systems; 7.3. Core Wall Construction; 7.4. Floor Construction; 7.5. Precast Prefabricated Elements 7.6. Prestressed Elements7.7. Steel Structures; 7.8. Concrete; 7.9. Formwork; 7.10. Scaffoldings; References; Chapter 8. External Wall Construction; 8.1. General; 8.2. Masonry Brickwall; 8.3. Cast in situ RC Walls; 8.4. Precast Concrete Panel; 8.5. Curtain Walling; 8.6. Water Penetration; 8.7. Joints; 8.8. Wind Pressures; References; Chapter 9. Roof Construction; 9.1. Structural Forms; 9.2. Beams and Slabs; 9.3. Flat Roofs; 9.4. Lattice and Girder; 9.5. Steel Sheet Roofs; 9.6. Truss Roofs; 9.7. Space Frames; 9.8. Shell Roofs; 9.9. Folded Plate Roofs; 9.10. Cable Supported Roofs 9.11. Roof Decks9.12. Glass Roof.