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Construction Technology 1: House Construction by Mike Riley,C.A. Howard
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      • Product code: 23383
      • ISBN: 0333804562, ISBN13: 9780333804568, 368 pages, paperback
        Published by Palgrave MacMillan on 2001
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      Description of Construction Technology 1: House Construction

      This book provides a single text to support the learning process associated with the study of the construction of domestic housing. The text includes a series of learning sessions or modules covering individual components of the topic. Included within the text are a number of review and self-assessment tasks to encourage the student to reflect upon the material rather than simply read through it. The material is set out in such a way as to develop understanding as the reader studies in a structured way rather than providing a base of information in a less directed fashion.

      Key other features in the text include:

      - Comparative studies. Each element is considered with a comparative study at the end of the learning module dealing with that element. The comparative study attempts to summarise in very simple terms the salient features of the alternative options.

      - Case studies. Taken from actual building sites, and with the support of a major national housebuilder, these are used to illustrate the concepts and the reality of the construction of modern dwellings.

      Contents of Construction Technology 1: House Construction

      Functions of Buildings
      Preparing to Build and the Building Process
      Building Substructure
      Foundations
      Walls Below Ground
      Ground Floors
      Moisture Exclusion
      Thermal insulation of Ground Floors
      Building Superstructure
      External Walls
      Upper Floors & Stairs
      Walls & Partitions
      Roofs
      Windows and Doors
      Internal Finishes

      About Mike Riley and C.A. Howard

      MIKE RILEY is a Senior Lecturer at the School of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University.

      CHRIS HOWARD is Deputy Head of the Building Performance Unit within the School of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University. He is co-author of Introduction to Building Services (Macmillan 1996).

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