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| Weight | 1200 g |
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| Author | D Bennett |
| Publisher | ICE Publishing |
| ISBN Number | 0727720058 |
| Year | 2002 |
Contents
1 Concrete: the material
Material specification
The concrete specification-what’s it all about?
Review of the key specification clauses High strength, high performance concrete
Introduction
A literature review of high strength High strength concrete in Chicago A high strength concrete flat slab Double strength composite columns Concrete-filled steel tubes Pyrament
Self-compacting concrete Reactive powder concrete Compact reinforced composite Lightweight concrete Foamed concrete
Expanded shale granules with a promising future
Lightweight prestressed concrete – design notes Coloured concrete
Synthetic colour pigments for concrete Replacement aggregates for concrete
Recycled aggregate concrete Lunar concrete
MDF, DSF and lunar concrete References and further reading
2 Construction practice
Advances in construction technology-an introduction Designing for speed
Principles of buildability Formwork systems
Flying forms
Column-mounted forms
Tunnel formwork
Adjustable column forms 102
Fibreglass column forms 103
Disposable formwork 105
Core wall construction 108
Climbing formwork 109
Slipforming 110
Construction techniques 113
Kickerless construction 113
Prefabricated stop-ends 116
Continuity strips 116
Wide-bay construction 117
Precast construction 119
Spanlight floors 119
TermoDeck flooring 123
Tilt-up construction 128
The benefits 129
Method of construction 129
Panel finishes 139
Rapid flooring cycles 142
Analysing shoring and reshoring in multi-storey buildings 142
Early striking of formwork and forces in backprops (reshores) 150
Architectural concrete 152
Site-cast architectural concrete 152
A guide to specifying visual concrete 158
References and further reading 167
3 Reinforcement technology 168
Prefabrication of reinforcement 168
Design and detailing 168
Reinforcement cages and mats 168
Loadbearing walls 169
Suspended slabs 169
Column cages 172
Beam cages 172
Speed trials 173
Flat slab 173
Beam cages 181
Column cages 182
Rationalisation of reinforcement 183
Overview 183
Assessing reinforcement fixing rates 186
Prefabricated mesh panel assembly 194
Total assembly time 199
Minimum cost of manufacture 202
The cost of time 205
Case study 207
Conclusions 227
Shearheads and shear reinforcement 229
Shear combs, studrails and dowel strips 230
Open-type shearheads 233
The closed ‘Geilinger’ steel shearhead 236
Shearhoop reinforcement 239
Post-tensioned concrete 241
Introduction 241
Methods of prestressing 243
Construction details 246
Concrete and construction checks 252
Speed and relative costs 253
Cutting holes in slabs 255
Case study: Sainsbury Centre, Cannock 260
Steel-fibre-reinforced ground-supported floors 266
Materials 266
Design of ground-supported floors 270
Alternative materials for reinforcement and prestress 282
Plastic reinforcement 282
Glass fibre prestressing strand 286
References and further reading 297
4 Project profiles 299
Arrowhead project study 299
General 299
Suggestions on the original scheme layout 299
Superstructure 302
Scheme A: post-tensioned construction 304
Scheme B: trough slab construction 308
The four-day floor cycle 310
Towards the three-day floor cycle 311
Corsham Street development, London 313
Scope 313
Basic buildability principles 315
Modifications to the original scheme layout 317
Structural options 318
Option 1: lift slab (flat slab in situ construction) 318
Option 2: lift slab (precast composite construction) 323
Option 3: tilt up (precast double-T wall and floor units) 325
Summary 330
Conclusions 330
88 Wood Street, London 331
A new concept in air rights building construction 341
Why air rights? 341
Bridge building and air rights 343
Concrete – a logical choice for air rights 347
References and further reading 359
Index 361
