| Acknowledgement | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Assembly of Building | p. 1 |
| Development of Tall Buildings | p. 1 |
| Building Performance and System Integration | p. 7 |
| Cost, Quality and Time | p. 9 |
| Building Regulations and Control | p. 10 |
| Constraints and Resources | p. 11 |
| Environmental Requirements | p. 12 |
| Industrialisation | p. 13 |
| Robotics in Construction | p. 15 |
| References | p. 18 |
| Safety and Health | p. 21 |
| Accident Prevention | p. 21 |
| Safe Working Environment | p. 24 |
| Falls of person | p. 24 |
| Falling objects | p. 26 |
| Acts and Regulations | p. 27 |
| Safety and Health Management System | p. 29 |
| Risk Management | p. 30 |
| Risk Assessment | p. 30 |
| Review period | p. 31 |
| Record maintenance | p. 31 |
| Communication | p. 32 |
| Offences and penalties | p. 32 |
| References | p. 33 |
| Site Investigation | p. 35 |
| General | p. 35 |
| Information to be Retrieved | p. 36 |
| Stages of Site Investigation | p. 36 |
| Planning | p. 38 |
| Desk Study | p. 38 |
| Site Reconnaissance | p. 41 |
| Ground Investigation | p. 42 |
| Field tests | p. 45 |
| Subsurface mapping | p. 45 |
| Trial pitting | p. 45 |
| Exploratory boreholes | p. 47 |
| In situ testing | p. 47 |
| Laboratory tests | p. 52 |
| Site Works and Setting Out | p. 52 |
| References | p. 58 |
| Foundation | p. 61 |
| General | p. 61 |
| Soil Characteristics | p. 61 |
| Foundation Systems | p. 66 |
| Types of Foundation | p. 71 |
| Shallow Foundation | p. 73 |
| Deep Foundation | p. 74 |
| Caisson | p. 76 |
| Piles | p. 98 |
| Non-displacement pile | p. 100 |
| Bored pile | p. 100 |
| Barrette pile | p. 118 |
| Displacement piles | p. 119 |
| Precast reinforced concrete piles | p. 120 |
| Steel performed piles | p. 128 |
| Composite piles | p. 128 |
| Driven in situ/cast-in-place piles | p. 128 |
| Pile Load Tests | p. 134 |
| Static load tests | p. 134 |
| Compression load test | p. 134 |
| Uplift pile load test | p. 140 |
| Dynamic load tests | p. 140 |
| References | p. 141 |
| Basement Construction | p. 145 |
| General | p. 145 |
| Construction Methods | p. 145 |
| Construction in excavations supported by sheet piling | p. 146 |
| Construction in excavations supported by reinforced concrete diaphragm wall | p. 151 |
| Construction in excavations supported by contiguous bored pile or secant pile wall | p. 158 |
| Control of Groundwater | p. 162 |
| Open Cut Technique | p. 172 |
| Cut and Cover Technique | p. 176 |
| Top Down Technique | p. 185 |
| Soil Movement Monitoring | p. 188 |
| Shoring | p. 203 |
| Underpinning | p. 207 |
| Basement Waterproofing | p. 214 |
| Membrane system | p. 215 |
| Integral system | p. 215 |
| Interior cavity and exterior drainage system | p. 215 |
| Joints and penetration | p. 222 |
| References | p. 224 |
| Materials Handling and Mechanisation | p. 227 |
| Materials Handling | p. 227 |
| Access considerations | p. 227 |
| Storage considerations | p. 227 |
| Classification of materials | p. 232 |
| Mechanisation | p. 232 |
| Earthmoving | p. 233 |
| Horizontal and vertical movements | p. 236 |
| Erection of Tower Cranes | p. 251 |
| Erection of Climbing Cranes | p. 256 |
| Factors Affecting the Selection and Location of Tower Cranes | p. 258 |
| Selection criterion for tower cranes | p. 258 |
| Location criterion for tower cranes | p. 259 |
| References | p. 262 |
| Wall and Floor Construction | p. 265 |
| Structural Systems | p. 265 |
| M&E Systems | p. 267 |
| Core Wall Construction | p. 268 |
| Slipform | p. 268 |
| Jumpform | p. 270 |
| Climbing form | p. 272 |
| Floor Construction | p. 275 |
| Flying form | p. 275 |
| False ceiling | p. 279 |
| Raised floor | p. 280 |
| Precast Prefabricated Elements | p. 282 |
| Advantages of precast/prefabrication | p. 282 |
| Disadvantages of precast/prefabrication | p. 284 |
| Construction process | p. 284 |
| Prestressed Elements | p. 287 |
| Pre-tensioning | p. 287 |
| Post-tensioning | p. 291 |
| Advantages of prestressed concrete | p. 293 |
| Disadvantages of prestressed concrete | p. 293 |
| Steel Structures | p. 295 |
| Structural steel frame | p. 295 |
| Steel decking | p. 298 |
| Concrete | p. 298 |
| Concrete admixtures | p. 299 |
| Batching plant | p. 300 |
| Ready-mixed concrete | p. 301 |
| Formwork | p. 302 |
| Lateral pressure of fresh concrete | p. 302 |
| Column form | p. 303 |
| Wall form | p. 303 |
| Scaffoldings | p. 307 |
| Bintangor/bamboo scaffolds | p. 308 |
| Independent tied scaffolds | p. 310 |
| Couplers | p. 310 |
| Ties | p. 312 |
| References | p. 319 |
| External Wall Construction | p. 321 |
| General | p. 321 |
| Precast Concrete Panel | p. 323 |
| Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP) | p. 326 |
| Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) | p. 326 |
| Curtain Walling | p. 326 |
| First generation (1800-1960) | p. 328 |
| Second generation (1960-1980) | p. 328 |
| Third generation (1980+) | p. 332 |
| Stick System | p. 332 |
| Panel/unitised system | p. 335 |
| Water Penetration | p. 336 |
| Joints | p. 340 |
| Wind Pressures | p. 342 |
| Common Defects on Building Facades | p. 343 |
| References | p. 347 |
| Roof Construction | p. 349 |
| Structural Forms | p. 349 |
| Beams and Slabs | p. 349 |
| Flat Roofs | p. 352 |
| Lattice and Girder | p. 355 |
| Steel Sheet Roofs | p. 355 |
| Truss Roofs | p. 355 |
| Space Frames | p. 359 |
| Shell Roofs | p. 368 |
| Folded Plate Roofs | p. 373 |
| Cable Supported Roofs | p. 373 |
| Roof Decks | p. 378 |
| Installation process | p. 383 |
| Drainage and durability | p. 386 |
| Thermal Properties | p. 387 |
| References | p. 387 |
| Index | p. 389 |
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