Technical principles of building for safety
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Technical principles of building for safety
(Building for safety series)
Intermediate Technology, c1995
- pbk.
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes principles and construction techniques for builders, householders and communities who are building in hazard-prone areas. The principles are clearly and simply presented- and in a form which can be adapted for use in training or public information campaigns - with an emphasis on improving hazard-resistance at minimum cost; and the book concentrates on those principles which are universally applicable. It includes sections on site safety; building safely in brick and block; building safely in earth and stone; building safely in timber; building safely in reinforced concrete- and building a safe roof. This book is part of the Building for Safety Initiative of the Overseas Development Administration of the UK government, which aims to bring the knowledge of how to build safely to those who need that knowledge most. The project was devised and executed by Cambridge Architectural Research Limited and the Disaster Management Centre of Oxford Brookes University. This volume from Cambridge Architectural Research, is one of four which the Building for Safety team have produced for this initiative.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1 Know Your Hazards 4
- Hazard awareness, 4
- Earthquakes, 6
- Further reading on earthquakes, 7
- Wind storms, 8
- Further reading on wind storms, 11
- Floods, 12
- Further reading on floods, 15
- Land instabilities, 16
- Further reading on land instabilities, 18
- Chapter 2 Choosing a Safe Site 19
- Siting and safety, 19
- Siting a settlement, 19
- Siting a building, 21
- Safe siting in flood hazard areas, 22
- Safe siting in areas with land instabilities, 23
- Safe siting in wind-prone areas, 25
- Safe siting in earthquake areas, 26
- Further reading on safe siting, 27
- Chapter 3 Building Safely in Brick and Block 28
- Masonry and hazards, 28
- Robust building form, 29
- Firm foundations, 30
- Good-quality materials, 32
- Strong walls, 33
- Distributed openings, 35
- Horizontal reinforcement, 36
- Safe modifications, 37
- Regular maintenance, 38
- Summary, 40
- Further reading on building safely in brick and block, 40
- Chapter 4 Building Safely in Earth and Stone Weak masonry and hazards, 41
- Good practice, 43
- Robust layout, 45
- Ring beam, 46
- Summary, 47
- Further reading on building safely in earth and stone, 47
- Chapter 5 Building Safely in Timber 48
- Timber and hazards, 48
- Why timber? 50
- Good foundations, 51
- Rigid vertical structure, 51
- Braced floors and roofs, 53
- Strong connections, 54
- Regular maintenance, 54
- Protect against fire, 55
- Summary, 56
- Further reading on building safely in timber, 56
- Chapter 6 Building Safely in Reinforced Concrete 57
- Reinforced concrete and hazards, 57
- Why concrete? 58
- Robust building form, 59
- Regular frame, 60
- Attention to element design, 64
- High-quality construction, 65
- Summary, 68
- Further reading on building safely in reinforced concrete, 69
- Chapter 7 Building a Safe Roof
- Roofs and hazards, 70
- Aerodynamic roof form, 71
- Roof connected to structure, 71
- Well-fixed roof covering, 72
- Regular maintenance, 73
- Summary, 74
- Further reading on building a safe roof, 74
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