Key features:

• Clear, concise text, supplemented with comprehensive illustrations.Includes references to current Building and Construction Regulations, British and European Standards.
• New chapter on Access and Facilities for the Disabled, as applied to industrial and commercial buildings.
• Updated information on the aspects of higher energy efficient standards.
• Considers construction processes and procedures to include site works, plant and equipment, sub-structures and temporary work, superstructure, demolition, framed buildings, fire protection and means for escape, formwork, pre-stressing, internal components and external works.
• New illustrations added and existing illustrations updated to reflect established techniques.
• Recommended for students on higher education certificate, diploma and degree courses in all construction and building related programmes of study.

Author info:

• Roy Chudley was formerly senior lecturer in building technology at Guildford College of Technology.
• Roger Greeno is a consultant, examiner and established author of many construction papers and publications.