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Lecture 1 Introduction
References
Legislation
Ontology of Construction
Gevork Hartoonian (MIT Press)
An Engineer Imagines
Peter Rice (Ellipsis)
Building Regulations
These are a series of documents approved by the
Secretary of State as practical guidance on Schedule 1
and Regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 1991.
BBA
British Board of Agrment
Assesses and tests new products and systems.
Certicates issued to products that meet relevant
standards.
BSI
British Standards Institute
Publishes British Standards (BS) which give
recommended minimum standards for materials,
products and processes.
Components that comply are marked with BS kitemark
and relevant BS number. They also publish Codes of
Practice (CP)
EU
European Standards
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further reading
Constructing Architecture - Materials Processes
Structures
Andrea Deplazes (ed.) (Birkhauser)
Mitchells - Introduction to Building
Chapter 1 - The requirements of a building
Chapter 14 - Building processes
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 1
Chapter 1 - The nature of buildings
Chapter 2 - The production of buildings
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 2
Chapter 1.2 - Site organisation
Buildability in Practice
Ian Ferguson
Introduction
Chapter 2 - Designing for Buildability
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References
Legislation