Temporary structures in construction /
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education LLC.,
c1984, c1996, c2012.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- E. Suggestions to the instructor
- A. Part 1: business, safety, and legal aspects
- 1. Professional and business practices
- Introduction
- Professional practices
- Business practices
- Safety codes and regulations
- Professional and business advice
- 2. Standards, codes, and regulations
- General overview of standards, codes, and regulations
- National standards, specifications, and codes
- Osha and state regulations
- Recommended practice and guidelines
- References
- Bibliography
- 3. Construction and environmental loads
- Purpose and scope
- General considerations for loads
- Load factors and load combinations
- Dead loads
- Live loads
- Construction loads
- Environmental loads
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 4. Construction site safety
- Introduction
- Construction accidents, injuries, and fatalities
- Areas of interest to architects and engineers
- Osha construction standards
- Causes and prevention of construction failures
- 5. Legal aspects
- Legal relationships
- Responsibilities
- Insurance problems
- Contracts
- Subcontracting
- Claims: the unexpected in underground construction
- Informal dispute resolutions
- Protection of utilities
- Protection of adjacent premises
- Trespass
- B. Part 2: design, construction, and maintenance
- 6. Cofferdams
- Introduction
- Design considerations
- Cofferdam concepts
- Cofferdam construction stages
- Cofferdams founded on rock or through boulders
- Cellular cofferdams
- Concrete slurry wall cofferdams
- Bibliography
- 7. Earth-retaining structures
- Introduction
- Types of retaining structures
- Retaining wall bracing systems
- Freezing and grouting
- Evaluation of site conditions
- Design
- Bibliography
- 8. Diaphragm/slurry walls
- General
- Installation
- Construction problems
- Performance
- Applications and uses
- Analysis and design
- References
- Bibliography
- 9. Construction dewatering and groundwater control
- Introduction
- History of dewatering
- Factors involved in dewatering
- Dewatering methods
- Dewatering design and design considerations
- System installation, operation, and removal
- Cost elements of dewatering
- Environmental applications of dewatering
- Groundwater cutoff and exclusion methods
- Bibliography
- 10. Underground/tunneling supports
- Introduction
- General influences on tunnel support loading
- Calculating rock or soil loads on underground openings
- Installation of supports
- Tunnel supports using rockbolts
- Tunnel supports using shotcrete
- Shaft supports
- Risk management of underground and tunnel supports
- References
- 11. Underpinning
- Introduction
- Determining the need for underpinning
- Design considerations
- Precautions
- Settlements caused by underpinning
- Minimizing disturbance due to underpinning
- Temporary support with maintenance jacking
- Underpinning piers
- Pretest piles
- Bracket pile underpinning
- Micropile underpinning
- Helical pile underpinning
- Slant-augered pile underpinning
- Slurry and secant pile walls
- Jet grouting
- Ground freezing
- Safety precautions
- Construction documents
- Responsibility
- Inspection
- Bibliography.
- 12. Roadway decking
- Introduction
- Decking design
- Deck supports
- Concrete or timber decking
- Precast concrete decking
- Utilities
- Future trends
- Design considerations for beams and columns
- Regulations and responsibilities
- Drawings and specifications
- Costs
- 13. Construction ramps, runways, and platforms
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Design and responsibilities
- Vehicular runway plates
- Timber trestle bridges
- Prefabricated bridges
- Foundation ramps
- Runways and platforms
- Roads and driveways
- Railroads
- 14. Scaffolding
- General design considerations
- Codes of standard practice
- Design loads
- Tube and clamp scaffolds
- System scaffolds
- Sectional scaffolding (welded tubular frame scaffolding)
- Scaffold plank
- General applications of scaffolds
- Suspended (hanging) scaffolds
- Safe practices
- Bibliography
- 15. Falsework/shoring
- Frame shoring
- Stability of towers
- Screw-leg extensions
- Self-weight of shoring
- Frame layouts
- Shoring design example (standard frames)
- Shoring design example using aluminum joists and ledgers (heavy-duty frames)
- Economics of heavy-duty frames
- Estimating rental costs
- Frame height stackup
- Mud sills and shoring bases
- Reshoring
- Standardization of shoring frame tests and determination of safe allowable loads
- Single-post shores
- Flying shoring systems
- Shoring design loads
- Shoring posttensioned construction
- Shoring in alteration work
- Erection tolerances
- Falsework drawings
- Fire protection
- New product trends
- The scaffolding, shoring, and forming institute, inc.
- References
- 16. Concrete formwork
- Introduction
- Design loads
- Some design considerations
- Jobsite conditions
- Formwork materials
- Handset modular forms
- Gang forms and ties
- Tie systems
- Types of forms
- Forms for prestressed concrete
- Form-release agents
- Form removal
- Tolerances
- Drawings and specifications
- Safety
- Inspection
- Forming economics
- Bridge formwork
- Form lifting systems
- Slipforming
- New construction methods and formwork development
- Reference.
- 17. Bracing and guying for stability
- Introduction?the role of bracing and guying in temporary structures
- Applications of temporary guying and bracing
- Loads and load combinations
- Examples
- Bibliography
- 18. Bridge falsework
- Overview
- Falsework systems
- Design loads
- Falsework stability
- Falsework design
- Falsework construction
- Falsework alternatives
- Bibliography
- 19. Temporary structures in repair and restoration
- General
- Planning
- Subsurface preparation
- Protection
- Demolition
- Scaffolding, bracing, and shoring
- Ladders and temporary stairways
- Temporary openings
- Notable recent projects
- Summary
- Attributions
- Bibliography
- 20. Cranes
- Crane and rigging basics
- Lifting machines and their accessories
- Installation and operation
- Safety, responsibilities, and regulations
- Bibliography
- 21. Protection of site, adjacent areas, and utilities
- General practices, liabilities
- Osha and other safety regulations
- Signs
- Barricades and fences
- Heat protection
- Noise control
- Sidewalk sheds
- Catch platforms and scaffolds
- Damage due to construction operations
- Protection of nearby structures
- Protection of utilities
- Monitoring surrounding ground and nearby structures' conditions
- Bibliography
- 22. Leading edge vertical containment systems
- Overview
- Phase 1: protection at the forming floor and floor above
- Phase 2: protection at the stripping and forming floors
- C. Part 3: failures
- 23. Failures of temporary structures in construction
- Construction failures
- Case histories of temporary structure failures
- How to avoid temporary structure failures?
- Attribution ? Bibliography.