Introduction to Building (Mitchell's Building)

by Derek Osbourn (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $3.24

  This introductory text provides an authoritative overview of the many and varied processes involved in the creation of a building. It offers an accessible and logical analysis of the many and complicated factors involved. The three sections cover: the requirements of a building, in terms of function and performance; building processes, the building team and communication techniques; and building in terms of one typical construction method. It is an ideal text for students of building, architecture and interior design taking TEC Certificate and Diploma courses, ONC and City and Guild courses.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.96

  Introduction to Building, is essential reading for all students of construction and building related disciplines. It is a preliminary and complementary reader for the other books in the Mitchell's Building Series and is a standard reference for all those concerned with contemporary construction processes and procedures. This third edition has been revised, updated and extended to retain its authoritative overview of the many and varied aspects of creating buildings. The new edition provides a wider perspective of construction, incorporating detailed interpretation of standard practice to current legislative measures. It analyses a building in terms of what is expected of it, the practical processes and typical methods used in its construction, the building team which implements the processes and the methods used for communicating information. Each section is written to stimulate interest in and to encourage further reading from the more advanced volumes in the Mitchell's Building Series and associated research papers.