It is all about the world’s leading Façade Access System experts coming up with exceptional façade access solutions to 62 iconic architectures around the world designed by the world’s leading architects. This is intended for: - Architects - Builders - Consultants - Contractors - Façade Engineers and - Facility Managers This book provides the necessary information on how the façade access challenges have been solved around the world. It also gives a valuable reference on how the current and future challenges in façade access can be solved on more and more challenging architectural designs that we are coming across now and are expected to come up in the foreseeable future.
The book deals with building façade access systems for - builders - architects - consultants - contractors - façade engineers - facility managers It provides necessary information to - determine façade access system requirements for buildings - determine the requirement of façade maintenance through the cleaning cycle - determine functional and operational requirements - determine safety requirements - consider architectural and structural implications at the design stage - consider possible systems that can be applied to existing buildings without façade access system provision - consider the cost implications of various system options
Combined with ASTM Standard Practice for Periodic Inspection of Building Facades for Unsafe Conditions (E 2270), this new publication provides a rational guide for building owners and governing authorities to help ensure the safety of our aging building infrastructure. Twenty-four peer-reviewed papers, written by experts who bring first hand knowledge and experience to this work, cover faade ordinances; historic buildings; data collection techniques; and repair techniques."
Human Access to High-Rise Structures. This book is all about human access to man-made high-rise structures around the world with the coverage including: - Building façade for construction and re-construction - Infrastructure covering bridges, storage tanks, silos, stadiums, electrical towers, power plants and dams - High-rise monuments - Windmills - Industrial plants - Steel structures - Marine and offshore facilities This book is intended for: Engineers, architects, consultants, contractors, facility managers, industrial plant managers, windmill managers, marine and offshore facility managers. The book provides necessary information on how the challenging act of human access is being achieved in man-made high-rise structures.
The definitive guide to measurement and estimating using NRM1, written by the author of NRM1 The 'RICS New rules of measurement: Order of cost estimating and cost planning of capital building works' (referred to as NRM1) is the cornerstone of good cost management of capital building works projects - enabling more effective and accurate cost advice to be given to clients and other project team members, while facilitating better cost control. The NRM1 Cost Management Handbook is the essential guide to how to successfully interpret and apply these rules, including explanations of how to: quantify building works and prepare order of cost estimates and cost plans use the rules as a toolkit for risk management and procurement analyse actual costs for the purpose of collecting benchmark data and preparing cost analyses capture historical cost data for future order of cost estimates and elemental cost plans employ the rules to aid communication manage the complete 'cost management cycle' use the elemental breakdown and cost structures, together with the coding system developed for NRM1, to effectively integrate cost management with Building Information Modelling (BIM). In the NRM1 Cost Management Handbook, David Benge explains in clear terms how NRM1 is meant to be used in familiar quantity surveying tasks, as well as a range of activities of crucial importance for professionals in years to come. Worked examples, flow charts, diagrams, templates and check lists ensure readers of all levels will become confident and competent in the use of NRM1. This book is essential reading for anyone working with NRM1, and is the most authoritative guide to practice available for those preparing to join the industry.
As tall buildings have achieved greater heights and their designs have become more complex, the challenges of façade access and maintenance have grown exponentially, demanding new levels of efficiency, coordination and customization to effectively preserve a building's function and value to owners and tenants for years to come.Through a series of detailed case studies - contextualized with supporting material on equipment types, spatial considerations, special façade typologies and more this CTBUH technical Guide attempts to illustrate the systems and components that are available to provide access solutions for the many and varied challenges inherent in the tall building typology. Key design considerations and best practices, distilled from the case studies and research within, aim to provide guidance for choosing the most appropriate solutions.This desktop reference for designers, builders, developers and owners is intended to promote a better overall understanding of the needs, requirements and options for façade access - conveying innovation solutions and in-depth analyses for this crucial element of skyscraper design.
Optimization techniques offer immense potential for the improvement of performance-driven design, since they allow the adoption of an holistic approach. This can lead to great advantages: optimal design solutions can be properly identified only if all criteria are considered at the same time, rather than separately. There are two barriers which obstruct optimization from being applied to building design: a technological barrier (applying the algorithms is not easy and can be quite time-consuming) and a cultural one (architects and engineers are required to change their perspectives as the design process has to be handled in a new way). This book explores these barriers from the perspective of both engineers and architects, and proposes a change in the attitudes of these two “actors”: an engineer and an architect develop a dialog which helps them understand each other’s perspective; in this way they find how they must both make a step forward.
