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Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing 2nd Edition

Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing 2nd Edition provides architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and other building professionals with all of the common construction details, materials information, and detailing concepts used throughout the industry.

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Author: David Kent Ballast
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 480

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Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all 200-plus details, this second edition of Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing provides architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and other building professionals with all of the common construction details, materials information, and detailing concepts used throughout the industry. The information can be used as is or modified to fit individual project designs. Each of book's seven sections - formatted to follow the new six-digit CSI MasterFormat system - contains details and related information, including descriptions, detailing considerations, material requirements, installation requirements, tolerance coordination, and likely failure points. Additionally, SI (metric) equivalents have been added to all dimensions.

Ready-to-use information about the most critical building details.

The Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing, 2nd Edition, provides architects, interior designers, contractors, students, and others in the construction industry with a convenient source of detailing and specification information on hundreds of commonly used details and materials. Keep the Handbook at your desk to help solve specific problems, as the basis for developing a master detail system, or as a reference for checking existing drawings and specifications.

Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all details, the Second Edition focuses on the key areas where you are most likely to encounter problems, such as exterior cladding, roofing, doors, and masonry. Featuring thoroughly redrawn illustrations and the latest industry standard references, the new edition now includes:

A thorough profile of each detail: description, detailing considerations, coordination required, material requirements, installation requirements, tolerance coordination, and likely failure points.
Details revised to reflect new technologies and more stringent energy conservation requirements.
New sections on concrete with insulation, autoclaved aerated concrete, glass fiber-reinforced concrete panels, precast concrete with insulation, multistory wood framing, and more.
A keynoting system updated to the new 6-digit MasterFormat numbering systems.

Regardless of how you use this book, you will find it to be a time-saving reference that can minimize errors and improve the technical documentation of your projects.

From the Introduction
What This Book Will Do for You
The Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing presents ready-to-use information about critical building details to help you produce construction drawings, design and develop custom details, prepare specifications, and check existing drawings in your files. The details presented can be used directly for common construction situations. If modifications are necessary for unique project conditions, the data presented with each drawing tell you what can and cannot be changed to maintain the integrity of the detail.

The construction assemblies in this book have been selected to help you avoid problems in those areas where they are most likely to occur. Information presented in seven sections shows you how to detail such conditions as exterior cladding, roofing, doors, masonry, and many, many others so that you can prevent common mistakes that architects seem to repeat far too often. In addition to clearly drawn graphic details, accurate, to-the-point information is given to help you coordinate a detail with other parts of your design, specify materials, and develop your own layout if necessary.

A broad range of architectural details is covered, from concrete construction to finishes. Each drawing has an identifying number according to the Construction Specifications Institute MasterFormat system, and all the pertinent materials used in the details are identified by the same numbering system. This makes it easy for you to produce drawings with time-saving keynoting, to coordinate the drawings and information with your specification system, and to supplement the details with your own data filing procedures. Most details have been drawn at three-inch scale. When another scale is used, it is shown at the bottom of the drawing.

Among the many other details, this Handbook

Shows the recommended way to detail concrete joints. (See Sections 1-5, 1-6, and 1-7.)
Specifies the most common concrete construction tolerances. (See Sections 1-1, 1-2, 13, 1-11, and 1-13.)
Presents common methods of assembling precast wall panels. (See Sections 1-16, 1-17, and 1-19.)
Describes how to assemble brick veneer walls to avoid cracks and leaks. (See Sections 2-9 and 2-11.)
Compiles the many ways stone veneer should be attached to concrete and steel frames. (See Sections 2-22, 2-23, 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-31 and 2-32.)
Provides the secrets to designing elegant stairways. (See Sections 3-10 through 3-13.)
Simplifies the methods of forming expansion joints. (See Sections 2-2 and 3-16.)
Shows how to fabricate glued-laminated beam and column connections. (See Section 4-10.)
Tells how to create sheet membrane waterproofing details. (See Sections 5-1 and 5-2.)
Organizes information on asphalt and fiberglass shingles. (See Section 5-9.)
Lays out the many variations of single-ply roofing. (See Sections 5-16 through 5-36.)
Explains the dos and don'ts of joint fillers and sealants. (See Section 5-38.)
Illustrates steel door frame assemblies and what is involved in their proper construction. (See Sections 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3.)
Describes how to detail a safety glass door. (See Section 6-8.)
Identifies the essential elements of steel, aluminum, and wood window detailing. (See Sections 6-16 through 6-19.)
Shows how fire-rated gypsum wallboard assemblies should be drawn. (See Sections 7-5 through 7-11.)
Illustrates the many ways to detail ceramic tile floors and walls. (See Sections 7-15 through 7-22.)
Gives guidance on detailing stone flooring. (See Sections 7-25 and 7-26.)

The information presented about each detail in this book follows a similar format to make it easy to find precisely the data required for your research. The first part of each detail information package shows the detail itself, with materials identified by MasterFormat number and other critical components dimensioned or labeled with design guidelines. Each of the components identified on the drawing by keynote number refers you to requirements for those materials given in the text. This gives you an invaluable guide for coordinating your drawings and specifications.

The second part of the package consists of a brief description of the detail along with the limitations on using it. Then specific guidelines are presented to help you understand the critical points of construction and what must be considered in modifying the detail or developing your own. Next, points of coordination are listed to aid you in fitting the detail into the context of your design. Likely failure points are also outlined to alert you to common problems encountered in the design and construction of the detail. Finally, material and installation requirements for components of the detail are listed according to the keynote numbering system used in the detail.

All of the information is presented in concise, easy-to-follow lists and notations so that you do not have to waste time wading through lengthy text. Appendices provide the full title of ASTM and other industry standards referred to in the book as well as sources for additional information if you want to do more research.

The configuration of the details and accompanying data have been compiled from the most authoritative sources available. However, the material presented in this book should only be used as a supplement to normal, competent professional knowledge and judgment. This is because there are an unlimited number of variations of any basic detail to fit the requirements of a specific building project. In addition, factors outside the limits of a particular detail, such as structural loading, climate, and occupancy conditions, may impinge on the detail's performance or exact method of construction.

You may want to use the details in this book to help solve specific problems, as the basis for your office's own master detail system, or simply as a reference for checking existing drawings. If you have master details on a computer-aided drafting system or an automated specification writing system, you may want to review those data to see if modifications or corrections are warranted. Regardless of how you use this book, you will find it a time-saving reference that can minimize errors and improve the technical documentation of your projects.

About the Author
David Kent Ballast FAIA CSI a registered architect, has owned Architectural Research Consulting since 1981. The consulting firm provides applied research, technical advice, specifications, and information management services to architects, interior designers, and others in the construction industry. Since 1987, Ballast has been an instructor in interior construction and basic drafting at Arapahoe Community College. He is the author of a number of books on construction technology, including Handbook of Construction Tolerances, 2nd Edition.

Table of Contents
List of Tables. Acknowledgments. Introduction to Second Edition. Introduction to First Edition. How SI Units Are Used in this Book. Chapter 1: Concrete Details. Chapter 2: Masonry Details. Chapter 3: Metal Details. Chapter 4: Wood Details. Chapter 5: Thermal and Moisture Protection Details. Chapter 6: Door and Window Details. Chapter 7: Finish Details. Appendix A. Standards Titles. Appendix B. Sources for More Information. CSI 6-Digit Index. Index.

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