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25 Lessons
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1. What It Does and How It Fails
5
1.1
Concrete: the job to be done
1.2
The physics: hydration, shrinkage and long-term creep
1.3
How it fails: cracking, honeycombing and insufficient cover to reinforcement
1.4
The vocabulary you need before you can draw it
1.5
Where this sits in the whole building
2. The Options Compared
5
2.1
The main systems, side by side
2.2
When to use which
2.3
Cost, programme and availability
2.4
Regional variation: how this changes with climate and market
2.5
Choosing: a decision framework
3. The Detail
5
3.1
Reading and drawing the standard detail
3.2
The construction joint and the day joint: the critical interface
3.3
Corners, edges and terminations
3.4
Penetrations and how to close them
3.5
Tolerances, gaps and buildability
4. Performance
5
4.1
Measuring it: strength class, cover to reinforcement and surface finish
4.2
Moisture and condensation risk
4.3
Fire performance
4.4
Acoustic and thermal consequences
4.5
Durability, maintenance and service life
5. Specifying and Building It
5
5.1
Writing the specification
5.2
Coordinating with structure and services
5.3
What goes wrong on site with concrete
5.4
Inspecting and testing on site
5.5
Checklist: concrete
Concrete: What Architects Get Wrong
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