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Appropriate Building Materials: A Catalogue of Potential Solutions - Third Edition
Roland Stulz & Kiran Mukerji
Since it was first published in 1981, this book has become a standard building materials sourcebook for architects and engineers, educational and scientific institutions, producers and suppliers of building materials, and above all, for the building practitioner in the field of low-cost construction in all parts of the world. The book summarises technical data and practical information from a large number of publications, enabling the reader to identify appropriate solutions for almost any given construction problem in low-cost housing in developing countries, without having to study volumes of literature, which is rapidly increasing every year.
£17.50 1993 PB SKAT & ITP ISBN 1853392251
Building Materials in Developing Countries
R.J.S. Spence & D.J. Cook
This book provides a thorough survey of building materials in the context of construction in developing countries. It focuses on the assessment choice and manufacture of suitable materials and appropriate building technology. It also discusses the implications of the social, demographic and economic problems of the Third World for construction policy and practice. Primarily a text for students of architecture and building science in developing countries, this should prove a useful manual for building consultants and engineers with Third World interests.
Contents: 1. Resources, employment and choice of technology 2. Climate, materials and traditional architecture 3. Soil and stabilised soil 4. Brick, stone and masonry 5. Timber and timber products 6. Gypsum, lime and pozzolans 7. Portland and other cements 8. Concrete 9. Ferrocement 10. Composites 11. Roofing materials 12. Economics of building materials choice 13. Social and institutional aspects of choice technology.
£14.00 1983 HB Wiley ISBN 0471102350
Thatching and Thatched Buildings
Michael Billett
This definitive book on thatching and thatched buildings in rural Britain constitutes an authoritative reference guide. It contains masses of practical information and advice for all those who live in thatched houses or who are contemplating buying one. Michael Billet guides the reader through the development of thatching through the ages, the materials used, and the various types of buildings covered by thatch which can still be seen today. Also included is a chapter which gives advice on costs, including the maintenance and insurance.
£12.99 1979 PB Robert Hale ISBN 0709062257
Building With Earth: A handbook - Second Edition
John Norton
This handbook provides practical help in choosing whether to, and how to build with earth, from soil selection to construction and maintenance. Earth can achieve very high quality and durability as a building material. In many countries earth is associated with poverty, and is now thought of as a high quality and durable material. Much effort in recent decades has gone into giving earth building the technical and social credibility that it deserves. Today earth building successfully meets modern and traditional building needs. It has retained its advantage of responding to the requirements of both the rich and the poor. The techniques described in the revised and updated second edition of this book have a focus on maintaining this balance, and on achieving good quality results with accessible methods.
£12.95 1997 PB ITP ISBN 1853393371
How to Make Low-Cost Building Blocks: Stabilised soil block technology
Malcolm Davis
With the right soil, correctly prepared and compressed, it is possible to halve the amount of cement for block making. In areas where cement is difficult to obtain or expensive, such a saving can be a real boon. This illustrated manual gives, on the strength of successful rural development work, straightforward methods for testing soil and determining quantities of material required. It shows how to manufacture and use strengthened blocks from local soil from initial planning to the finishing touches. There are also details of organisations and literature which can provide further information.
£9.95 1994 PB ITP ISBN 1853390860
Small-scale Brickmaking
ILO & UNIDO
This technical memorandum, which forms part of a series being prepared jointly by the ILO and UNIDO, is the first of three on building materials for low-cost housing. The object of the series is to acquaint small-scale producers with alternative production techniques for specific products and processes, so as to help them to choose and apply those techniques which are most appropriate to local socio-economic conditions. The memorandum provides detailed technical information on alternative brickmaking techniques and covers all processing stages, including quarrying, clay preparation, moulding, drying, firing and testing finished bricks. The techniques described are mostly of interest to small-scale producers in both rural and urban areas. The processes and equipment described in great detail , with drawings of equipment and tools which may be produced locally, floor plans, information on labour and skill requirements, materials and fuel inputs per unit of output, and so on.
£14.85 1984 PB ILO & UNIDO ISBN 9221035670
Timber Pole Construction: An Introduction - Second Edition
Lionel Jayanetti & Paul Follett
This book offers a general introduction to timber poles as a construction material. Timber poles have served throughout history as low-cost, environmentally friendly and structurally efficient building resource. As a result of the establishment of both commercial plantation and community forestry programmes worldwide the availability of forestry thinnings, or poles, is steadily increasing and the potential for their use has never been greater. The book covers the processes of harvesting and protecting the poles through to specific applications in the construction of domestic and industrial buildings, and other types of construction such as bridges and retaining walls. Key areas of preservation and jointing are addressed in detail and there are illustrations throughout. This book intends to be descriptive rather than prescriptive, providing ideas that can be developed into solutions depending on specific circumstances, and a number of case studies show some ideas put into action. This new edition will be a useful guide not only to field practitioners in housing and construction projects but will also be of interest to the non-specialist.
£9.95 2000 PB ITP ISBN 1853395021
A Handbook of Gravity-flow Water Systems
Thomas D. Jordan Jnr.
This handbook is written with the intention of collecting together all the knowledge, theory, and practices necessary for the surveying, designing and construction of gravity-flow drinking water systems for rural communities. Although the book was originally written specifically for the construction of such systems in Nepal, most of the principles presented here are applicable in a great variety of locations around the world. Efforts have been made to organise the material for quick reference, and to present it in a manner that allows overseers of both engineering and non-engineering backgrounds to understand quickly and easily. The emphasis in this handbook has been on presenting the fundamental principles of design, illustrated with several general examples of successful structures, rather than to present strict and inflexible ‘standardised designs’. This is because it is the author’s belief that, given the ruggedness of many developing areas in need of such systems, standardised designs may not always be perfectly feasible-but that someone who understands the principles of the design can easily modify them to fit the locations.
£12.95 1980 PB ITP ISBN 0946688508
Drinking Water Installations and Drainage Requirements in Nepal
SKAT
The proper installation of water supply and drainage disposal systems provides a convenient service of great importance for public health. Unfortunately bad plumbing is the bane of many countries. These three part guidelines have been revised and expanded for professional planners and skilled sanitary fitters. The first section deals with drinking water installations, both direct mains connection and distribution from water tanks. The second section explains drainage requirements, including the modern "stack" system and the updated version of divided drainage of soil and wastewaters. The third part consists of details of individual apparatus, tables connecting and disposal values. There are many drawings illustrating the text which has been written in precise but simple language.
£9.50 1976 PB SKAT ISBN 3908001129
Thatching: A Handbook
Nicolas Hall
A guide to good quality thatching, describing in words and pictures how to achieve the maximum possible roof-life using either cultivated or naturally occurring materials. Reviews the advantages and limitations of thatch as a roofing technique.
£9.95 1988 PB ITP ISBN 1853390607
Buried Pipelines for Surface Irrigation
Robert van Bentum & Ian K. Smout
This book is a comprehensive guide to the use of low-pressure pipelines instead of canal distribution systems for surface irrigation. Buried pipeline systems offer improvements over canals, without the sophistication of high cost pressurised sprinkler and trickle systems. It is, therefore, an intermediate irrigation technology, which may be more appropriate on many irrigation schemes in low- and middle- income countries. It will normally be more efficient and convenient in operation then conventional canal systems, with fewer environmental problems. The costs are considerably lower than for sprinkler or trickle systems, and comparable to those of lined canals. The book identifies circumstances where buried pipe systems will be most appropriate, identifies the different types of system, and presents recommendations on selection, design, construction, operation and maintenance of buried pipeline systems.
£17.95 1994 PB ITP&WEDC ISBN 1853391875
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