ABSTRACT

This book forms the proceedings of the international seminar held by the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Building Research Establishment in Brighton in April 1993. It brings together contributions from 20 countries on recent innovations in building and construction.

part |2 pages

Part Two: Timber

chapter 10|13 pages

Behaviour of Glulam beams in fire

chapter 11|15 pages

Structural grade chipboard

part |2 pages

Part Five: New Concrete Techniques And Masonry Structures

chapter 26|10 pages

Hyrib: looks to reduce pressure on form work

chapter 30|11 pages

Innovative development in masonry

chapter 32|9 pages

Protective materials, purpose and failure

chapter |2 pages

Chairman’s remarks

part |2 pages

Part Six: Steel/Concrete Composite Structures

part |2 pages

Part Seven: Steel Structures

part |2 pages

Part Eight: New Construction Techniques

chapter 43|11 pages

A robot for masonry construction

chapter 44|8 pages

Design for automation and robotics

chapter 45|10 pages

Multi-storey modular buildings