Modernisation, Mechanisation and Industrialisation of Concrete Structures

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Modernisation of Precast Concrete Structures -- Chapter 1 Historical and Chronological Development of Precast Concrete Structures -- 1.1 The five periods of development and optimisation -...
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Modernisation of Precast Concrete Structures -- Chapter 1 Historical and Chronological Development of Precast Concrete Structures -- 1.1 The five periods of development and optimisation -- 1.2 Developing years and the standardisation period -- 1.3 Optimisation and the lightweight period -- 1.4 The thermal mass period -- References -- Chapter 2 Industrial Building Systems (IBS) Project Implementation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Routes to IBS procurement -- 2.3 Precast concrete IBS solution to seven-storey skeletal frame -- 2.4 Manufacture of precast concrete components and ancillaries -- 2.5 Minimum project sizes and component efficiency for IBS -- 2.6 Design implications in construction matters -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Best Practice and Lessons Learned in IBS Design, Detailing and Construction -- 3.1 Increasing off-site fabrication -- 3.2 Standardisation -- 3.3 Self-compacting concrete for precast components -- 3.4 Recycled precast concrete -- 3.5 Building services -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Research and Development Towards the Optimisation of Precast Concrete Structures -- 4.1 The research effort on precast concrete framed structures -- 4.2 Precast frame connections -- 4.3 Studies on structural integrity of precast frames and connections -- References -- Part II Mechanisation and Automation of the Production of Concrete Elements -- Chapter 5 Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Software for the Design and Detailing of Precast Structures -- 5.1 Building information modelling (BIM) -- 5.2 Technologies -- 5.3 BIM in precast construction -- 5.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 Mechanisation and Automation in Concrete Production Ausführliche Beschreibung