1. Making Buildings

• Learning to Build

• Buildings and the Environment

• Other Sustainable Building Programs and Standards

• The Work of the Design Professional

• The Work of the Construction Professional

• Trends in the Delivery of Design and Construction Services

2. Foundations and Sitework

• Foundation Requirements

• Earth Materials

• Sustainability and Foundations and Sitework

• Earthwork and Excavation

• Foundations

• Foundations as Building Enclosure

• Sitework

• Designing Foundations

• Foundations and the Building Code

3. Wood

• Trees

• Sustainability and Wood

• Lumber

• Wood Products

• Plastic Lumber

• Wood Panel Products

• Protecting Wood from Decay and Fire

• Chemical Wood Preservative Treatments

• Wood Fasteners and Adhesives

• Wood Product Adhesives and Formaldehyde

• Prefabricated Wood Components

• Case Study

4. Heavy Timber and Mass Timber Construction

• Types of Construction

• Sustainability and Heavy Timber and Mass Timber Construction

• Fire Resistance of Large Wood Members

• Calculating the Fire Resistance of Wood Members

• Traditional Heavy Timber Construction

• Contemporary Heavy Timber Construction

• Mass Timber Construction

• Wood–Concrete Composite Construction

• Longer Spans in Heavy Timber and Mass Timber

• Preliminary Design of Heavy Timber and Mass Timber Structures

5. Wood Light Frame Construction

6. Exterior Finishes for Wood Light Frame Construction

• Protection from the Weather

• Roofing

• Windows and Doors

• Paints and Coatings

• Siding

• Corner Boards and Exterior Trim

• Sealing Exterior Joints

• Sustainability and Paints and Other Architectural Coatings

• Exterior Painting, Finish Grading, and Landscaping

• Exterior Construction

7. Interior Finishes for Wood Light Frame Construction

• Completing the Building Enclosure

• Sustainability and Insulation Materials for Wood Light Frame Construction

• Wall and Ceiling Finish

• Millwork and Finish Carpentry

• Proportioning Fireplaces

• Proportioning Stairs

• Flooring and Ceramic Tile Work

• Finishing Touches

8. Brick Masonry

• History

• Mortar

• Sustainability and Brick Masonry

• Brick

• Brick Masonry

• Masonry Wall Construction

9. Stone and Concrete Masonry

• Stone Masonry

• Sustainability and Stone and Concrete Masonry

• Concrete Masonry

• Other Types of Masonry Units

• Masonry Wall Construction

10. Masonry Wall Construction

• Types of Masonry Walls

• Preliminary Design of Loadbearing Masonry Structures

• Spanning Systems for Masonry Bearing Wall Construction

• Detailing Masonry Walls

• Special Problems of Masonry Construction

• Movement Joints in Buildings

• Masonry Paving

• Masonry and the Building Codes

• Uniqueness of Masonry

11. Steel Frame Construction

• History

• The Material Steel

• Preliminary Design of Steel Structures

• Joining Steel Members

• Details of Steel Framing

• Seismic Force Resisting Systems

• The Construction Process

• Fire Protection of Steel Framing

• Longer Spans and Higher-Capacity Columns in Steel

• Fabric Structures

• Sustainability and Steel Frame Construction

• Steel and the Building Codes

• Uniqueness of Steel

12. Light Gauge Steel Frame Construction

• The Concept of Light Gauge Steel Construction

• Sustainability and Light Gauge Steel Framing

• Light Gauge Steel Framing

• Other Uses of Light Gauge Steel Framing

• Preliminary Design of Light Gauge Steel Frame Structures

• Insulating Light Gauge Steel Frame Structures

• Finishes for Light Gauge Steel Framing

• Advantages and Disadvantages of Light Gauge Steel Framing

• Light Gauge Steel Framing and the Building Codes

• Metals in Architecture

• Case Study

13. Concrete Construction

• History

• Cement and Concrete

• Sustainability and Concrete Construction

• Making and Placing Concrete

• Formwork

• Reinforcing

• Concrete Creep

• Prestressing

• Concrete Standards

• Innovations in Concrete

14. Sitecast Concrete Framing Systems

• Casting a Concrete Slab on Grade

• Casting a Concrete Wall

• Casting a Concrete Column

• One-Way Floor and Roof Framing Systems

• Two-Way Floor and Roof Framing Systems

• Sitecast Posttensioned Framing Systems

• Other Types of Sitecast Concrete

• Cutting Concrete, Stone, and Masonry

• Longer Spans in Sitecast Concrete

• Designing Economical Sitecast Concrete Buildings

• Preliminary Design of Sitecast Concrete Structures

• Sitecast Concrete and the Building Codes

• Uniqueness of Sitecast Concrete

15. Precast Concrete Framing Systems

• Precast, Prestressed Concrete Structural Elements

• Preliminary Design of Precast Concrete Structures

• Assembly Concepts for Precast Concrete Buildings

• Manufacture of Precast Concrete Structural Elements

• Joining Precast Concrete Members

• Fastening to Concrete

• Composite Precast/Sitecast Concrete Construction

• The Construction Process

• Sustainability and Precast Concrete Framing Systems

• Precast Concrete and the Building Codes

• Uniqueness of Precast Concrete

16. Designing the Building Enclosure

• Functional Requirements of the Building Enclosure

• Sustainability and the Building Enclosure

• Keeping Water Out

• Controlling the Flow of Heat

• Controlling Air Leakage

• Controlling the Diffusion of Water Vapor

• Sealing Joints in the Exterior Wall

17. Roofing

• Low-Slope Roofs

• Sustainability and Roofing

• Steep Roofs

• Cool Roofs

• Dissimilar Metals and Galvanic Corrosion

• Green Roofs

• Photovoltaic Systems

• Roofing and the Building Codes

18. Glass and Glazing

• History

• The Material Glass

• Sustainability and Glass

• Other Types of Glass

• Glazing

• Glass and Energy

• Glass and the Building Codes

• Case Study

19. Windows and Doors

• Windows

• Plastics in Building Construction

• Sustainability and Windows and Doors

• Doors

• Other Window and Door Requirements

• Case Study

20. Cladding with Masonry and Concrete

• Masonry Veneer Curtain Walls

• Stone Curtain Walls

• Precast Concrete Curtain Walls

• Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems

• Case Study

21. Cladding with Metal and Glass

• Aluminum

• Sustainability and Cladding with Metal and Glass

• Aluminum and Glass Framing Systems

• An Outside Glazed Curtain Wall System

• Double-Skin Facades

• Sloped Glazing Systems

• The Curtain Wall Design Process

• Metal Panel Cladding

22. Selecting Interior Finishes

• Installation of Mechanical and Electrical Services

• Sustainability and Interior Finishes

• The Sequence of Interior Finishing Operations

• Selecting Interior Finishes

• Other Surface Flammability Criteria

• Long-Term Trends in Interior Finish Systems

23. Interior Walls and Partitions

• Interior Walls and Fire Criteria

• Partition Framing

• Sustainability and Gypsum and Other Wall Covering Products

• Plaster Partitions

• Gypsum Board Partitions

• Plaster Ornament

• Masonry Partitions

• Wall and Partition Facings

24. Finish Ceilings and Floors

• Finish Ceilings

• Types of Ceilings

• Sustainability and Finish Ceilings and Floors

• Finish Flooring

• Types of Finish Flooring Materials