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by Andrew Watts (Author)
New edition of the popular handbook
The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due to its regular revisions and clear structure with chapters titled "Material", "Wall", "Roof", "Structure", "Environment" and "Applications".
For the sixth edition, the 3-D illustrations have been brought up to date and in some cases redrawn, and all six chapters have been critically reviewed and updated.
Tried and tested component details, examples focusing on sustainability and energy consumption, and an update on finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) introduced in the last edition set new standards for this handbook which serves as a foundational textbook in many architecture courses.
- Updates of all details and examples
- The most important aspects of building design covered in six chapters
- Project-neutral drawings
Author Biography
Andrew Watts an architect and engineer and the author of the Modern Construction
series of textbooks. He specialises in the architectural and
engineering design of large-scale buildings of complex form. Andrew is a
founding director of Newtecnic. He is a Fellow of three UK engineering
institutions in recognition of his engineering-based designs; the
Institution of Civil Engineers; the Institution of Engineering
Designers; the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Andrew holds
charterships in the UK for architecture and engineering from the Royal
Institute of British Architects and the Institution of Engineering
Designers. In the US, he holds an ASCE membership.
