CONSTRUCTION PUBLICATIONS

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Multi-Storey Construction

Title Description Size
Australia’s 100 Tallest Buildings (1994) Pictorial overview, analysing them by structure, number of floors and overall height. It shows the dominance of reinforced concrete in this market and identifies reasons for this 1.4  MB
Form and Function in Concrete Case studies of prominent buildings in six capital cities 1.2  MB
QV1 (1991) A detailed case study of a 42-storey building in Perth 608  KB

Tilt-Up and Precast Concrete Construction

Title Description Size
Ten Steps to Tilt-Up (1999) Ten reasons why tilt-up is becoming the preferred construction system for many commercial and residential developments – ten reasons why you should use it on your next project 640  KB
Tilt-Up City (1995) Reviews the contribution that tilt-up construction has made to the Joondalup streetscape in Perth by considering several projects in the commercial, retail and residential areas – the realisation of Landcorp’s vision of “A City in Harmony” 512  KB
Tilt-Up Digest (1991) An examination of recent tilt-up buildings 604  KB

Housing Construction

Title Description Size
10 Steps to Build a Reinforced Concrete Slab-On-Ground (2001) Step-by-step guide for a housebuilder to successfully construct a durable slab-on-ground, the preferred floor and footing solution for housing 710  KB