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Glass construction is one of the most varied and innovative areas of structural design. Glass connects exterior and interior spaces; at the same time, it protects the interior space from the outside world. Its constructional possibilities go far beyond classical window constructions. Special glasses possess astonishing physical characteristics and can thus be used in varied and creative ways.

• Prologue: The Urban Hearth
• How the Industrial Economy Made the Stove
• How Mineral Heat Came to American Cities
• How the Coal Trade Made Heat Cheap
• How the Industrial Hearth Defied Control
• How Steam Heat Found its Limits
• Epilogue: The Industrial Hearth
• Appendix: Abbreviations of Archives Consulted.

Home Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the "industrial hearth" appeared in American cities, the methods that entrepreneurs in home heating markets used to convince consumers that their product designs and fuel choices were superior, and how elite, middle-class, and poor Americans responded to these overtures. Adams depicts the problem of dwindling supplies of firewood and the search for alternatives; the hazards of cutting, digging, and drilling in the name of home heating; the trouble and expense of moving materials from place to place; the rise of steam power; the growth of an industrial economy; and questions of economic efficiency, at both the individual household and the regional level. Home Fires makes it clear that debates over energy sources, energy policy, and company profit margins have been around a long time. The challenge of staying warm in the industrializing North becomes a window into the complex world of energy transitions, economic change, and emerging consumerism. Readers will understand the struggles of urban families as they sought to adapt to the ever-changing nineteenth-century industrial landscape. This perspective allows a unique view of the development of an industrial society not just from the ground up but from the hearth up.
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• What is buildability?
• why design for buildability?
• how to design for buildability
• buildability in the past
• buildability today
• buildability - the design discipline
• note on design examples
• strategic design examples
• detailed design examples.
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This volume contains a report based on research carried out under contract to the Construction Industry Research and Information Association by Curtins, Consulting Engineers. The text explains the concept of buildability and provides strategic and detailed design examples.
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While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It details the contributions that Charles J. Pankow, a 1947 graduate of Purdue University, and his firm have made as builders of large, often concrete, commercial structures since the company's foundation in 1963. In particular, it uses selected projects as case studies to analyse and explain how the company innovated at the project level. The company has been recognised as a pioneer in "design-build, " a methodology that involves the construction company in the development of structures and substitutes negotiated contracts for the bidding of architects' plans. The Pankow companies also developed automated construction technologies that helped keep projects on time and within budget. The book includes dozens of photographs of buildings under construction from the company's archive and other sources. At the same time, the author analyses and evaluates the strategic decision making of the firm through 2004, the year in which the founder died. While Charles Pankow figures prominently in the narrative, the book also describes how others within the firm adapted the business so that the company could survive a commercial market that changed significantly as a result of the recession of the 1990s. Extending beyond the scope of most business biographies, this book is a study in industry innovation and the power of corporate culture, as well as the story of one particular company and the individuals who created it. Key Features: There are many books about architects, but very few about twentieth-century "makers." Tells the story behind many iconic buildings, especially in the western half of the US. Charles Pankow was a pioneer in concrete construction and the "design-build" system.
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• Introduction
• Kiewit Days
• Executing Design-Build, 1963-1971
• Pankow in Hawaii, 1965-1984
• Pankow on the Mainland, 1972-1984
• Reorganization, Growth, and Recession, 1984-1991
• Promoting Design-Build and Funding Concrete Construction Research
• Adapting to Market Change, 1991-2004
• Epilogue
• Conclusion.

While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It details the contributions that Charles J. Pankow, a 1947 graduate of Purdue University, and his firm have made as builders of large, often concrete, commercial structures since the company's foundation in 1963. In particular, it uses selected projects as case studies to analyse and explain how the company innovated at the project level. The company has been recognised as a pioneer in "design-build, " a methodology that involves the construction company in the development of structures and substitutes negotiated contracts for the bidding of architects' plans. The Pankow companies also developed automated construction technologies that helped keep projects on time and within budget. The book includes dozens of photographs of buildings under construction from the company's archive and other sources. At the same time, the author analyses and evaluates the strategic decision making of the firm through 2004, the year in which the founder died. While Charles Pankow figures prominently in the narrative, the book also describes how others within the firm adapted the business so that the company could survive a commercial market that changed significantly as a result of the recession of the 1990s. Extending beyond the scope of most business biographies, this book is a study in industry innovation and the power of corporate culture, as well as the story of one particular company and the individuals who created it. Key Features: There are many books about architects, but very few about twentieth-century "makers." Tells the story behind many iconic buildings, especially in the western half of the US. Charles Pankow was a pioneer in concrete construction and the "design-build" system.
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• Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living; Preface; References; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; Introduction; Scope; Why is this book different?; Difference
• 1. The response of molds to indoor climate dynamics; Difference
• 2. The crucial role of materials in control strategies for indoor mold; Difference
• 3. Newest insights into adverse health effects; The societal context of indoor fungal growth; Implications for public health; Legal context; Introduction to indoor fungi; The mycobiota; Classification of indoor fungi.

• Surface growth versus degradationHealth implications; Water as the key factor; Water availability; The state of water in the air; The state of water in materials; Water activity; Water content; Transient conditions: the disequilibrium between air and material; Sources of water; Sources of liquid water; The source is water vapor; Interstitial condensation; Surface condensation; References;
• Appendix 1. Thermodynamic definition of water activity and relative humidity; The water activity; The relative humidity; Fundamentals; 2 Water relations of fungi in indoor environments; Introduction.

• Fungal response to long term variations in indoor climateFungal response to steady-state humidity conditions; Fungal growth on construction and finishing materials; Construction materials; Paints; Plasters and renders; Wallpaper and boards; In summary; Fungal response to steady-state temperatures; Water and temperature interactions; The effect of seasonal variations in climate conditions; Global CO2/energy objectives and indoor mold: the temperature ratio criterion; Short term variations in indoor climate; The discrepancy between indoor climate and micro climate; The time-of-wetness concept.

• Fungal response to indoor climate dynamicsGlobal CO2/energy objectives and indoor mold (revisited); Conclusions; References; 3 Fungal growth and humidity fluctuations: a toy model; Introduction; A toy model for growth; Philosophy; Fluctuations of the micro-climate; Fungal response on wet and dry periods; Growth and wet/dry cycles; Dimensionless parameters; Growth scenarios; Case I
• Activation limited growth; Case II
• Deactivation limited growth; Comparison with experiments; Relative growth and time-of-wetness; Frequency dependency of growth; Making up the balance.

• Signposts for a better modelIntroduction; Two activation regimes; Pathways for future modeling; Conclusion and outlook; References; 4 The fungal cell; Introduction; Fungal growth; The fungal colony as a unity; Considerations about aerial hyphae and fungal survival; Orientation; Colonization and breaking the water film; Respiration and secretion; Nutrients, metabolites and water; Survival; Survival structures and their formation; References; 5 Ecology and general characteristics of indoor fungi; Introduction; What are fungi?; Growth of a filamentous fungus; The mycobiota of indoor environments.

Today, indoor mold and moisture, and their associated health effects, are a society-wide problem. The economic consequences of indoor mold and moisture are enormous. Their global dimension has been emphasized in several recent international publications, stressing that the most important means for avoiding adverse health effects is the prevention (or minimization) of persistent dampness and microbial growth on interior surfaces and in building structures. This book aims to describe the fundamentals of indoor mold growth as a prerequisite to tackle mold growth in the existing building stock as w.