Surinder Singh Virdi & Robert Waters 
Construction Science and Materials [PDF ebook] 

Construction Science & Materials is designed to cover topics studied at levels 2 – 5 on Construction HND courses and is also suitable for first year undergraduates on construction courses as well as Building surveying, Architectural Technology and Quantity Surveying. It is an essential text for those who have done no science since their GCSEs.
Divided into 17 chapters, each with written explanations supplemented by solved examples and relevant diagrams to substantiate the text. Chapters end with numerical questions covering a range of problems and their answers are given at the end of the book and on the book’s website.

Table of Content

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1 Introduction to physics

2 Introduction to chemistry

3 Effects of chemicals and atmosphere on materials

4 Electricity

5 Introduction to construction technology

6 Introduction to building services

7 Thermal energy 1

8 Thermal energy 2

9 Forces and structures 1

10 Forces and structures 2

11 Forces and structures 3

12 Fluid mechanics

13 Sound

14 Light

15 Human comfort

16 Construction materials

17 Assignments

Index

About the author

About the Author

SURINDER SINGH VIRDI is a lecturer in construction at South and City College Birmingham and visiting lecturer at City of Wolverhampton College. He worked as a civil and structural engineer for a number of years before starting his career in further and higher education. He has been teaching construction science, environmental science, mathematics, ICT and CAD on BTEC National and Higher National courses for over 25 years.