Structural detailing in concrete

2nd edition

A comparative study of British, European and American codes and practices

by M. Y. H. Bangash

This concrete detailing manual has been prepared to provide practical and upto-date information on many aspects of concrete construction, and is intended for educators, designers, draftsmen and detailers, and all others who have an interest in structural concrete work.

Structural detailing in concrete covers the full scope of structural detailing in the UK, Europe and the USA, starting with the fundamentals of drawing, continuing with drafting practice and conventional methods of detailing components, and concluding with a number of case studies.

The first edition of Structural detailing in concrete was based on the British Standard codes and practices. However, in the past decade or so there has been an increase in international multipurpose concrete construction, and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic (and elsewhere in the World) showed a desire for European and American codes and practices to be included in this book.

This task, taken upon himself by the author, proved gigantic, especially the incorporation of the newly developed Eurocode 2. Several organizations dealing in British, European and American codes were approached and their advice was sought in the preparation of this second edition.

Those who have used the first edition will find the main headings of the various sections unchanged. The introduction to each section is as given in the first edition. However, each section has typical explanatory notes and drawings with up-to-date information on developmental methods.

In some sections only minimal alteration was required, while in others a complete revision was needed. Each section was expanded with codified methods for drafting and detailing concrete structures based on European and American practices. The second edition of Structural detailing in concrete, therefore, covers the full scope of structural detailing in the UK, Europe and the USA.