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Author Fortlage, C. A

Title Landscape Construction : Volume 2: Roads, Paving and Drainage
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Plates; Foreword; Introduction to Volume 2; 1. Hard landscape surfaces; Monolithic paving; Unit paving; Granular paving; Safety of paving surfaces; 1.1 Bases for paving and roadways; Meaning of road construction terms; Road classes for the landscape designer; Design of sub-bases; Preparation for sub-base; Sub-grade (or sub-strate); Calculation of sub-base thickness; Simplified calculation; 1.2 Concrete; Concrete grades; Concrete mixes; Workability; Traditional concrete mixes
2. Monolithic pavingAdvantages; Disadvantages; 2.1 Macadam roadways and pedestrian areas; Sub-base; The road base; The surfacing; Typical roadway outline specifications; Macadam materials; Aggregates for macadam; Laying macadam; Decorative macadam; 2.2 Asphalt; Laying hot rolled asphalt; Asphalt on new roadways; Asphalt on existing paving; 2.3 Mastic asphalt; 2.4 Dense tar surfacing; 2.5 Concrete roadways; Reinforced concrete; Movement joints; Surfacing; Resurfacing; 3. Unit paving; Sub-base; Bedding and jointing generally; 3.1 Flags; British Standard flags; Non-standard flags; Tactile flags
Sub-bases for flagsBedding flags; 3.2 Concrete blocks; Sub-bases for concrete blocks; Bedding concrete blocks; 3.3 Natural stone slabs; Irregular paving; Sub-bases and bedding for natural stone slabs; 3.4 Setts; Granite setts; Concrete setts; Sub-bases and bedding; 3.5 Bricks and brick pavers; Clay paving bricks; Clay brick pavers; Paving bonds; Sub-bases for paving bricks and brick pavers; Bedding and jointing brick paving; Repairs; 3.6 Cobbles; Cobble types; Sub-bases and bedding for cobbles; 3.7 Grass concrete; Fire paths; Precast concrete units; Plastic units; Sub-bases for grass concrete
Bedding and filling grass concrete precast blocks3.8 Pedestrian deterrent paving; Advantages; Disadvantages; Deterrent paving units; 4. Granular paving; Bases and sub-bases; Geotextiles and filter fabrics; Drainage of granular surfaces; 4.1 Gravel materials; Gravel; Self-binding gravels; 4.2 Ballast, hoggin and shale; Ballast; Hoggin; Shale or blaes; 4.3 Bark and woodchips; 5. Kerbs and edgings; 5.1 Kerbs; Kerbs to British Standard 7263: Parts 1 and 2; Natural stone kerbs to British Standard 435; Laying and bedding kerbs; 5.2 Edgings; Brick edgings; Proprietary edge restraints
Foundations, bedding and jointingJunctions; 5.3 Mowing stones; 5.4 Tree grilles; Precast concrete grilles; Cast iron grilles; Hardwood grilles; ln-situ grilles; Bases and bedding; Amsterdam Tree Soil planting; 6. Drainage of paved areas; 6.1 Channels; Precast concrete channels; Natural stone channels; Brick channels; Granite or concrete setts; Patent channels; Foundations, bedding and jointing; Manhole and access covers; 6.2 Surface water drainage; Design of drainage falls and channels for paved areas; Calculation of paving drainage; Pipeline materials; Bedding of pipes generally
Notes Backfilling trenches for flexible pipes
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Form Electronic book
Author Phillips, E. T
ISBN 9781351923545
1351923544