Download or read book Building Construction written by J.E. Ambrose and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1992-04-30 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the integration of service subsystems such as lighting, heating and air conditioning, water supply, electrical power, waste removal and elevators into a building. The authors discusses and illustrates the construction development of these systems within a building, as well as the response of the general building construction to the incorporation of these systems. Case studies of nine buildings provide an on-the-job look at wide range of building uses, sizes and forms of construction. Designers and builders using this guide gain a rare opportunity to see the specific development of individual subsystems within the context of the general building framework.