Construction - Design, Development, Planning

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Introduction
The history of construction
- Primitive building: the Stone Age
- Bronze Age and early urban cultures
- Stone construction in Egypt
- Greek and Hellenistic cultures
- Roman achievements
  - Masonry construction
  - Early concrete structures
  - Timber and metal construction
  - Building support systems
- Romanesque and Gothic
  - Stone construction
  - Construction in timber and brick
  - Building services
- The Renaissance
  - Reintroduction of dome construction
  - Revival of Roman technics and materials
- The first industrial age
  - Development of iron technology
  - Manufactured building materials
  - Building science
  - Emergence of design professionals
  - Improvements in building services
- The second industrial age
  - Introduction of steel building technology
  - Early steel-frame high-rises
  - Steel long-span construction
  - Reintroduction of concrete
    - The invention of reinforced concrete
    - The concrete dome
  - Development of building service and support systems
    - Vertical transportation
    - Lighting
    - Heating and cooling systems
    - Glass as a building material
  - High-rise construction since 1945
    - Use of steel and other metals
    - Use of reinforced concrete
  - Postwar developments in long-span construction
Modern building practices
- The economic context of building construction
- Building design and construction
  - Design programming
  - Design development
  - Construction
- Low-rise residential buildings
  - Foundations
  - Structural systems
    - Timber frames
    - Masonry walls
  - Enclosure systems
  - Interior finishes
  - Plumbing
  - Heating and cooling
  - Electrical systems
- Low-rise commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings
  - Foundations
  - Timber
  - Steel
  - Concrete
  - Enclosure systems
  - Interior finishes
    - Partitions
    - Ceiling finishes
    - Floor finishes
  - Life-safety systems
  - Vertical transportation
  - Plumbing
  - Environmental control
  - Electrical systems
- High-rise buildings
  - Foundations
  - Structural systems
    - Wind loads
    - Earthquake loads
    - Classification of structural systems
  - Enclosure systems
  - Life-safety systems
  - Vertical transportation
  - Plumbing
  - Environmental control
  - Electrical systems
- Long-span buildings
  - Structural systems
    - Structural types
    - Timber structures
    - Steel structures
    - Concrete structures
  - Factors in the built environment
    - Acoustics
    - Environmental control systems

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