PLANNING DESIGN DATAMetric Handbook CD-ROM Planning and Design Data David Adler BSe DIC CEng MICE Civil Engineering Consultant This CD ry is an invaluable time-saving tool for architects and designers ie has over 1700 symbols dealing with all the principal building types le gives you additional search, select and insert facilities M1 shows you space requirements between furniture as well as standard sizing specifications The drawings can be used with AutoCAD R12, R13, R14 and AutoCAD LT also with MicroStation SE, MicroStation 95 and MicroStation TriForma and IntelliCAD 98. CONTENTS: Notation; Design Data; Sanitary Installations; Transport; Mechanised Movement; External Design; Workplaces; Public Buildings; High Street; Eating and Drinking; Entertainment; Sport and Leisure; Learning and Research; Dwellings 0 7506 3293 3 CD-Rom 1999 £150.00 + VAT ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY Fax: +44 (0) 1865 314572 Credit Card Hot Line Tel: +44 (0) 1865 888 180 E-mail: bhuk.orders@repp.co.uk Please sd papa £2 for UK. £6 for Europe and £10 for Rest of World, and supply full delivery adress & phone number with your order. a!METRIC HANDBOOK Planning and Design Data EDITED BY David Adler = g Architectural Press OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHIArchitectural Press ‘An imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 4 Armerber ofthe Reed Elser ple group First published as AJ Metric Handbook by The Architect Second edition 1969 Third edition 1970 First published as New Metric Handbook 1979 Revised reprint 1981 Reprinted 1984, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Second edition (as Metric Handbook) 1999 1 Press 1968 © Reed Educational and Professional Publis Jing Led 1979, 1999 All rights reserved. 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Adler, David 721'.028 ISBN 0 7506 0899 4 Composition by Genesis Typesetting, Laser Quay, Rochester, Kent Printed and bound in Great Britain PcContents Preface vii Acknowledgements vii 1 Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination 2 Basie design data David Adler 3 Sanitary installations and cloakrooms Alan Tye Design Lid 4 Design for the vehicle David Adler 5 Aids to pedestrian movement David Adler 6 Landscape design Michael Linlewood 17 Terminals and transport interchanges Chris Blow 8 Factories Jolyon Drury 9 Industrial storage buildings Jolyon Drury 10 Farm buildings John Weller 11 Offices DEGW 12 Law courts Christopher Rainford 13 Retail trading Fred Lawson 14 Payment and counselling offices Derek Montefiore 1S Publie service buildings Derek Montefiore 16 Primary health Ann Noble 17 Hospitals Rosemary Glanville and Anthony Howard 18 Eating and drinking Fred Lawson, John Rawson and Frank Bradbeer 19 Studios for sound and vision David Binns 20 Auditoria Jan Appleton and Joe Aveline 21 Community centres Jim Tanner 22 Swimming Gerald Perrin 23 Boating, John Rawson 24 Outdoor sports and stadia Peter Ackroyd and Geraint John 25 Indoor sports Peter Ackroyd 26 Equestrian design Rod Sheard and Frank Bradbeer 27 Places of worship Leslie Fairweather, Atha Al-Samarraie and David Adler 28 Schools Guy Hawkins 29 Higher education 30 Labora Tony Branton and Chris Bissell 31 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces Geoffrey Mathews 32 Libraries and information centres 33 Houses and fats an Chown 34 Student housing and housing for young people Lit Pride 35 Homes for old people an Smith 36 Hotels Fred Lawson and John Rawson 37 Tropical design Martin Evans 38 Thermal environment Phil JonesMt Contents 39 Light Joe Lynes 4 Sound Neil Spring 41 Structure David Adler ‘2 Fire Beryl Menzies 43 Security David Adler 44 Access for maintenance 45 Service distribution 46 Materials: Appendix A The SI system Appendix B Conversion factors and tables Appendix € List of contributors IndexPreface Seventeen years have passed since the last main revision of the ‘Metric Handbook. While the changeover from the Imperial system ‘of measurement to metric in the building industry has passed into the mists of time (it stated over thirty years ago), we are stil n the throes of an almost equally traumatic change. This isthe change from our British system of standards and codes of practice to ones ‘that will eventually be common over most of Europe, and even in some cases over the whole world. This radical revision of our standards is still in process. While the information in this new edition is as up to date as possible, further changes occur almost daily. While the basic concepts of design are constant so the information should be adequate for inital design purposes, the latest and fullest information should be consulted before finalisation. The bibliographies a the end of most of the chapters should assist inthis. Ing handbook covering such a wide field as this, it is inevitable that not everything can be as detailed as one would prefer. Statements are made that may require qualification. When frequently repeated, it becomes tedious to continually read terms such as generally, normally, in many cases. The actual se of such terms has been restricted, but the reader should teat ll statements made in the book as covered by a general proviso, Each situation js unique, and its problems may demand solutions that break rules {ound in Sources such as this. ‘Very many people have assisted me in the preparation of this ‘new edition, and I have built upon the many others who were responsible for material in earlier editions, going back tothe three special editions of the Architects’ Journal in 1970 that stared it Off. [thank all of those that I remember in the Acknowledgements which follow, and apologise to those whom 1 fail 10 mention Fuller details of major contributors than can be included in the chapter headings will be found in Appendix C atthe end of the book. This new edition marks the honoured passing of the doyen of architectural reference books. I refer to Planning, The Architec’s Handbook which is now not to be republished since the recent death of its distinguished last editor, Derek Mills CBE, Planning evolved in the 1930s from weekly notes in the Architect and Building News, and was a vade-mecum for generations of architects ~ I myself found it invaluable as an engineering student in the fifties. T have incorporated some of its material in this ‘new edition of the Metric Handbook, and I hope that this, while something of a johnny-come-lately, will be regarded a worthy ‘A project ofthis scale is bound to contain errors, and I would bbe grateful 10 be informed of any that are found. However, neither I, the contributors nor the publishers can accept responsi- bility for loss or damage resulting from inaccuracies or David Adler November 1998Acknowledgements Organizations who have contributed andjor helped are: the British Standards Institution, Department of Environment, Trans ‘port and the Regions, Health and Safety Executive, Institution of, Structural Engineers, Steel Construction Institue, the late lamented Greater London Couneil, County Councils of Cheshire, Devon, Essex and Lancashire, and the Cyclists’ Touring Club. Individuals who have made substantial consibutions to the book sre generally named in the chapter headings. In addition, the editor has received help froma large numberof other people over the years or this and for previous editions. He wishes to express his sincere thanks to all of these, Some of those in the list below are ‘unfortunately no longer with us, but deserve to be remembered. If ‘anyone is omitted from the ist (which is in alphabetical order, my apologies ~ it will be due to fallible memory! Peter Ackroyd Renata Corbani Don Adie Susan Cunningham ‘Tanya Bocking Betsy Dinesen Brian Barclay Francis Duty Brian Brookes Peter Forbes Geoff Burt Brenda Goddard Ruth Cannock Selieyn Goldsmith John Carter Godfrey Golzen Mike Cash John Gridley Richard Chisnell ‘Simon Inglis Mike Chrimes Geraint John John Jordan Paul Noble John Keenan Julian Oseley ‘Alexander Kira Oliver Palmer David Knipe Tim Pharoah Leslie Knopp Esmond Reid Sarah Kors David Schreiber Mary Langshaw Steve Sctivens David Lush Zhan Sliwa sim McCluskey Peier Stubbs ‘Tony MeKendry Patricia Tutt Jay MeMahan Martz Vandenberg Bruce Martin Neil Warock-Smith Colin Moore John Weller John Nelson Jeremy Wilson ‘Anthony Noakes David Wolchover George Noble Zoe Youd John Noble |A special acknowledgement to my wife Jill Adler, who took onthe rmammath task of proof-reading. 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