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List Of Overseas Building Notes

051.   Town and Country Planning in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Areas: A Bibliography.

052    Climate and Town Planning with Special Reference to Tropical and Sub-Tropical Climates.      
053   1) African Housing in the Urban Areas of Kenya. 2) New Designs for African Housing in Uganda. 3) Housing in Lagos, Nigeria.
054.  Cement and Concrete: a Review of Recent Publications of Interest to Overseas Builders. Rammed Earth Building Blocks. The Cinva-Ram Portable Block Making Press. "How to build to size and shape" - a brief review.        
055.   Paint Problems in Tropical Climates
056   Housing and Planning in Singapore, 1957. The Housing Trust, Federation of Malaya. Housing in Hong Kong.
057.   1) Housing, Building, and Planning in the West Indies, 1957. 2) Housebuilding in Europe, 1956-1957.  
058.   Lightweight Concrete. Cement in the Colonial Territories.        
059.   Housing Surveys: Notes on the ways in which housing shortages may be assessed, with a selected list of references. Low cost of housing in Hong Kong. Expandable houses.        
060.   1) Economic Housing, with particular reference to the Southern Rhodesia African Home Ownership Schemes. 2) African Housing at Mufulira West.      
061.   The Burnt-Clay Brick        
062.   The Post-War Housing Programme of the Imperial Tobacco Company African Organisation. Flats and Shops at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
063.   Building in Earthquake Areas. Some Publications on Housing Finance. Ekistics: abstracts on the science of human settlements.        
064.   Sources of Information: South African Housing Publications; Periodicals; Maintenance and Building Repairs; Underground Drainage Systems. Living Space in a Hong Kong Tenement.
065.   Emulsion Paints. Efflorescence or Lime-Bloom (Lime Stain).
066.   Ventilation in Warm Climates. A Study of the Influence of Ceiling Height in Dwelling Houses. Kumasi College of Technology (Ghana).        
067.   Mould Growth on Paints in the Tropics        
068.   1) Studies in Cost Reduction for Small Dwellings. 2) African Housing in Djibouti and Belgian Congo.                
069.   Aluminium Roofing        
070.   Tropical Building Studies No. 1 (Housing densities). Housing in Africa. The Pour-flush Latrine in Malaya. The Overseas Visual Aids Centre (OVAC).        
071.   1) Some Principles of Design for Warm Climates (with bibliography). 2) Natural Ventilation in Low-Latitude Buildings
072.   The Work of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. Low-Cost Housing in North Africa and the Sahara Region.        
073.   1) Planning and Housing in the West Indies. 2) Air Conditioning and Mould Growth.        
074.   1) Termites which damage constructional timber. 2) The control of rats in sewers. 3) Malaya Housing Trust Designs.        
076.   The Drafting of Town Planning Ordinances.        
077.   1) Advances in African Housing. 2) Sewerage, with special reference to the rural district.        
078.   Daylighting in Northern Rhodesia School Buildings.                
079.   Housing for Low-Income Workers in Fiji. Housing in Singapore. Housing in Indonesia.
080.   Paint Topics.
081.   Crop Storage in Warm Regions. West African Timbers and Termites. Building Legislation.  
082.   Asbestos-Cement Roofing and Other Products. Built-up Felt Roofs. Houses for Hot Climates: Australian Design Principles.        
083.   Schools at Karachi. Pipes and fittings for domestic water supply. Low-cost housing in South Africa.
084.   Low-Cost Housing in Malaya. The Siting of Petrol Stations. Roofing of Farmhouses, etc. (Thatch, Tiles, Slate).
085.   Village Development in Malaya. Housing in Guatemala.        
086.   Plastics in Building. Glass in Building.        
087.   Community development at Tema. Low-cost housing and termite damage. Building research and low-cost housing in South Africa.        
088.   1) Some Considerations on Hospital Design. 2) Timber Research in South Africa. 3) Louvres and Tropical Rainfall.  
089.   1) Strength of Small Roofs. 2) Buildings and Mass Education in South Africa. 3) Town-planning in Turkey.
090.   1) Housing in Japan. 2) Design and construction trends in Asia. 3) Building materials and techniques in India.
091.   Cement in the Commonwealth. Hong Kong Housing Society.         
092.   Vinyl water paints or distempers. Painting cast iron soil and waste pipes. Housing in Kenya. Urban renewal and housing in Puerto Rico. Function, design and legislation in the building.  
093.   1) Practical Building on Heaving Soils. 2) Shading of School Buildings.  
094.   Protection of Steelwork in Building.        
095.   Pulos Mas: An Indonesian Urban Project. Regional Planning in Ghana. Workers' Housing in Israel.        
096.   Two New Hospital Projects: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong; Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. The University of Lagos - School at Idi-Araba (Nigeria).        
097.   Large Panel Construction: Part 1. Economics.        
098.   Large Panel Construction: Part 2. Production methods.        
099.   Research on Engineering Services: some work at the Building Research Station. Town and Country Planning in Jordan. Low-Cost Housing in Development Schemes. Building Materials in Jamaica.        
101.   How Wind Shapes Buildings.
102.   Multi-Purpose Rooms in School Buildings.        
103.   (A) Performance Tests on Solar Water Heaters. (B) Metal-foil Insulation and Dust.        
104.   (A) Mechanical Plant for Building. (B) Master List of Properties for Building Materials and Products.        
105.   (A) Some Recent School Buildings in Barbados. (B) Village Planning in Fiji. (C) Town Planning in Nukualofa, Tonga.        
106.   Building in Papua and New Guinea.
107.   (A) Battery-Cast Concrete Units. (B) Watering of Sites on Expansive Soils.        
108.   (A) Plastics in Building. (B) Plastics in Plumbing.       
109.   (A) Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar. (B) Principles and means of escape in case of fire. (C) A prefabricated building in New Guinea.        
110.   Planning and Control in Building (Critical Path Method).
111.   (A) Building in Bermuda. (B) The Need for millions of homes in the Far East. (C) Environmental conditions and standardization in dwellings. (D) Hospital planning and equipment: a select bibliography.     
112.   (A) Housing in Fiji. (B) School planning and equipment: a select bibliography. (C) Building for night comfort in the humid tropics.        
113.   (A) Workers Housing in Uganda. (B) The planning of Jerusalem (Jordan) and region. (C) Pre-treatment of building sites for termite control in the USA.     
114.   Concrete Blocks and Blockwork Walls in the Tropics.   
115.   (A) Prefabricated Low-Cost Housing in Jamaica. (B) Block-making machines.        
116.   (A) Town Planning and Housing in Djibouti. (B) Fixing wallboards and panels.        
117.   Non-Traditional Building for Warm Climates.
118.   (A) Building for warm climates: a bibliography. (B) House-building in earthquake regions: a review for architects. (C) Building regulations for seismic areas. (D) Building in the New Hebrides.   119.   Two Lectures on Building: 1) The production of built environments: ways of building. 2) The rationalisation and industrialisation of building products.        
120.   (A) The durability of Bush Materials. (B) Housing for aborigines in Australia. (C) Maintenance and repair of buildings: a bibliography.
121.   Building on Difficult Soils.        
122.   Building Systems, Sponsorship, and Discipline.        
123.   (A) Industrialized Building, Design, and Productivity. (B) System building and productivity (in Sweden, France and USSR).        
124.   (A) Corrosion of Metals: Some Notes on Hazards in Building. (B) Metric System and the Construction Industry.        
125.   (A) School Building in the Pacific Territories (Papua New Guinea). (B) Index to Overseas Building Notes, nos. 101-125.        
126.   (A) Whitewash formulations. (B) Design and construction of small-diameter sewers and drains.        
127.   (A) Metrication: a bibliography. (B) Metric values of some quantities. (C) Metric sizes in steel bar reinforcement.    
128.   Man-Made Aggregates for Concrete.        
129.   Fire Regulations and the Architect.        
130.   Mechanization and Building.        
131.  (A) The Use of Small Diameter Piles in Expansive Soil. (B) Staircase Design Modernised.       
132.   Admixtures in Concrete.        
133.   Bills of Quantities: Conventional, and with a Bias Towards the Production Process.        
134.   Plastics for Building in Developing Countries.
135.   Security.
137.   Long-Life Coatings.
139.   Problems of Concrete Production in Arid Climates.        
140.   Planning of Educational Buildings: A Bibliography. 
142.   Windows - Design and Function Under Tropical Conditions.
143.   Building in Earthquake Areas.        
144.  Simple Classrooms for Pacific Islands.
145.  The durability of Materials for Tropical Building.        
146.  Timber in Tropical Building.        
148.  The Durability of Metals in Buildings.        
149.  Rapid Office Accommodation: a Malaysian Example.
150.  The Manufacture and Use of Concrete Blocks for Walls.        
151.  Housing Standards, Human Needs, and Social Change.
152.  Manufacture and Application of Lightweight Concrete.        
153.  Properties and Production of Concrete.        
154.  Calcium Silicate Bricks (Including sand-lime and flint-lime bricks).        
155.  On Ceiling Heights and Human Comfort.        
157.  La Transmission Thermique Standardise. (Standard U-values for building materials)
158.  Building for Comfort        
160.  Low-Cost Housing in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas.
161.  Production and Use of Lime in the Developing Countries.        
162.  Board linings to walls        
163.  Building Research Centre and Similar Organisations throughout the world.    
164.  The Thermal Performance of Concrete Roofs and Reed        
165.  Buildings and the Environment.
166.  No-Fines Concrete.        
167.  The Preparation of Feasibility Studies for Production of Building Materials.        
168.  Sanitation without Sewers - The Aqua Privy.        
169.  Developments in Paints and Surface Coatings.        
170.  Termites and Tropical Building.        
171.  Protection of Steelwork in Building.      
172.  Low-Cost Housing in the Indian Context    
173.  Bricks and Mortar        
174.  Sewage Treatment in Hot Countries        
175.  Plastics for Building        
176.  Building Materials in the Arabian Gulf - Their Production and Use       
177.  Avoiding Faults and Failures in Building   
178.  Village Water Supplies     
179.  Foundations in poor soils including expansive clays.        
180.  Bitumen Coverings for Flat Roofs   
181.  The Management of Resources on Construction Sites
182.  Roofs in Hot Dry Climates, With Special Reference to Northern Sudan
183.  Preservation of timber for tropical buildings.        
184.  Stabilized soil blocks for building.    
186.  Fire Protection and Building Regulations
187.  The design of septic tanks and aqua-privies.        
188.  Buildings and Tropical Windstorms        
189.  Sanitation for developing communities.        
190.  Earthquake Risk to Buildings in the Middle East
191.  Guidelines for Foundation Design of Low-Rise Buildings on Expansive Clay in Northern Jordan        
192.  Solar Energy Applications        
193.  Mechanized Emptying of Pit Latrines        
194.  Disease reduction by improved house construction.
195.  Disposal of domestic effluents to the ground.
196.  Health aspects of latrine construction.        
197.  Bricks and blocks for low-cost housing.        
198.  Alternatives to Ordinary Portland Cement.
199.  Timber in the tropical building.        
200.  Maintenance of low-cost buildings.
201.  Termites and tropical building.  
202.  Preservation of timber for tropical building.

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