Publisher's Synopsis
This title compares different countries' approaches to the design and installation of building services systems. The UK approach is compared with those in the USA, France and Germany. The report was commissioned to identify the reasons for apparently high UK construction costs compared to those in other industrialised countries. The book addresses the accusation of "over-engineering" which has been levelled at UK building services designers and installers and compares UK standards and best practice guides with those applied in the other countries, with particular reference to estimation of heating and cooling plant capacities, ductwork and fan sizing, pipework and pump sizing, and system commissioning. It draws conclusions which highlight specific differences between the UK approach and that in other countries and makes recommendations by which UK methods could be modified to achieve significant cost savings.
