When you scour the internet for technical information on architecture, construction - rehabilitation, or management of works and reforms with software, many times, you realize when good information is scarce.
And if we specify, looking for a guide of works coherent or we insist on finding a reform guide , possibly It takes us a few hours to get some data that convinces us among a variety of documents, reports, catalogs... etc. A tangle of information that we often find dispersed and than others, we are not convinced by the data they provide or are of little usefulness compared to the real needs we have.
We are not very fond of advertising about a catalog for reforms and works, but in reality we are going to give compelling arguments for everyone to beware – a good collection – the Obra and Reform Guide published recently by the Platform of the Construction .
Being a catalog of information on the sector of the construction and rehabilitation, it is evident that it has publicity, let's not fool ourselves since it's also free!... But getting rid of that inconvenience, the quality of the technical and detailed information that it offers in the same document (There are 244 pages in PDF) can become a weapon useful for professionals in their day to day.
The construction and renovation catalog is divided into the next chapters…
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The innovation section is designated as the shortest in the list (Only 10 pages) and actually that's how it should be, given that what interests us as professionals is the world of the construction and the information that the present document. Its sections are the following where makes a short introduction to each sector…
As we can see, they have not skimped on using details with good technical quality.
In this part of the classification we are going to meet information with approximately 40 pages directed mainly to the building envelope and its characteristics from the perspective of efficiency and energy saving. With different interesting chapters like energy efficiency or acoustic insulation and thermal, among others where clear information is offered and schematic. The summary is as follows…
This section of the catalog interested us because of the way What does the information in the catalog of construction on the process of certification . We can see a part of the data from the following scheme:
We all know that thermal insulation has its complexity, both in the calculations and in understanding the different elements and nomenclature involved. We can find information points in the guides for isolation like…
O information data on the Technical Code of the Building for Spain (The famous CTE). that will be good for us in the appropriate calculations of a project.
We would like to mention that of the windows guide only the following image is a small part of the information that is contributed From definitions and how they act in the thermal insulation, types of glass, choice of windows in facade or roof with its technical characteristics... ect. A Complete rehabilitation guide if we want to change the house carpentry.
This section of the insulation guide acoustic is also important by providing data on the types of noise, calculations and rules of application of the CTR DB-HR Protection against noise … etc. with your records types of materials, characteristics, how choose an insulating material…
In the lighting guide section, both light and natural as artificial light. From applicable regulations, lighting control, types and effects or practical cases with examples where significant savings are specified according to the type of lighting applied to the dwelling (In this case Led bulbs)
The thermal comfort catalogue and the different heating systems and ACS offers points of interest and lists with specifications and indicators according to facility. An example is…
Although apparently from a technical point of view of a professional more dedicated to the reform or work of houses is section may not seem important and that it is more dedicated to interior designers. We could call that it has two parts; one dedicated to materials and their aspects technicians, and another to advice and management of the facilities, with points such as swimming pools; wood treatments, facades, exterior painting … etc. Let's remember that we are talking about an extensive decorating guide . An example of a technical detail:
It also continues to offer points of information and interest as in this case, on the example of application and choice exterior paint color:
In the same way, the interior decoration of houses offers a extensive information from soils, paints, treatments, types of wooden doors and features, lighting, toilets, faucets, accessories... etc. with diagrams explanatory such as:
From this portal we believe that the renovation guide and works that we have presented is a document of interest for all professionals in the architecture sector.
You can directly access the catalog (2016 – 2017) on the Laplataforma.es portal (you have to consider that it has 244 for what from the Internet it costs handle it, downloading is advised)
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