List of building materials
This is a list of building materials.
Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures. These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects.
Some building materials like cold rolled steel framing are considered modern methods of construction,[by whom?][clarification needed] over the traditionally slower methods like blockwork and timber.
Catalogs
Catalogs distributed by architectural product suppliers are typically organized into these groups.
Material (articles) | Main article or Category |
Cold rolled steel framing
| Steel frames |
Compressed earth block, mud brick, rammed earth | Category:Appropriate technology |
Concrete | Category:Concrete |
Conveyor systems
| Category:Vertical transport devices |
Composites | Category:Composite materials |
Thermal protection | Category:Thermal protection |
Moisture protection
| Category:Moisture protection |
Doors
| Category:Doors Category:Door furniture |
Electrical systems and equipment | Category:Electrical systems |
Surface finishing
| Category:Wood finishing materials Category:Wood finishing techniques
|
Fire suppression equipment | Category:Fire suppression |
Furnishings | Category:Furniture |
HVAC (Heating, ventilation and air conditioning) | Category:Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
Masonry, mortar (masonry), grout
| Category:Masonry
|
Metals | Category:Metals |
"Openings" include Doors and Windows | Category:Doors |
Plastics | Category:Plastics |
Plumbing fixtures and equipment | Category:Plumbing |
Building safety | Category:Safety codes |
Security systems | Category:Security |
Specialties | Category:Architectural design |
Telecommunications equipment | Category:Telecommunications |
Wood, carpentry
| Category:Wood Category:Woodworking |
Windows
| Category:Windows |
Industry standards
The Construction Specifications Institute maintains the following industry standards:
- MasterFormat – 50 standard divisions of building materials - 2004 edition (current in 2009)
- 16 Divisions – Original 16 divisions of building materials
See also
- Category: Building materials
- Alternative natural materials
- List of commercially available roofing material
- Red List building materials
- Outline of construction § Materials and equipment
Sources
- Building Materials: Dangerous Properties of Products in MasterFormat Divisions 7 and 9 - H. Leslie Simmons, Richard J. Lewis, Richard J. Lewis (Sr.) - Google Books
- Building Materials - P.C. Varghese - Google Books
- Architectural Building Materials - Salvan, George S. - Google Books
- Durability of Building Materials and Components 8: Service Life and Asset Management - Michael A. Lacasse, Dana J. Vanier - Google Books
- Durability of Building Materials and Components - J. M. Baker - Google Books
- Understanding Green Building Materials - Traci Rose Rider, Stacy Glass, Jessica McNaughton - Google Books
- Heat-Air-Moisture Transport: Measurements on Building Materials - Phālgunī Mukhopādhyāẏa, M. K. Kumaran - Google Books
External links
- Media related to Construction materials at Wikimedia Commons
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- American Institute of Constructors (AIC)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Asbestos Testing and Consultancy Association (ATAC)
- Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
- Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors (APHC)
- Build UK
- Construction History Society
- Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES)
- Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE)
- Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
- The Concrete Society
- Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)
- Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
- FIDIC
- Home Builders Federation (HBF)
- Lighting Association
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA)
- National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC)
- National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA)
- Railway Tie Association (RTA)
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
- Scottish Building Federation (SBF)
- Society of Construction Arbitrators
- Building material
- List of building materials
- Millwork
- Construction bidding
- Construction delay
- Construction equipment theft
- Construction loan
- Construction management
- Construction waste
- Demolition
- Design–build
- Design–bid–build
- Heavy equipment
- Interior design
- List of tallest buildings and structures
- Megaproject
- Megastructure
- Plasterwork
- Damp
- Parge coat
- Roughcast
- Harling
- Real estate development
- Sustainability in construction
- Unfinished building
- Urban design
- Urban planning