Construction Specifications Portable Handbook

Download or read book Construction Specifications Portable Handbook written by Fred A. Stitt and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENIDO: Common problems with specifications - How to create set of specifications - How to create office master specifications - Instructions for using the CSI format - Specification section checklist long form - Project manager and specifications - Writer considerations and decisions - Specifications development - Don't be taken in by bad substitutions during biddin.

Download or read book Landscape Architect's Portable Handbook written by Nicholas T. Dines and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-02-16 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Download or read book Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook written by Robert Day and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1999-12-02 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-volume library of instant geotechnical and foundation data Now for the first time ever, geotechnical, foundation, and civil engineers...geologists...architects, planners, and construction managers can quickly find information they must refer to every working day, in one compact source. Edited by Robert W. Day, the time -and effort-saving Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook gives you field exploration guidelines and lab procedures. You'll find soil and rock classification, basic phase relationships, and all the tables and charts you need for stress distribution, pavement, and pipeline design. You also get abundant information on all types of geotechnical analyses, including settlement, bearing capacity, expansive soil, slope stability - plus coverage of retaining walls and building foundations. Other construction-related topics covered include grading, instrumentation, excavation, underpinning, groundwater control and more.

Download or read book Electrical Engineer's Portable Handbook written by Robert B. Hickey and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-10-21 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this title proved the most successful of the Portable Handbook series launched in 1999. Aimed at electrical engineers and technicians working in building power systems, the relentlessly practical Handbook succeeded as an in the field working tool. This new edition is necessitated by the new 2002 version of the National Electrical Code (NEC). This code changes render much of the existing material obsolete, so over half the chapters require heavy rewrites to stay current.

Download or read book Architect's Portable Handbook written by John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-03-21 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Compiles all the rules of thumb and referenced facts to provide a convenient, one-stop resource for builders and architects * Updated to include new cost information and coverage of the latest International Building and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Codes * Hundreds of diagrams, charts, tables, checklists, details, and other design data for building materials, components, and assemblies * Structured to follow typical job progression, this resource covers initial planning and estimating through design and construction

Download or read book The Architecture Reference & Specification Book written by Julia McMorrough and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV Most architectural standards references contain thousands of pages of details—overwhelmingly more than architects need to know to know on any given day. The Architecture Reference & Specification Book contains vital information that's essential to planning and executing architectural projects of all shapes and sizes, in a format that is small enough to carry anywhere. It distills the data provided in standard architectural volumes and is an easy-to-use reference for the most indispensable—and most requested—types of architectural information. /div

Download or read book Working Drawing Manual written by Fred A. Stitt and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1998-05-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stitt provides a comprehensive set of checklists to ensure the accuracy and completeness of working drawings. Accurate drawings help prevent construction cost overruns, building failures, and lawsuits.