Construction Principles Materials and Methods

About this book

This book provides vital descriptive information on how to design buildings detail components specify materials and product and avoid common pitfalls--all in a single volume. Now contains more information on construction documents and administration prestressed and post-tensioned structural concrete heavy timber framing wood siding and green materials. Features more than 1 200 illustrations including hundreds of new and updated images. Includes metric units and U.S. customary units throughout.