Builders' go-anywhere answer book. When you're out on a job site and need answers to your code or technical questions, literature back at the office is no help. Builder's Portable Handbook, by August W. Domel, Jr., is a johnny-on-the-spot tool small enough (50 x 80) to travel along with you, yet big enough to pack all the help you need to avoid mistakes, code violations, and wasted time and money. It's loaded with vital information on materials, concrete...wood...masonry...and steel. You get soil, safety and load data...calculations...code requirements for residential and commercial buildings...and more, all organized in CSI MasterFormat. There's even plenty of note-taking space in this take-along treasure.
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On-the-Job Access to RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERICAL BUILDINGS
Data Calculations
Code
Data Calculations
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You'll be grateful for this book every time you need a fact, figure, or formula. Portable and a snap to use, the Builders’ Portable Handbook is a shortcut past the code, load, best practice, and many other work-stopping questions that pop up during residential and commercial construction. Eliminating the temptation to make error-producing, and potentially hazardous, guesses, this guide is essential for any contractor, building inspector, architect, or engineer.
Page after page, it gives you easy-to-find, expert answers on:
Foundation requirements and codes.
Load factors, forces, and deflections.
Fastener types and schedules.Concrete and masonry facts and figures.
Wood strengths, sizes, uses, and substitutions.
Steel member comparisons.
Miscellaneous construction data.
Suppliers and trade organizations.
General safety information.
And more!
Organized by CSI MasterFormat™ and written by a structural engineer/lawyer, the Builders’ Portable Handbook provides answers you can trust, when and where you want them, plus space for your notations. Put it in your pocket and expedite every construction project. (You'll appreciate its fast-access, well-illustrated format in the office, too!)
About the Author
August W. Domel, Jr., Ph.D., S.E., P.E., is structural engineering manager at an engineering consulting firm specializing in construction-related legal issues and failure investigations. Also an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, he holds degrees in law and structural/civil engineering from Loyola University and the University of Chicago, respectively. Other books by Domel include Engineering for Contractors, Residential Contracting, and Legal Manual for Residential Construction. He resides in Dundee, Illinois.
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The Builder's Portable Handbook has tables and figures that are useful for all kinds of building projects, not just for professional builders. It has concrete and masonry information as well, but the reason I bought the book was for information on strength of lumber, joist sizing and spacing, and other properties of wood. I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of information on framing styles, roof design, and geographical information. If you're doing any kind of building, this book would be a very valuable resource. I'm glad I bought mine.
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The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a reference source for the rapid retrieval or a quick introduction of technical and non-technical information for residential and other light construction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
top chord lateral, top chord diagonal, uninterrupted brick, ground snow load, chord lateral bracing, allowable height, maximum deflection, concentrated load, distributed load, continuous beam, span length, downward deflection, wood trusses, concrete strength Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Recommended R-Value, Ground Snow Load, Annual Rainfall, Design Wind Speed, Possible Time, Dead Load, Number of Rain Days Per Year, Radon Zones, Decay Susceptibility None, Termites Moderate, Decay Susceptibility Slight, Brick Weathering Moderate, Brick Weathering Severe Moderate, Radon All, Center Slope, Concrete Weathering Severe Moderate, Spacing Pitch, Type of Bracing Number, Concrete Weathering Negligible, Termites None, Valley Forge, Angle Size, Brick Weathering Negligible, Decay Resistance, Deflection Resistance New!
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The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a reference source for the rapid retrieval or a quick introduction of technical and non-technical information for residential and other light construction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
top chord lateral, top chord diagonal, uninterrupted brick, ground snow load, chord lateral bracing, allowable height, maximum deflection, concentrated load, distributed load, continuous beam, span length, downward deflection, wood trusses, concrete strength Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Recommended R-Value, Ground Snow Load, Annual Rainfall, Design Wind Speed, Possible Time, Dead Load, Number of Rain Days Per Year, Radon Zones, Decay Susceptibility None, Termites Moderate, Decay Susceptibility Slight, Brick Weathering Moderate, Brick Weathering Severe Moderate, Radon All, Center Slope, Concrete Weathering Severe Moderate, Spacing Pitch, Type of Bracing Number, Concrete Weathering Negligible, Termites None, Valley Forge, Angle Size, Brick Weathering Negligible, Decay Resistance, Deflection Resistance New!
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