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Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials & Systems Design Criteria and Selection Data - The only product selection guide youll ever need!
Select the best products, systems, and components for any
building project, in compliance with codes and regulations!
Whether youre an architect or builder, youll find top-flight guidance in Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials and Systems. The experts assembled by Editor-in-Chief Donald Watson provide easy-to-understand guidance on how various materials function. Using clear, explicit illustrations and short,bulleted comparison points rather than lengthy text, they explore with you key issues in selecting products and give you valuable information for a full range of product types. Information is organized by CSI MasterFormat, the product specification system most commonly used in construction and in the Sweets catalogs. Its also cross-referenced to the UniFormat system, which indexes products by the sequence of assembly in design and construction, a real advantage in preliminary design and cost estimating.
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The architects quick reference and comprehensive guide to design and specification of building materials and systems.
Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials and Systems: Design Criteria and Selection Data.
This volume, the newest volume in the Time-Saver Standards Series, offers easily referenced and detailed technical guidelines for architects and builders to design and select any material, product or system for any building construction project.
This new volume updates and extends the technical data sheets prepared over the past twenty years for Sweets Catalog File Selection Data. In cooperation with SWEETS Catalog File, Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials and Systems serves as an essential overview of key criteria required to evaluate and select building materials, components and systems. In its new and updated format, the book is a first reference and primary source of guidance for design and material selection. It lists in easily accessible format the key design criteria that every architect and builder must consider in designing, specifying and constructing buildings.
Topics are arranged to conform to the Uniformat Classification System, the widely adopted industry indexing system that builds technical information in the same sequence and logical order that a building is built, from foundation, to structure, to enclosure, to interiors, to service systems. This classification system has been adopted by architects and other professional societies for design and preliminary cost estimating because it conforms to the way that a building is built and a designer logically thinks about a building.
Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials and Systems provides a comprehensive overview of all building-related principles, materials and systems. It is therefore an invaluable guide for review of technical data, appropriate for continuing education courses, preparation for professional licensing exams, and use in schools of architecture, continuing education courses, preparation for professional licensing exams, and use in schools of architecture.
800 pages of illustrated data sheets, updated and extended with new topic listings.400 tables and checklist summaries, making it possible to quickly reference a broad range of selection data and criteria.
Definitions and Physical Principles of Building Construction
Foundations
Structures
Concrete
Stone and Masonry
Metals
Wood and Wood Products
Insulation
Waterproofing and Damproofing
Exterior Walls
Bearing Walls
Curtain Walls
Wall Facings
Glass and Plastics
Windows
Entrance and Doors
Coatings
Sealants
Roofing Assemblies
Skylights
Interior Partitions
Staircases
Interior Systems and Finishes
Ceilings
Flooring
Conveying Systems
Plumbing
Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning
Fire Protection
Electrical Systems
Lighting
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Preface
Contributors
About the Author
How to Use This Book
MasterFormat/UniFormat Table
PART 1: DEFINITIONS & PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Chapter 1: Building
Chapter 2: Enclosure
Chapter 3: Forces
Chapter 4: Environmental Factors
Chapter 5: Means of Support
Chapter 6: Envelope
Chapter 7: Elements of Interior Space
Chapter 8: Services
Chapter 9: Pressure
Chapter 10: Movement
Chapter 11: Forces/Factors
Chapter 12: Methods of Assembly
Chapter 13: Site-Assembled Enclosure
Chapter 14: Tolerances/Clearances
Chapter 15: Resistance to Fire
Chapter 16: Acoustics
Chapter 17: Sound: units of measure
Chapter 18: Heat: modes of transfer
Chapter 19: Heat Flow: temperature, variations, units of measure
Chapter 20: Heat Flow: temperature gradients
Chapter 21: Corrosion of Metals
Chapter 22: Water Vapor Migration
Chapter 23: Air/Water Penetration
Chapter 24: Solar Radiation
Chapter 25: Daylighting
Chapter 26: Daylighting: preliminary selection
Chapter 27: Shading
Chapter 28: Solar Design
Chapter 29: Bioclimatic Design
Chapter 30: Environmental Impact of Construction
A - FOUNDATIONS
A1 - SUBSTRUCTURE
Chapter 1: Soils & Foundations
Chapter 2: Subsurface Moisture Conditions
B - BUILDING SHELL
B1 - STRUCTURE & MATERIALS
Chapter 1: Structure
Chapter 2: Cement/Concrete
Chapter 3: Stone/Masonry
Chapter 4: Metals
Chapter 5: Wood/Wood Products
B2 - EXTERIOR WALL ASSEMBLIES
Chapter 1: Insulation
Chapter 2: Waterproofing/Damproofing
Chapter 3: Exterior Walls
Chapter 4: Bearing Walls
Chapter 5: Curtain Walls
Chapter 6: Wall Facings
Chapter 7: Glass/Plastics
Chapter 8: Windows
Chapter 9: Entrances/Doors
Chapter 10: Coatings
Chapter 11: Sealants
B3 - ROOFING ASSEMBLIES
Chapter 1: Roofing
Chapter 2: Skylights
C - INTERIORS
C1 - INTERIOR PARTION SYSTEMS
C2 - STAIRCASES
C3 - INTERIOR SYSTEMS & FINISHES
Chapter 1: Ceilings
Chapter 2: Flooring
D - SERVICES
D1 - CONVEYING SYSTEMS
D2 - PLUMBING
D3 - HVAC
D4 - FIRE PROTECTION
D5 - ELECTRICAL
Index
Appendix: Metric Conversion Tables
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Donald Watson, FAIA, NCARB, is a well-known architect, author and educator and the editor-in-chief of Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data, 7th Edition. He is Professor of Architecture and former Dean at the School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Mastering Math For The Building Trades - Description
Instant answers to any construction-related math question. In the office or out in the field, Mastering Math for the Building Trades, by James Gerhart gives you a perfect tool for accurately performing the calculations required in all the major building trades. Down-to-earth explanations, easy-to-memorize tips and tricks of the trade, worked examples, illustrations and tables make everyday number crunching easier, giving you the step-by-step help you need to complete estimates, meet deadlines, and satisfy new customers. Whether youre an old pro or apprentice...contractor, tradesperson or supplier...whether youre building, repairing, or remodeling...youll find ready answers for: grading and excavating; concrete and other masonry work; septic systems; fluid mechanics; metal framing; engineered beams; fiber optic cabling; estimating software; floor framing and covering; roofing; finishing interiors; heating and cooling; plumbing; electrical; more!
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TEACH YOURSELF THE MATH YOU NEED
*Down-to-earth explanations
*Easy-to-remember tips & tricks
*Formulas and calculations for construction, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, and more
*Packed with examples
*Metric conversion tables
Get the math you need for framing a wall, spacing beams, figuring water flow, sizing wiring, mixing concrete, preparing estimates, determining loan costs--just about any calculation in the building trades. A complete, compact self-study course, Mastering Math for the Building Trades even helps with tools, from steel square and surveyors transit to calculators and computers.
Here to help you meet deadlines, avoid costly and wasteful errors, write better estimates and plans, and have happier customers, this self-teaching tool provides the answers you want, in the office or in the field.
New in This Edition:
*All New Examples & Illustrations
*Self-Test Q & As
*HVAC Load Calculations
*Thermal Performance Calculations
*Fiber Optic Cabling Formulas
*Guidance on Estimating Software
Contents
Math and the building trades.
Measuring tools.
Basic math for estimating.
Grading and excavating math.
Math for concrete & other masonry work.
Math for floor framing & covering.
Math for wall framing.
Roofing math.
Math used for finishing interiors.
Math for heating & cooling.
Plumbing math.
Math for the electrician.
Summary of construction math procedures.
Appendices.
Author Biography
James Gerhart is experienced in residential construction, working for a number of years as a project coordinator. He built his reputation, however, teaching subjects such as math, estimating, scheduling, blueprint reading, and surveying to vocational and construction management studies students.
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