Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods

by Harold B. Olin, Walter Hepworth Lewis, Walter H. Lewis, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471356409
• ISBN13: 9780471356400
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 1200 Pages
• Weight: 6.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 8.7" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

comprehensive

this book was in the cslb suggested study materials for the contractor exam. understand and be understood by subs; impress customers. expensive and worth it.

Excellent resource book

This book is an excellent resource for those entering the Architecture profession. It is exhaustive and has information I couldn't find easily elsewhere.

Sweat it! It is worth it!

It is certainly THE BIBLE for construction. Boy, I sweated it! But, if you can get through it, it is certainly worth the efford.

In Depth!

As the other reviews stated this book is in depth. If you are a building professional than you should already know the fundementals and require a reference that is the basis of your field. This book is too exausting for school, but as soon as you move to the office you should use it as the starting point for your details, CD's and specs. I used this book to study for the ARE and it has also come in handy when questions arise on the construction site with contractors. I have always felt that, as Architects, we have enough books all about subjects that we hire consultants for ie. Structures, MEP but we are the ones who need to be the experts about our handicraft: Construction.

A must have reference

There are many books that construction professionals should, and will, have. This should be one of them. There are 1135 pages of information packed into this book, with authoritative references, tables, and plain English discriptions of building materials. The book uses the CSI format for chapters. I learned long ago that the price of a book is relative: Yes, $70.00 is a lot when compared to a six pack of beer, but is peanuts when based on information presented. Information is power. This book has plenty of it.