Standard Handbook Of Structural Details For Building Construction (Hardcover)

Standard Handbook of Structural Details for Building Construction

A working tool for architects, engineers, drafters, and contractors, this handbook provides a library of structural details that are commonly used in construction each detail presented with all probable use variations and organized to reflect the actual sequence of events in the construction process. This edition (the first, titled Standard Structural Details for Building Construction , was published in 1968) has been expanded to some 1,900 well-drawn structural details, with all codes updated. Included are extensive chapters on wood, masonry, concrete, and steel. The details are arranged and numbered in categories with regard to their respective structural application, such as foundations, floors, roofs, walls, and other particular parts of a building. Also, the detail numbers are matched to those of the Praxis Library System which uses AutoCAD graphic software. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.