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Book JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction

Download or read book JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction written by Journal of Light Construction and published by Journal of Light Construction Books. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides technical information on Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC and Energy, and Interiors to residential builders and remodeles.

Book Contractor s Guide to the Building Code

Download or read book Contractor s Guide to the Building Code written by Jack M. Hageman and published by Craftsman Book Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't let your jobs be held up by failing code inspections. Smooth sign-off by the inspector is the goal, but to make this ideal happen on your job site, you need to understand the requirements of latest editions of the International Building Code and the International Residential Code. Understanding what the codes require can be a real challenge. This new, completely revised Contractor's Guide to the Building Code cuts through the legalese of the code books. It explains the important requirements for residential and light commercial structures in plain, simple English so you can get it right the first time.

Book When Technology Fails

Download or read book When Technology Fails written by Matthew R. Stein and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's never been a better time to "be prepared." Matthew Stein's comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills--from food and water to shelter and energy to first-aid and crisis-management skills--prepares you to embark on the path toward sustainability. But unlike any other book, Stein not only shows you how to live "green" in seemingly stable times, but to live in the face of potential disasters, lasting days or years, coming in the form of social upheaval, economic meltdown, or environmental catastrophe. When Technology Fails covers the gamut. You'll learn how to start a fire and keep warm if you've been left temporarily homeless, as well as the basics of installing a renewable energy system for your home or business. You'll learn how to find and sterilize water in the face of utility failure, as well as practical information for dealing with water-quality issues even when the public tap water is still flowing. You'll learn alternative techniques for healing equally suited to an era of profit-driven malpractice as to situations of social calamity. Each chapter (a survey of the risks to the status quo; supplies and preparation for short- and long-term emergencies; emergency measures for survival; water; food; shelter; clothing; first aid, low-tech medicine, and healing; energy, heat, and power; metalworking; utensils and storage; low-tech chemistry; and engineering, machines, and materials) offers the same approach, describing skills for self-reliance in good times and bad. Fully revised and expanded--the first edition was written pre-9/11 and pre-Katrina, when few Americans took the risk of social disruption seriously--When Technology Fails ends on a positive, proactive note with a new chapter on "Making the Shift to Sustainability," which offers practical suggestions for changing our world on personal, community and global levels.

Book The Elements of Building

Download or read book The Elements of Building written by Mark Q. Kerson and published by Mark Q. Kerson. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is concerned with the business of residential construction, including the maintenance, restoration, renovation, and construction of private homes and related properties.

Book Excavation   Grading Handbook

Download or read book Excavation Grading Handbook written by Nick Capachi and published by Craftsman Book Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It includes hundreds of tips, pictures, diagrams and tables that every excavation contractor and supervisor can use This revised edition explains how to handle all types of excavation, grading, paving, pipeline and compaction jobs -- whether it's a highway, subdivision, commercial, or trenching job. This edition has been completely rewritten to cover new materials, equipment and techniques.It includes hundreds of tips, pictures, diagrams and tables.

Book Builder

Download or read book Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Buildings Don t Lie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Gifford
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-10-10
  • ISBN : 9780999011003
  • Pages : 576 pages

Download or read book Buildings Don t Lie written by Henry Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important Information for Anyone who Designs, Builds, Owns, Works, or Lives in a Building.

Book Nail Your Numbers

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Gerstel
  • Publisher : Latitude 67
  • Release : 2018-01-03
  • ISBN : 9780982670903
  • Pages : 388 pages

Download or read book Nail Your Numbers written by David Gerstel and published by Latitude 67. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to estimating accurately and bidding wisely. Includes guidance on: Selecting the right jobs to bid. Accurately figuring labor costs and obtaining reliable sub and supplier quotes. Astutely marking up for overhead and profit. And moving beyond the competitive bid rat race to getting paid for estimates.

Book A Roof Cutter s Secrets

Download or read book A Roof Cutter s Secrets written by Will Holladay and published by Craftsman Book Company. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pretty Good House

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Maines
  • Publisher : Taunton Press
  • Release : 2022-05-24
  • ISBN : 9781641551656
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Pretty Good House written by Michael Maines and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a high-performance home that focus on its inhabitants and the environment--but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a "perfect" solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible. A Pretty Good House is: * A house that's as small as possible * Simple and durable, but also well designed * Insulated and air-sealed * Above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible, and resilient.

Book Builder s Guide to Accounting

Download or read book Builder s Guide to Accounting written by Michael C. Thomsett and published by Craftsman Book Company. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes self-test section at the end of each chapter. Test yourself, then check answers in the back of the book to see how you score. CD-ROM included.

Book Handy Formulas for Stick Framning Roofs

Download or read book Handy Formulas for Stick Framning Roofs written by Holladay and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact mini-book, perfect for job-site carry, containing all the formulas/principles used by a roof framer on a daily basis. Includes 77 figures and 8 charts pulled from Will Holladay's classic roof framing manual "A Roof Cutter's Secrets" (240 figures, 60 photos). For experienced carpenters only. Illustration, caption, method, and example.

Book Alphabetical Index of Occupations

Download or read book Alphabetical Index of Occupations written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Parables for the Virtual

Download or read book Parables for the Virtual written by Brian Massumi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the body has been the focus of much contemporary cultural theory, the models that are typically applied neglect the most salient characteristics of embodied existence—movement, affect, and sensation—in favor of concepts derived from linguistic theory. In Parables for the Virtual Brian Massumi views the body and media such as television, film, and the Internet, as cultural formations that operate on multiple registers of sensation beyond the reach of the reading techniques founded on the standard rhetorical and semiotic models. Renewing and assessing William James's radical empiricism and Henri Bergson's philosophy of perception through the filter of the post-war French philosophy of Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault, Massumi links a cultural logic of variation to questions of movement, affect, and sensation. If such concepts are as fundamental as signs and significations, he argues, then a new set of theoretical issues appear, and with them potential new paths for the wedding of scientific and cultural theory. Replacing the traditional opposition of literal and figural with new distinctions between stasis and motion and between actual and virtual, Parables for the Virtual tackles related theoretical issues by applying them to cultural mediums as diverse as architecture, body art, the digital art of Stelarc, and Ronald Reagan's acting career. The result is an intriguing combination of cultural theory, science, and philosophy that asserts itself in a crystalline and multi-faceted argument.

Book Running a Successful Construction Company

Download or read book Running a Successful Construction Company written by David U. Gerstel and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to running a construction company that provides tips and information on creating operating procedures, improving worker skills, using computers, keeping the right forms and paperwork up to date, competitive bidding, and other topics.

Book Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction

Download or read book Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction written by Steven Bliss and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive guide to material selection & installation It takes a wise choice of building materials and details to create durable, attractive, and affordable custom homes and remodeling projects. Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction provides up-to-date, field-tested recommendations that help professionals balance cost and performance when designing and building residential projects. Steven Bliss, former editorial director of The Journal of Light Construction and founding editor of Progressive Builder, draws on his extensive knowledge as a practicing builder, designer, and construction editor to help building professionals select the right materials for every job and install them with confidence. This one-stop resource covers the real-world challenges of material selection and installation so designers, contractors, and building owners can make informed decisions for all major building components. Useful to architects, designers, and specifiers--as well as contractors, builders, and developers--Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction features: * More than 200 photos and illustrations of critical residential construction details * Installation tips and cautions that help prevent costly product failures * Descriptions of the latest composites and synthetics that are changing the way we build * Easy-to-use charts for making quick product comparisons * An authoritative guide to indoor air quality and healthy house construction