Timber Construction for Architects and Builders (McGraw-Hill Construction Series) - Hardcover

Goldstein, Eliot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070245800 ISBN 13: 9780070245808

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1998

Synopsis

Construction details illustrate how wood is used with other construction materials. Additionally, wood and wood products will be compared with equivalent materials such as steel, and concrete including the advantages of wood as a superior building material. Includes new timber codes.

About this title

From the Author

Working with timber need not be a mysterious process
My wife, who is also an Architect, says that her life would have been easier had she had my book when she was in Architecture School.

What I have tried to do is take the mystery out of working with timber as a structural material. Rather than include the endless tables typical of wood engineering books, I focus, instead, on the simple principles on which they are based. My goal is to help you develop a feel for timber, to be comfortable with its idiosyncracies.

The book grew out of my experiences designing and building with timber. It takes you through the entire design and construction process, using examples from prominent timber structures. There are hundreds of illustrations. Interesting aspects are shown in drawings, in contextual photographs, and in details, and are cross-referenced to make navigation easy. For similar reasons, the index is extensively cross-referenced.

Although my treatment of the subject is rigorous, it is meant to be accessible to everyone. In fact, one of my editors, with no prior knowledge of timber design or construction, and with no prompting from me, said she found the book and its subject fascinating. I think you will too.

About the Author

Eliot W. Goldstein, AIA, an award-winning architect and specialist in timber design, is a partner with The Goldstein Partnership of West Orange, New Jersey. Called "one of the top 25 newsmakers of 1995" by Engineering News-Record for his work with timber structures, he has designed numerous large public structures, including the timber-trussed Montville Township Public Library, which Engineering News-Record said "set a new standard for heavy timber structure as architecture ... and produced an instant landmark." Robert Lyman (Ben) Brungraber, Ph.D., P.E. (Chapter 7, Traditional Joinery), is a manager/part-owner of Benson Woodworking Co., Inc., in Alstead Center, New Hampshire, a firm that has designed and built some of the most prominent heavy timber frame structures in the United States, including more than 30 large, public projects. He has also repaired both the oldest and the longest covered bridges in Pennsylvania. Phillip C. Pierce, P.E. (Chapter 15, Covered Bridges), a recognized structural and design engineer, has led over 100 bridge design/rehabilitation projects and more than 1000 bridge inspection/evaluations, mostly in the northeastern United States. He is the author of several papers, and a popular public speaker about wooden bridges. He lives in Binghamton, New York. Fred Severud, P.E. (Chapter 9, Lateral Bracing) is a design engineer and former head of Severud Associates in New York City. He was in charge of the structural design team on the Blue Cross Headquarters, a 50-story office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on the Madison Square Garden renovation in New York City, among many other outstanding projects. He is now an adjunct associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri, Rolla. He lives in nearby Salem, Missouri. Stephen Smulski, Ph.D. (Chapter 3, Preventing Wood Degradation), is a consulting wood scientist and president/owner of Wood Science Specialists Inc., of Shutesbury, Massachusetts. A consultant to makers, sellers, and users of wood products and the editor of Wood Design Focus: A Journal of Contemporary Wood Engineering, Dr. Smulski has written extensively on moisture-caused problems in wood construction. He is an adjunct assistant professor of building materials and wood technology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0070245800
• ISBN 13: 9780070245808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400