Concrete Systems for Homes and Low-Rise Construction: A Portland Cement Association's Guide for Homes and Lo-Rise Buildings (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Portland Cement Association; Building Works Inc.

9780071452366: Concrete Systems for Homes and Low-Rise Construction: A Portland Cement Association's Guide for Homes and Lo-Rise Buildings (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

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ISBN 10: 0071452362 ISBN 13: 9780071452366

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2005

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Your one-source guide to concrete-based systems for home and small building construction.

Concrete Systems for Homes and Low-Rise Construction Provides building professionals with the hard information they require to understand the new concrete products in detail, evaluate whether they are appropriate for particular projects or the operations of a specific construction company, and manage projects using them.

The book also provides directions to additional information sources that may be necessary or useful for these same purposes.

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SOLID ANSWERS ON CONCRETE FOR RESIDENCES AND SMALL BUILDINGS

Fast gaining on more traditional homebuilding materials, concrete systems save builders time, money, and headaches. Offering durability, cost savings, energy efficiency, and eye-pleasing aesthetics, concrete systems now account for large shares of the walls, floors, roofs, finishes, and landscape products in small buildings in the United States.

But are concrete systems right for you and your construction crew? And if so, which ones? This is the place to find out. Written by experts from the Portland Cement Association, Concrete Systems for Homes & Low-Rise Construction provides expert, straightforward answers on concrete systems. Open these pages for everything you want to know about availability of products, evaluating concrete systems for homes and low-rise buildings, requirements for application, managing projects, and much more. Based on case histories, field research, and hands-on-the-hammer experience, and with more than 325 photos and illustrations, this one-stop resource shows and tells what you want to know. It's a huge time and money saver!

For each new concrete system for residences, you'll find:

Properties and advantages
Logistics of construction
Connections to other concrete systems
Materials and labor costs of installation
Code and regulatory issues
Technical and testing information
Sources of additional information

THE HOMEBUILDING MATERIAL OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Why Concrete? * What's Available? * Wall Systems * Floor and Roof Systems * Interior Decorative Applications * Exterior Finish Products * Landscape Products

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