Concrete Principles
A Comprehensive Overview of
Concrete Tools, Materials and Practices

By Thomas P. Fahl

This full-color text provides a comprehensive overview of the tools, materials, and practices commonly used in the concrete industry. The content areas covered correlate with the established apprenticeship training programs. The information presented in the text is designed to serve as a teaching tool or as a reference for upgrading knowledge and skills.

Concrete Principles begins with an introduction to the history, evolution, and characteristics of concrete as a principal construction material. Subsequent chapters provide an overview of the tools and equipment commonly used in the industry, and concrete construction procedures including soil conditions and preparation, flatwork, concrete structures, concrete consolidation, and concrete finishing. The remaining chapters cover tool and equipment maintenance, concrete quality, testing and repair, and concrete construction estimating.

Each text contains an IBM-compatible CD-ROM in the back of the book that contains Chapter Quick Quizzes, an illustrated Glossary, and related web links to educational resources.

Contents include:

• Concrete
• Tools, Equipment, and Safety
• Soil Conditions and Preparation
• Flatwork
• Concrete Structures
• Concrete Consolidation
• Concrete Finishing
• Tool and Equipment Maintenance
• Concrete Quality, Testing, and Repair
• Concrete Construction and Estimating
• Appendix
• Glossary
• Index

346 pages, 337 illustrations, hard cover.

Concrete Principles Workbook

Concrete Principles Workbook is designed to reinforce information presented in the text.

Each chapter in the Workbook covers information in the corresponding chapter in the textbook above.

Activities included in each workbook chapter correlate to chapter content and reinforce comprehension of related concepts and math principles.

Concrete Principles
Resource Guide

The Concrete Principles Resource Guide is a valuable instructional tool designed for training in group settings. The Resource Guide provides an out-of-the-box approach designed for maximum flexibility. It is divided into sections for easy use in a classroom or seminar setting.

The Resource Guide includes course objectives, course development information, methods of instruction, instructional outlines, resources, and answers to questions in the Workbook. The Resource Guide also includes a CD-ROM with electronic slides of all the illustrations from the textbook and web links to valuable instructional resources on the Internet. This truly is a complete instructional package for teaching concrete principles.

Resource Guide includes:

• Instructor's Guide
• Instructional Outline
• Pretest
• Posttest
• Answer Key
• Electronic Slides/Media Clips