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Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction
The Architect's and Builder's Guide to Design, Planning and Construction Details
Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction is a visual guide devoted exclusively to construction standards of residential structures. Created exclusively for professionals working in residential design and construction, this guide combines key information culled from the tenth edition of Architectural Graphic Standards with all-new material on residential design. This special volume provides thousands of standard architectural details and guidelines and is an easy reference for anyone designing or constructing a residential project. From detailing foundations to designing home theaters, home offices, and other specialty rooms, Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction is a resource that's as efficient as it is comprehensive.

Basic Lumber Engineering for Builders
Beam and lumber requirements for many jobs aren’t always clear, especially with changing building codes and lumber products. Most of the time you rely on your own "rules of thumb" when figuring spans or lumber engineering. This book can help you fill the gap between what you can find in the building code span tables and what you need to pay a certified engineer to do. FREE Software included for wood beam sizing.

Be a Successful Building Contractor
All the ins and outs of starting and running a profitable enterprise in today's construction market.
Packed with fast track building code facts, tips and techniques, and quick calculations, this practical resource helps building contractors define their business requirements, select a business structure, manage jobs efficiently, locate desirable building lots, build on speculation, computerize their operations, understand financial transactions, hire top-notch employees--and avoid common pitfalls.

Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction: Materials, Finishes and Details
The Most Comprehensive Guide to Construction Material Selection and 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. 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.

Builder's Instant Answers
The Book Builders Turn to When They Need an Answer FAST!
Whether you’re a construction professional who needs a solution-oriented, quick-find manual or a homeowner who wants help tackling tough weekend repairs, Builders Instant Answers is the on-the-job resource you should always keep within reach. Its the one book you can count on to solve even the most difficult building problem in minutes! It features just enough text to answer your question -- but not waste your time -- and all the charts, photos, illustrations, and tables you need to speed to a solution.

Building A Successful Construction Company
Details the Challenges That Contractors Face When Starting a Business
Building a Successful Construction Company is a straightforward, conversational guide that emphasizes how strategic thinking is essential for starting and running a construction company today. With over 10 years of experience consulting on construction business practices, the author has worked with hundreds of companies and knows the tricks of the trade that continually prove successful.

Building Your Successful Handyman Business
A Guide to Starting & Operating a Profitable Handyman / Contracting Business
Informative guide to help start and grow your handyman business or similar contracting company. Includes access to 65 business forms and templates customizable to your business. The author, Chuck Solomon owns and operates a successful home improvement business serving the Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill) of North Carolina. This guide is the result of his experience spending many hours starting and growing his own home improvement business.

Building Better Homes - DVD
A Multimedia Training Program for Builders, Architects and Remodelers
Building Better Homes is a fully-interactive educational tool that demonstrates how to apply the latest building science tools and techniques to residential home construction. The Building Better Homes interactive DVD-ROM breaks new ground in home construction education by teaching cutting-edge, easy-to-access techniques through hands-on video, close-up photos, animation and step-by-step instructions. The program follows the entire construction process step-by-step, with photos of construction details, installation video clips, technical animations, and six hours of interactive construction content. Printable construction drawings, checklists and work forms can be put to use immediately by supervisors, foremen and subcontractors.

Building Construction Illustrated
Newly Updated Classic Illustrated Guide to the Basics of Building Construction
For nearly three decades, Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever-providing the latest information. Its rich approach clearly presents all of the basic concepts underlying building construction and equips readers with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter. With its comprehensive and lucid presentation of everything from foundations and floor systems to finish work, Building Construction Illustrated, Fourth Edition equips students and professionals in all areas of architecture and construction with useful guidelines for approaching virtually any new materials or techniques they may encounter in building planning, design, and construction. 480 pages, March 2008

Building Trades Construction Dictionary
4th Edition - Updated dictionary with searchable CD-ROM database
Designed as a comprehensive reference to present terms related to the building trades in a clear, heavily-illustrated style (1,079 Illustrations). An extensive Appendix provides common conversion tables, geometric figures, print symbols, and professional organizations. This outstanding feature is unparalleled in other dictionaries for the building trades.

The Building Process Simplified
A Homeowners and Contractors Guide to Codes, Permits and Inspections
If you have ever needed to navigate a home project through code compliance, permits, and the inspection process, but felt intimidated by the complexity of it all, your resource is here. The Building Process Simplified is a straightforward, no-nonsense guide with an abundance of practical examples that clarify otherwise complicated code articles and approved processes. Coverage spans a broad range of topics, from code compliance and permits to the court process and zoning issues, making this a well-rounded, valuable resource for anyone seeking a more in-depth understanding of home projects and their processes.

Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)
Strength and energy efficiency through structural panel construction
Every once in a while a new technology comes along that makes its predecessors obsolete. Today, Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are in the process of replacing the postwar norm of stick-framed, fiberglass-insulated houses and light commercial buildings. SIPs produce a structurally superior, better insulated, faster to erect, and more environmentally friendly house than ever before possible.

Building Tips and Techniques - For Pros By Pros
Over 350 site-proven tips - For over 20 years, Fine Homebuilding readers have consistently picked the Tips and Techniques column as their favorite part of the magazine. It’s easy to understand why. This is the place where veteran carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and other tradesmen share their shortcuts, trade secrets, jigs, and ingenious solutions. With over 350 entries, this collection of job-site gems will help you get the job done better and faster -- and it may even save you some money in the process.

Build Like a Pro Series:

Construction Chicks 2010 Calendar
2010 Construction Chicks Calendar
Construction Chicks Wall Calendar: Well equipped and raring to go, the 2010 crew of Construction Chicks is hotter than ever. The twelve able-bodied knockouts in this best-selling calendar will make you sweat. All in a good day's work! Photographed by Glenn Grainger, images are featured in an oversized 12" x 24" poster sized format.

Construction Master 5 en Español with protective hardcover case
All the great features of the Construction Master 5, but totally in Spanish
For Spanish-speaking Contractors, Builders, and Tradespersons and construction companies with Spanish-speaking employees. The Construction Master 5 En Español is the first Construction-Math calculator designed specifically for Spanish-speaking users. All special function key labels, the LCD display and calculated values are in Spanish. Spanish and English User’s Guides and Quick Start tutorial video are also included.

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods
Seventh Edition of Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, follows in the footsteps of the previous editions by providing the reader with the fundamentals of machine utilization and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. This text features expanded coverage of building in today's global environment. Hundreds of photos and illustrations have been added to the seventh edition to make this dynamic text even more accessible to both students and professionals.

Construction Waterproofing Handbook
Comprehensive Guide to Waterproofing Concepts and Materials
Fully updated to include new techniques for mold remediation, Construction Waterproofing Handbook simplifies the critical task of keeping a building's envelope watertight. It begins with a tutorial on basic waterproofing concepts and materials, then moves on to the particulars of designing and installing systems in commercial, industrial, and residential structures. Written by a renowned expert, this comprehensive guide provides key information on such matters as quality assurance, admixtures, expansion joints, testing, and safety. Because of recent natural disasters, clients are more concerned with waterproofing than ever. Construction Waterproofing Handbook provides everything you'll need to complete the most demanding projects with confidence and within budget.

Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities
A Complete Guide for the Entire Food Service Facility Design Process
In today's fast-moving business climate, the foodservice professional will likely be involved in several facility design projects over his or her career. Design and Layout of Foodservice Facilities, Third Edition provides a comprehensive reference for every step of the process, from getting the initial concept right to the planning, analysis, design, permitting, and construction--in short, everything needed to get to opening day of the new establishment! Packed with valuable drawings, photographs, and charts, this essential guide covers the nuts-and-bolts decisions that make the difference in an effective, efficient foodservice operation, including equipment selection, workflows, and legal compliance

DeWalt Building Contractor's Licensing Exam Guide
Prepare For Your Exam - Based on the 2006 International Codes.
Prepare for your state or county licensing exam with the most comprehensive building contractor's licensing guide on the market today. Developed by an industry leader in contractor education, the DEWALT Building Contractor's Licensing Exam Guide Second Edition provides complete coverage for exams that are based on the International Building Code® or International Residential Code®. With topics ranging from code and OSHA requirements to business management and building theory, readers are introduced to critical concepts. They are also given the opportunity to apply their knowledge, both with sample exams in the book, and simulated exam experiences in the back-of-book CD.

DeWalt Construction Professional Reference
THE Reference Guide for the Construction Industry.
This outstanding "answer book" is the perfect professional reference for questions concerning basic building disciplines. The DEWALT® Construction Professional Reference features at-a-glance information on hardware sizing, correct nailing patterns, walls and flooring, doors and door openings, roof pitches, stairway stringers, steel, excavation, masonry, and much more! With illustrative diagrams and construction documents for use on the jobsite, this valuable reference is sure to be an effective tool from the configuration of a job to its conclusion

Fundamentals of Residential Construction
Up-to-date Explanations of Today's Residential Construction Systems
This Second Edition features the most up-to-date explanations of today’s residential construction systems. From foundation to roof and exterior finishes to interior details, this new edition thoroughly addresses the latest developments in materials and methods of house construction, including energy efficiency, framing, and roofing. Abundantly illustrated with more than 1,200 drawings and photographs, it provides authoritative coverage on wood light-frame construction, industrialized systems of construction, and more.

Graphic Guide to Site Construction
Over 325 Details for Builders and Designers
From one end of the property line to the other, Graphic Guide to Site Construction provides you with the essential details on a vast array of residential site construction projects -- from basic walkways to driveways, retaining walls, septic systems, decks, terraces and exterior lighting, and more. As with all Graphic Guides, Site Construction provides clear and authoritative information through more than 350 illustrations.

Handbook of Rigging: For Construction & Industrial Operations
Ultimate Guide to Designing & Operating Safe & Efficient Rigging Systems
Recent years have seen an abundance of changes in the rigging industry. This popular, hands-on reference brings you completely up to date on equipment, materials, systems, and regulations that affect your profession. Whether you are a maintenance technician, hoist operator, worksite foreman, or any other specialist requiring the use of rigging equipment, this comprehensive guide will help ensure that your projects are completed in a cost-effective manner, without sacrificing safety and efficiency.

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How To Open & Operate a Financially Successful Construction Company - with Companion CD-ROM
Learn The Basics of Starting Your Own Construction Company
Starting a construction company, even a small one, can be a very profitable venture. There has never been a better time to start a construction company and get ahead of the competition. This new book is a comprehensive, detailed study of the practical side of starting and operating a construction firm. It will take you step by step through every aspect and prepare you with everything you need including sample business forms, leases, contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, starting, and running day-to-day operations. You will get dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that every entrepreneur should have.

JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction Volume 1
Over 440 precisely-detailed drawings with clear, concise notes and detailed explanations that show you everything from estimating and selecting lumber to foundations, framing, roofing, siding and exteriors. Explains code requirements for all U.S. building codes and includes span tables for different types of lumber. This is the ultimate visual quick-reference guide for busy construction professionals who need quick, accurate information on what’s required

JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction Volume 2 - Interiors
Over 300 detailed technical drawings, illustrations and tables giving key dimensions and critical details from accessible kitchens to zoned heating systems. This new version of JLC Field Guide has the field-proven principles, methods and materials on all facets of interior construction and remodeling. Here, in Volume 2, we have addressed the key aspects of house mechanicals and interior finishes. Spiral bound

Olin's Construction: Principles, Materials and Methods
The Cornerstone Construction Reference for Architects and Construction Professionals for Over 50 Years
Get the industry standard updated for a new age of construction. For more than fifty years, Construction has been the cornerstone reference in the field for architecture and construction professionals and students. This new 8th edition, now called Olin's Construction after its original author, is an invaluable resource that will provide in-depth coverage for decades to come. You'll find the most up-to-date principles, materials, methods, codes, and standards used in the design and construction of contemporary residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

Residential Construction Academy: Basic Principles for Construction
Ideal For Anyone Beginning A Career In the Building Trades Industry
Residential Construction Academy: Basic Principles for Construction, 2E provides thorough, up-to-date coverage of the core academic areas that are necessary for success in the field. Topics include work ethic, math, communications, print reading, safety, and common tools. Now in its 2nd edition, this book has been updated to include new coverage of building codes and safe materials handling in order to stay current with industry standards and trends. In addition, a new chapter on percentages rounds out the math section, and an English-Spanish glossary has been added to better address the needs of all readers.

Smart Business for Contractors
A Guide To Money And The Law - For Pros By Pros
A contractor needs three basic things to be successful in business: an accountant, a calendar, and this book. Completely revised and updated, the advice in Smart Business for Contractors all but insures a contractor's increased efficiency and profitability. It walks readers through details big and small that make the difference between contractors who have more work than they can do yet barely make ends meet and contractors who work at a manageable pace, keep up-to-date records, and turn a profit job after job, year after year. Covering the spectrum of a contractor's career, Smart Business for Contractors includes new detailed information on what a contractor can expect in his first year in business and updated information on tools every contractor needs to plan intelligently for retirement.

Sustainable Commercial Interiors
An Illustrated, Step-By-Step Guide to Green Design Strategies for Commercial Interiors
Sustainable Commercial Interiors provides an engaging introduction to and exploration of the vast field of sustainable design as it specifically relates to commercial interior spaces. In Sustainable Commercial Interiors, the authors share their passion for environmental advocacy while offering designers and architects the technical knowledge important for success in this evolving discipline. The authors apply the concept of environmental responsibility to the design of interiors, and employ the organization of the LEED Green Building Rating System to sort the design process into five categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy issues, materials, and indoor environmental quality.

Sustainable Residential Interiors
An Illustrated Guide to Green Design Strategies for Residential Interiors
Issues of sustainability and environmental consciousness have been increasingly important to designers of residential interiors. With solutions for the design practitioner, this book covers topics such as indoor air quality, identifying low-impact materials, conserving energy and water, and support of construction teams in reducing waste, Sustainable Residential Interiors provides designers with the necessary information and tools to integrate environmentally responsible design into their practice. Sustainable Residential Interiors takes readers through an integrated design process, showing how sustainable principles and practices can be applied on virtually every level of interior design

Working Alone - Tips & Techniques for Solo Building
Shows how you can become a dynamic one-man crew, handling nearly every aspect of house construction without having to hire or wait for anyone else. Explains how you can, on your own, lay out a foundation, build and erect walls, square up and straighten walls, install sheathing, lay out rafters, raise the ridge, get the roof square, install rafters, subfascia and sheathing, finish eaves, install windows and siding, hang drywall, measure and cut trim, install cabinets, and build decks

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