How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The Easy, Natural Way Using Only Hand Tools and the Woods Around You
ISBN: 9780020016700 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. W. Ben Hunt's classic has earned a reputation as the" authentic handbook since it was first published in 1939. Updated in 1974, it remains the only step-by-step guide to building log cabins and log furniture -- pioneer style."
W. Ben Hunt's classic has earned a reputation as the" authentic handbook since it was first published in 1939. Updated in 1974, it remains the only st...
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97,86 zł |
Builder's Guide to New Materials and Techniques
ISBN: 9780070060524 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This professional's guide focuses on innovative building materials, describing the best ways for contractors and subs to put these products to use to outperform competitors. From environmentally friendly engineered lumber to energy saving concrete/masonry homebuilding systems, this unique book addresses the latest technologies and provides field-tested advice on tools and techniques. A volume in the "Builder's Guide Series".
This professional's guide focuses on innovative building materials, describing the best ways for contractors and subs to put these products to use to ...
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129,15 zł |
Builder's Guide to Floors
ISBN: 9780070218987 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide for builders focuses on flooring installation and its role in homebuilding projects. Case studies and inside tips cover floors of hardwood, tile, carpet and others for residential contractors and remodellers. Estimation advice is included.
This guide for builders focuses on flooring installation and its role in homebuilding projects. Case studies and inside tips cover floors of hardwood,...
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129,15 zł |
Wood Engineering and Construction Handbook
ISBN: 9780070220706 / Angielski / Twarda / 928 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All the information, formulas, procedures, and examples that you need to design virtually any type of wood structure or structural wood componentNthat's what you get in this indispensable, updated handbook. It includes 1997 National Design Specifications for Wood Structures and covers changes in Allowable Stress Design. Focusing on revisions in ASD methodology for timber structure design, the Handbook also provides the newest data on NDS values for timber rivets and other fasteners, reflects new industry standards in shearwalls, and shows you applications of new standards through updated...
All the information, formulas, procedures, and examples that you need to design virtually any type of wood structure or structural wood componentNthat...
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492,71 zł |
Construction Insurance, Bonding, & Risk Management
ISBN: 9780070485945 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Don't let a construction lawsuit wipe you out. More and more construction contractors are getting sued these days. Make sure you protect yourself against costly litigation with Construction Insurance, Bonding and Risk Management edited by William J. Palmer, James Maloney, and John L. Heffron. Written in jargon-free language, this quick-and-easy resource will help you identify and manage risk in every phase of construction--from bidding on the job to driving home the final nail. You get the know-how you need to make sense of today's confusing array of insurance and bonds and to select the best...
Don't let a construction lawsuit wipe you out. More and more construction contractors are getting sued these days. Make sure you protect yourself agai...
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618,37 zł |
Residential Steel Framing Handbook
ISBN: 9780070572317 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The steel frame how-to'' for wood-builders. The use of steel in residential construction is hot. So if your expertise lies in conventional wood frame construction, you'll definitely want to pick up the Residential Steel Framing Handbook. Robert Scharff and the editors of Walls & Ceilings Magazine take you step-by-step through each stage of the construction process--from preconstruction preparation to interior finishing--delivering all the in's and out's of building houses with steel. Jam-packed with over 350 illustrations and photographs, it's the perfect on-the-job training manual for you...
The steel frame how-to'' for wood-builders. The use of steel in residential construction is hot. So if your expertise lies in conventional wood frame ...
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400,20 zł |
Insulating Concrete Forms Construction Manual
ISBN: 9780070670327 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Insulated concrete forming systems (ICFs) provide many benefits to contractors and homeowners. ICFs offer low labor costs, are easy to install, and are durable, energy-efficient, fire-safe, and virtually soundproof. This book provides information on the use of ICFs in the field, how it works, how to train crews, and where to order the product.
Insulated concrete forming systems (ICFs) provide many benefits to contractors and homeowners. ICFs offer low labor costs, are easy to install, and ar...
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180,81 zł |
Builder's Guide to Change-of-Use Properties
ISBN: 9780070718326 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Income opportunities abound for residential contractors and remodelers entering the lucrative market of conversion work and change-of-use properties. You might convert a residential home into commercial office space, turn a duplex into a quadplex apartment building, or change an abandoned service station into a drive-in restaurant. The possibilities are limitless. This book provides you with a complete, on-the-job manual for making profitable conversions. R. Dodge Woodson, a successful licensed building contractor, includes details on all the considerations that must be addressed during the...
Income opportunities abound for residential contractors and remodelers entering the lucrative market of conversion work and change-of-use properties. ...
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129,15 zł |
Horizontal Directional Drilling (Hdd): Utility and Pipeline Applications
ISBN: 9780071454735 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a complete sourcebook of information on Horizontal Directional Drilling, the installation of pipelines and utilities beneath obstacles such as water and roadways. HDD is a fast-growing technology in the trenchless industry.
This is a complete sourcebook of information on Horizontal Directional Drilling, the installation of pipelines and utilities beneath obstacles such as...
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829,92 zł |
Illustrated 2006 Building Codes Handbook
ISBN: 9780071457996 / Angielski / Twarda / 1116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A highly-visual approach simplifies the complex 2006 International Building Code
This unique, one-stop reference is your most important resource for understanding and applying the 2006 International Building Code as it visually interprets complicated Code requirements with illustrations, examples, and explanations.
A highly-visual approach simplifies the complex 2006 International Building Code
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727,77 zł |
Construction Site Security
ISBN: 9780071460293 / Angielski / Twarda / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In order to meet insurance requirements or earn incentives, construction companies must now put a security plan in place for every construction site. This comprehensive resource covers all the essentials of planning, prioritizing, and implementing construction site security.
In order to meet insurance requirements or earn incentives, construction companies must now put a security plan in place for every construction site. ...
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553,28 zł |
Property Condition Assessments
ISBN: 9780071498418 / Angielski / Twarda / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Accurately Assess the Physical Condition of Property for Commercial Real Estate Transactions Turn to Property Condition Assessments for comprehensive guidance on accurately collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the physical condition of property for commercial real estate transactions. This definitive resource provides expert information for evaluating the quality of construction, integrity of building systems, and other critical components. This hands-on reference discusses the latest industry standards and explains how to appraise structural, roofing,... Accurately Assess the Physical Condition of Property for Commercial Real Estate Transactions Turn to Property Condition Assessme... |
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640,07 zł |
The Production of Houses
ISBN: 9780195032239 / Angielski / Twarda / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, and The Oregon Experiment--defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned.
The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern... As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of ...
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466,62 zł |
Building Construction Before Mechanization
ISBN: 9780262560474 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How were huge stones moved from quarries to the sites of Egyptian pyramids? How did the cathedral builders of the Middle Ages lift blocks to great heights by muscle power alone? In this intriguing book John Fitchen explains and illustrates the solutions to these and many other puzzles in preindustrial building construction.This is the first general survey of the practices and role of the builder (as opposed to the designer) in constructing an array of structures. Fitchen's approach gives a valuable hands-on feel for what it's like to work with ropes and ladders, wedges and slings; with... How were huge stones moved from quarries to the sites of Egyptian pyramids? How did the cathedral builders of the Middle Ages lift blocks to great ... |
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247,38 zł |
Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges
ISBN: 9780306472602 / Angielski / Twarda / 1707 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Phylum porifera is an ecologically and economically important group of marine invertebrates, currently a major focus of marine natural product (pharmaceutical) research. Research whilst compiling this book has uncovered a fauna about twice the size as that previously published in the literature and consequently Systema Porifera revises and stabilizes the systematics of the phylum to accommodate this new knowledge in a contemporary framework. Practical tools (key illustrations, descriptions of character) are provided to facilitate the assignment of approximately 680 extant... Phylum porifera is an ecologically and economically important group of marine invertebrates, currently a major focus of marine natural product (pha... |
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5058,65 zł |
Pay Now or Pay Later: Controlling Cost of Ownership from Design Throughout the Service Life of Public Buildings
ISBN: 9780309044813 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Buildings and other public facilities can have very long and productive service lives, providing efficient shelter and serving a wide range of activities. To do so, however, these facilities must be managed effectively, in a manner consistent with key design decisions. Buildings and other public facilities can have very long and productive service lives, providing efficient shelter and serving a wide range of acti... |
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174,98 zł |
The Well-Built House
ISBN: 9780395629512 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the essential book for anyone who is considering building or buying a new house or remodeling an old one--an insider's guide to construction, written by a professional contractor. Many readers will remember Jim Locke as the contractor in Tracy Kidder's bestselling book House, in which he epitomized the values of the true craftsman.
This is the essential book for anyone who is considering building or buying a new house or remodeling an old one--an insider's guide to construction, ...
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81,75 zł |
Construction Inspection Handbook: Total Quality Management
ISBN: 9780412112317 / Angielski / Twarda / 663 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the publication of the third edition in 1989, changes in quality control/assurance have affected the construction industry. This new fourth edition includes revised and new material relating to Section A, specifically Total Quality Management, ISO 9000, and quality control. The Codes and Standards Section, Contract Documents, and Legal Documents Sections have also been extensively updated. Construction Inspection Handbook systematically reinstates the importance of quality by providing you with a comprehensive quality assurance plan. At the same time, this ensures that your...
Since the publication of the third edition in 1989, changes in quality control/assurance have affected the construction industry. This new fourth edit...
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1089,52 zł |
Roman Building: Materials and Techniques
ISBN: 9780415208666 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Roman architecture is extraordinarily rich, both in terms of the techniques and materials used and in the variety of buildings constructed, many of which are still visible today. This text places emphasis on the technical aspects of that architecture, following the process of building through each stage, from quarry to standing wall, from tree to roof timbers. The author examines the different techniques involved in building in brick and in stone and wood, and how these materials were obtained or manufactured. He also discusses interior decoration and looks at the practical aspects of water...
Roman architecture is extraordinarily rich, both in terms of the techniques and materials used and in the variety of buildings constructed, many of wh...
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488,58 zł |
Understanding It in Construction
ISBN: 9780415231909 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, Information Technology (IT) has been transforming business practice in many sectors resulting in efficiency gains and improved services for the client. The construction industry lags behind other manufacturing and service industries in adopting the new technology. To promote the wider use of IT in construction, it is essential to equip practitioners and graduates of construction related disciplines with knowledge of existing construction IT applications. This book provides an overview of a broad range of IT applications currently available for all stages throughout the life...
In recent years, Information Technology (IT) has been transforming business practice in many sectors resulting in efficiency gains and improved servic...
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236,70 zł |