Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction

6 02 2012

PVC Pipe Design and ConstructionHandbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction

Author: Uni-Bell PVC Association
ISBN: 9780831134501 / 083113450X
©2012 | 5th Edition | 600 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 59.95
 
 
 
 
At 600 pages, the Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction is extraordinarily comprehensive. Written by the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association (www.uni-bell.org), it was prepared with the objective of being the most comprehensive reference text on PVC pipe and fittings.
 
For the engineer, the Handbook of PVC Pipe Design and Construction provides practical engineering and construction information. It also delivers recommendations for the design and use of underground PVC piping systems in both pressure and non-pressure applications. The handbook is in broad use by engineers across North America. The utility and consulting engineering sectors as well as in universities and technical institutions are prime users.
 
 
 
 

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HVAC Design Sourcebook

19 10 2011

HVAC HVAC Design Sourcebook

Author: W. Larsen Angel
ISBN: 9780071753036 / 0071753036
©2012 | 1st Edition | 400 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 60.00
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An essential guide for HVAC designers tasked with training team members

HVAC Design Sourcebookfills the need that senior HVAC engineers have for a practical resource to assist in training junior engineers in the basics of HVAC systems design. This invaluable guide uses photographs to illustrate the numerous essential HVAC system components in their actual installed conditions adjacent to graphical representations of the components.

The book shows how the components should be represented on construction drawings, along with text outlining important design considerations. This provides you with a thorough understanding of the steps required for proper installation of HVAC systems and insight on how to effectively communicate HVAC system design in construction drawings.

HVAC Design Sourcebook

  • Features photographs of actual HVAC installations for a clear understanding of the physical characteristics of system components, critical to the effective design of HVAC systems
  • Provides an overview of all aspects of HVAC systems design—from design concept to completion of project documents
  • Includes a discussion of pertinent computer aided design (CAD) standards, providing a concise description of accepted industry conventions

 

 

About the Author

W. Larsen Angel, P.E., LEED-AP, is a principal in the MEP consulting engineering firm of Green Building Energy Engineers. He has worked in the MEP consulting engineering industry for over 20 years. He has contributed to the development of design standards and continues to find new ways to streamline the HVAC system design process. Larsen is a Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)and is certified by ASHRAE as a Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP).

 

 

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Project Management in Construction

8 09 2011

Project Management Project Management in Construction

Author: Sidney Levy
ISBN: 9780071753104 / 0071753109
©2012 | 6th Edition |  496 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 90.00
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A practical guide to running every phase of a construction project—updated to contain the latest green specification information

Fully revised throughout, Project Management in Construction, Sixth Edition provides project managers, construction managers, and general contractors alike with the skills necessary to manage construction projects. You’ll learn how to effectively control the teams of subcontractors, vendors, and field personnel required to provide the smooth flow of materials and tradespersons needed to complete a job. The book examines the basic tenets of managing a construction project and explores new technologies that impact how business is done now and will be done in the future.

New to this Edition:

  • Updated construction industry statistics and trends
  • Review and comments on updated 2007 AIA contracts
  • New quality control checklists
  • Integrated project delivery (IPD) as formulated by AIA in 2010, including an in-depth look at the process and related contract documents
  • Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Green Format Specifications and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 2009 Certification System
  • Discussion of advances in building information modeling (BIM), including new U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) Guidelines on 3D and 4D BIM
  • OSHA’s Hazard Identification procedures and steps to develop an Injury and Illness Prevention Program
  • Updated court decisions affecting the construction industry

 

 

About the Author

Sidney M. Levy is an independent construction industry consultant with more than 40 years of experience in the profession. He is the author of numerous books on construction methods and operations, including Construction Databook 2nd Edition, Design-Build Project Delivery, and Construction Superintendent’s Operations Manual. Mr. Levy was awarded the British Chartered Institute of Building Silver Medal for Project Management in Construction, Third Edition, in the category of Managing Construction.

 

 

Other book you might be interested:

  1. 9780070529861      Total Construction Project Management

 

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LEED-New Construction Project Management (GreenSource)

29 09 2010


LEED-New Construction Project Management (GreenSource)LEED-New Construction Project Management (GreenSource)
Vijaya Yellamraju

ISBN: 9780071744454 / 0071744452
Pub Date: OCT-10
Pages: 496
Copyright: 2011
Edition: 1
Format: Hardback
Price: US$ 75.00
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A One-Stop Guide to Managing LEED-New Construction Projects

This GreenSource book explains, step by step, how to integrate LEED-New Construction (NC) rating system requirements into the building design and construction processes. Project planning, goals, coordination, implementation, and documentation are covered in detail.

LEED-New Construction Project Management provides a tested framework for taking a project from inception to successful certification and shows you how to master the tools to make the process more efficient. Three in-depth case studies covering new commercial building construction, major renovations, and a portfolio of buildings highlight the strategies presented in the book.

LEED-New Construction Project Management covers:

  • The LEED rating system and LEED-NC credit categories
  • The project management process
  • Project definition and goal setting
  • Design phase integration
  • Construction phase implementation
  • The LEED process: adaptability, applicability, and best practices
  • Future trends
  • Credit implementations: sustainable sites; water efficiency; energy and atmosphere; materials and resources; indoor environmental quality; innovation in design

 

Review

1. SciTech Book News, February 2011 issue

This guide to LEED project management provides a comprehensive, start-to-finish manual for the design and construction of environmentally sustainable new construction projects. Chapters cover the design process in detail, including the early introduction of LEED principles into architectural decision making, defining the sustainability goals of the project, and specific calculations and standards necessary for earning the LEED rating. Several case studies of successful LEED certified projects are included as well as a collection of credit implementation worksheets and example documentation. Numerous tables, charts and illustrations are included throughout the work and online access to construction tables and blank forms is provided. Yellamraju is the owner of Green Potential, a green building and LEED certification consulting company in Austin, Texas. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

 

About the Author

Vijaya Yellamraju, LEED AP (Austin, TX), is Principal, Green Potential—a green building and LEED consulting firm based in Austin, Texas—where she is responsible for managing the technical and operational aspects of the business, providing direction to project teams for successful integration of green principles into the design process. Her special expertise is in managing LEED for multifamily projects. She is experienced with the design issues, limitations and green strategies related to multifamily projects. Most recently, Vijaya managed five large (over 500,000sf each) LEED multifamily projects in Texas and California with budgets ranging from $30M to $60M.She is a trained architect, with an M.S. in Architecture, specializing in Energy and Sustainable Design. She has over eight years’ experience in the architecture and construction industry and has managed several projects in Illinois, Texas, California and India. Her previous employers include firms such as Green Living, LLC, Worn Jerabek Architects and Parsons 3D/I. TOC: The Emergence of the LEED Rating System; How to Best manage LEED Projects; Doing the Ground Work: Project Definition and Goal Setting; Integrating with Design: Design Phase Activities; Implementing During Construction: Construction Phase Activities; What Lies Ahead


Related Title

  1. 9780071546010 Green Building Through Integrated Design (GreenSource Books)


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Foundation Engineering Handbook

11 08 2010


Foundation Engineering Handbook

Foundation Engineering Handbook

Authors: Day, Robert
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174009-8
ISBN-10: 0071740090
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 1008 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: September 2010
Price: US$ 130.00
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A fully up-to-date and practical guide to foundation engineering

Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second Edition offers complete coverage of foundation engineering, emphasizing the geotechnical aspects and the use of the 2009 International Building Code (IBC). The book explains how to develop a complete program of foundation investigation, conduct geotechnical field and laboratory studies, and analyze data for the design of foundations. Evaluating construction and preparing foundation engineering reports are also covered in this comprehensive resource.


FOUNDATION ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, SECOND EDITION COVERS:

  • Subsurface exploration
  • Laboratory testing
  • Soil mechanics
  • Shallow and deep foundations
  • Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations
  • Foundations on expansive soil
  • Slope stability
  • Retaining walls
  • Foundation deterioration and cracking
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering for soils, foundations, and retaining walls
  • Grading and other soil improvement methods
  • Foundation excavation, underpinning, and field load tests
  • Geosynthetics and instrumentation
  • 2009 International Building Code regulations for soils and foundations


Features

  • Updated to include the 2009 IBC
  • Covers foundation investigation and design analysis
  • Includes geotechnical field and laboratory studies
  • Discusses engineering evaluation of foundation construction
  • Explains how to prepare foundation engineering reports


Review

1. SciTech Book News, April 2011 issue

An engineer for a geotechnical company in San Diego, California, Day updates his 2006 guidelines to account for the 2009 International Building Code. He augments the emphasis on analysis in college engineering education by discussing some practical aspects and the kinds of engineering judgment that must be acquired through experience. He considers only clean dirt — soil free from known or suspected hazardous materials that need the attention of environmental engineers. Only the section on code compliance has been significantly altered. The other sections cover geotechnical engineering, foundation design, and foundation construction. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

 

  

About the Author


Robert W. Day (San Diego, CA) is a leading forensic engineer and the chief engineer at American Geotechnical in San Diego, California. The author of over 200 published technical papers, he serves on advisory committees for several professional associations, including ASCE, ASTM, and NCEES. Mr. Day holds both bachelors and masters degrees in structural engineering from Villanova University and a master’s in civil engineering and a civil engineer degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of five McGraw-Hill books on geotechnical engineering and a contributor to numerous handbooks on the subject.


 

Related Titles

  1. 9780071351119     Geotechnical Engineer’s Portable Handbook
  2. 9780071481205     Geotechnical Engineering


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Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste: A LEED-Based Toolkit (GreenSource)

8 07 2010


GreenSource

Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste
A LEED-Based Toolkit (GreenSource)

Author: Winkler, Greg
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-171338-2
ISBN-10: 0071713387
©2010 | 1st Edition | 256 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date:August 2010
Price: US$ 69.95
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A Complete Reference on Construction Waste Recycling

This GreenSource guide offers comprehensive information on how to recycle as much as 95 percent of new construction and demolition waste, reuse existing materials, and comply with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED waste management guidelines.

Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste provides the strategies and tools you need to develop and implement a successful jobsite waste management plan. This practical resource also covers other programs that promote sustainable construction, such as the International Code Council’s ICC-ES program, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Green Building Program, the Green Building Initiative Green Globes Program, BREEAM, and more.


FIND OUT HOW TO:

  • Manage construction and demolition waste on the jobsite
  • Set up an efficient jobsite recycling center
  • Recycle new construction waste
  • Conduct an on-site audit to assess demolition waste
  • Reuse existing materials, including asphalt, brick, concrete, insulation, structural steel, wood, glass, and more
  • Develop a comprehensive waste management plan
  • Comply with LEED standards to earn waste management credits
  • Get details on other green certification and code programs
  • Document waste management compliance
  • Include appropriate specifications in construction documents
  • Market your jobsite recycling program


Greg Winkler, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal in Green Lizard Management, a firm that provides owner representation and project management services to corporate, developer, and institutional clients. An architect with over 25 years of experience, he was a contributor to The Passive Solar Design Handbook, and the co-author of Analysis of Passive Solar System Thermal Performance and Construction Administration for Architects.



Related Titles

9780071489935      The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source)

9780071485630      Solar Power in Building Design (GreenSource)

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The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction: Sustainable Construction for Engineers (GreenSource)

8 07 2010


GreenSource

The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction
Sustainable Construction for Engineers (GreenSource)

Author: Haselbach, Liv
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174512-3
ISBN-10: 0071745122
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 464 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 99.95
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Step-by-step details on applying USGBC LEED-NC guidelines to real-world construction projects

Fully up to date, The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction offers practical discussions of the main concepts of sustainability and presents detailed equations and exercises that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-New Construction. This GreenSource guide presents current, authoritative information on sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy, atmosphere, materials, resources, indoor air quality, innovations in design, and a systematic view of green.


The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction features:

  • A practical focus on the LEED-NC rating system and how to apply it
  • Details on low-impact development
  • Tables comparing the old (version 2.2) and new (2009) versions of LEED-New Construction
  • Numerous exercises and equations that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-NC
  • Expert guidance on the main concepts of sustainability


New to This Edition:

  • Chapters updated to reflect the USGBC 2009 version of LEED-New Construction
  • Chapter 10 updated to include reference to low-impact development
  • Tables comparing the old (version 2.2) and new (2009) versions of LEED-New Construction
  • New/additional photos of examples of green construction


Review

1. SciTech Book News, April 2011 issue

Haselbach, who is not further identified, updates her 2008 reference and textbook to incorporate version 3.0 (2009) of the US Green Building Council’s widely used standard Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Focusing on aspects of the standard that are relevant to construction, she considers sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation in design process and regional priorities, a systematic view of green and minimum program requirements, Department of Defense sustainable construction and indoor quality, and low-impact development and stormwater issues. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)


 

 

 

About the Author

Liv Haselbach, Ph.D., P.E., LEED-Accredited Professional, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University. Her teaching and research focus on sustainable construction, pervious concrete, low-impact development, environmental issues with concrete, alternative transportation, and air pollution. Dr. Haselbach serves on many national and international committees, including ASTM E60 (Sustainability), ACI 130 (Sustainability), ASCE LID (Low Impact Development), and ISO TC71/8 Environmental Management of Concrete and Concrete Structures.


Related Title:

9780071489935     The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source)

 

 


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Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures

9 06 2010


Design of Reinforced Masonry Structure

Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures

Author: Taly, Narendra
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-147555-6
ISBN-10: 0071475559
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 752 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 125.00

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State-of-the-Art Code Knowledge for Designing Strong, Safe, and Economical Structures with Reinforced Masonry

The Second Edition of Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures presents the latest methods and code requirements for designing structures with reinforced masonry. Well-referenced and packed with more than 425 illustrations, this guide now contains 2009 International Building Code, Masonry Society Joint Committee (MSJC) 2008 codes, strength design philosophy for reinforced masonry structures based on ASCE 7-05 design loads for wind and seismic design, and a wealth of new examples and problems.

Written by an internationally acclaimed author, this essential professional tool takes you step-by-step through the art, science, and engineering of materials of masonry construction; flexural analysis and design; walls under axial and transverse loads; and more. Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures features:

  • Analysis and design of reinforced masonry structures based on strength design principles
  • More than 425 detailed illustrations
  • Numerous well-illustrated examples and problems
  • SI units used throughout the book
  • New to this edition: 2009 International Building Code and MSJC 2008 requirements


Inside This Cutting-Edge Guide to Reinforced Masonry Design

  • Masonry Units and Their Applications
  • Materials of Masonry Construction
  • Flexural Analysis and Design
  • Columns
  • Walls under Axial and Transverse Loads
  • Shear Walls
  • Retaining and Subterranean Walls
  • Construction Aspects
  • Design of Masonry Buildings
  • Design Aids and Tables


About the Author

Narendra Taly, Ph.D., P.E. (Los Angeles, CA) is Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. He has more than 44 years of experience and has published several technical papers and three books. Dr. Taly’s most recent book is Loads and Load Paths in Buildings-Principles of Structural Design, Published by the International Codes Council.

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Building for Boomers

8 03 2010

 

BuildingBuilding for Boomers

Authors: Schriener, Judy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-159981-8
ISBN-10: 0071599819
©2010 | 1st Edition | 304 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 59.95

 

Design and Build Housing for the Boomer Generation

This unique resource provides the latest housing data, options, and trends to help you plan, design, and construct homes and communities to meet the requirements and expectations of aging baby boomers. There are 77 million boomers in the United States alone who continue to set the new, higher standard for product change and innovation as they have been doing for decades. Building for Boomers offers targeted information for architects, builders, engineers, developers, remodelers, and suppliers interested in capitalizing on this exploding market.

LEARN HOW TO:

  • Plan neighborhoods based on local and regional factors, including zoning and other regulations
  • Understand different types of neighborhoods, such as age-targeted, mixed generations, transit-oriented design (TOD), traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs), cohousing, and others
  • Integrate aging in place, universal, and green building design concepts
  • Incorporate technology infrastructure into your designs, including communication, entertainment, lighting, environment, protection, and healthcare
  • Design single family homes, townhouses, condos, and apartments
  • Explore various design options for living spaces, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and storage
  • Stay informed of growing trends such as green construction and smart homes
  • Determine and develop your niche

 

Tables of Contents

Chapter 1. Boomers: Who They Are, What They Want, Why You Should Care;
Chapter 2. Unexpected Challenges;
Chapter 3. Neighborhood Types;
Chapter 4. Aging in Place, Universal Design, Sustainability and Building Green;
Chapter 5. Technology Turns the Tide;
Chapter 6. Single Family Homes and Townhouses;
Chapter 7. Condos and Apartments;
Chapter 8. The Design Process Step by Step;
Chapter 9. Design Options;
Chapter 10. Looking Ahead;
Chapter 11. Determining and Developing Your Niche;
Chapter 12. Dos and Don’ts of Dealing with Boomers;
Appendixes;
Glossary;
Index


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