For an undergraduate Construction materials course with a lab component taught in departments of Construction Management/Technology and Architecture.
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials.
Product Description
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials. Features + Benefits
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials.
Hallmark Features:
Basic material coverage.
Considers some of the most commonly used materials in construction-aggregates, asphalt and asphalt concrete, Portland cement and Portland cement concrete, masonry, ferrous metals, and wood.
Gives students a strong foundation in basic construction materials-how they are selected and tested, their properties and uses, methods of extraction and processing, auxiliary equipment, and more.
Real-life testing procedures.
Gives students hands-on experience with testing procedures used on a daily basis on today's construction sites.
Review questions.
Concludes each chapter with many review questions, metric problems, and a reiteration of usable industry reference standards.
Provides students with immediate reinforcement and support of the concepts and applications they have just learned.
Useful appendix.
Includes valuable metric information.
Prepares students for an upcoming conversion in the construction industry to metrication.
1. Introduction
2. Aggregates
3. Asphalt
4. Portland Cement Concrete
5. Iron and Steel
6. Wood
7. Masonry
Appendices
Metrics.
Formulas for Areas and Volumes.
ASTM Standards Relating to Aggregates.
ASTM Standards Relating to Asphalt Concrete.
ASTM Standards Relating to Concrete.
ASTM Standards Relating to Masonry.
ASTM Standard Practice for Selecting Proportions for Normal, Heavyweight, and Mass Concrete.
APA-The Engineered Wood Association Design Tables for Glulam Garage Door Headers and Substituting Glulam for Steel or Solid-Sawn Lumber Beams.
Index.
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials.
Product Description
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials. Features + Benefits
Basic Construction Methods, Eighth Edition, offers an in-depth introduction to the real-world application of some of the most fundamental materials used in construction today. This informative and practical text reflects the latest industry standards from ASTM and ACI and fully prepares students for entry into the construction industry or for further study in construction methods, specification writing, design methods, or related engineering programs. This new edition takes a renewed focus on sustainability, the environmental costs of materials production, and the ability to recycle construction materials.
Hallmark Features:
Basic material coverage.
Considers some of the most commonly used materials in construction-aggregates, asphalt and asphalt concrete, Portland cement and Portland cement concrete, masonry, ferrous metals, and wood.
Gives students a strong foundation in basic construction materials-how they are selected and tested, their properties and uses, methods of extraction and processing, auxiliary equipment, and more.
Real-life testing procedures.
Gives students hands-on experience with testing procedures used on a daily basis on today's construction sites.
Review questions.
Concludes each chapter with many review questions, metric problems, and a reiteration of usable industry reference standards.
Provides students with immediate reinforcement and support of the concepts and applications they have just learned.
Useful appendix.
Includes valuable metric information.
Prepares students for an upcoming conversion in the construction industry to metrication.
1. Introduction
2. Aggregates
3. Asphalt
4. Portland Cement Concrete
5. Iron and Steel
6. Wood
7. Masonry
Appendices
Metrics.
Formulas for Areas and Volumes.
ASTM Standards Relating to Aggregates.
ASTM Standards Relating to Asphalt Concrete.
ASTM Standards Relating to Concrete.
ASTM Standards Relating to Masonry.
ASTM Standard Practice for Selecting Proportions for Normal, Heavyweight, and Mass Concrete.
APA-The Engineered Wood Association Design Tables for Glulam Garage Door Headers and Substituting Glulam for Steel or Solid-Sawn Lumber Beams.
Index.