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The
Art & Craft of Stonework
"Go beyond our own primer on drystacking, Stonescaping, with
artistic inspiration, instructions, recipes, and projects for
both dry-stack and mortar techniques."
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Reinforced
Masonry Engineering Handbook
"Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook provides the coefficients,
tables, charts, and design data required for the design
of reinforced masonry structures."
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Setting
Tile (Fine Homebuilding)
"Michael Byrne's Setting Tile is packed with more than enough
information for those thinking of taking on a tile job in their home."
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Foundations
and Concrete Work
"The For Pros By Pros titles are compilations of articles from Fine
Homebuilding magazine, selected by the editors of the
magazine and organized by subject."
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Masonry
Construction Manual
"The construction manuals from Edition Detail have set new
standards
in the field of specialist literature, becoming an indispensable
part of any architect's library."
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Masonry
Skills
(softcover)
"One of the few books written by a master mason and masonry
teacher,
this text covers basic masonry skills such as plan reading, scaffolding,
cleaning masonry and concrete work in detail."
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Masonry
Design and Detailing
"After the engineer had mastered the basics and could design a
masonry
building using the equations then, with that understanding and
experience, could make use of the design tables in this book."
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Building
with Masonry: Brick, Block & Concrete
"Provides all the basics on tools and materials, estimating
materials needed for any project, descriptions and diagrams of bond
patterns and wall types, fundamentals of laying brick and block, and clear,
useful information on
masonry repair and restoration for preexisting work."
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Building
Stone Walls
"Basic tools, basic techniques, illustrations and photographs, and
all the planning and safety instructions you will need to
build a variety of stone walls."
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Building
With Stone
"Building With Stone is an introduction to the art and craft of
creating stone structures and projects by a man who has made stonework his
vocation."
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Stonework:
Techniques and Projects
"Fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions for twenty-two
attractive
projects, including garden paths and walls, porches, pools,
seats, waterfalls, and even a bridge."
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Basic
Concrete Engineering for Builders
"The clear instructions, and simplified explanations along with
excellent diagrams, charts and graphics helped even me comprehend the
complexities of concrete engineering into a language that any builder
could understand and actually apply on the next job."
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Bricklaying
"Whether you're a homeowner wanting to do your own repairs, a trade
apprentice seeking to sharpen your skills, or a veteran craftsman or
contractor with years of experience, you'll turn to this complete
guide to bricklaying again and again."
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Simplified
Design of Masonry Structures
"This practical volume provides a thorough grounding in the design
of masonry structures for buildings —with clear and easy-to-grasp
coverage of basic materials, construction systems, building codes,
industry standards, and simple computations for structural
elements of commonly used forms of masonry."
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Masonry
& Concrete Construction
"Nolan's Masonry and Concrete Construction is an excellent
introduction to the many forms of brick, block, and
concrete materials applications."
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The
Art of the Stonemason
"The author, a fifth-generation master stonemason who has worked on
the
U.S. Capitol building as well as numerous edifices in his native Scotland,
has
compiled an impressive guide to both building and restoring
stonework."
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The
Art & Craft of Stonework
"Go beyond our own primer on drystacking, Stonescaping, with
artistic inspiration, instructions, recipes, and projects for both
dry-stack and mortar techniques."
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Formwork
for Concrete
"This is a classic text for concrete formwork design. It is loaded
with information,
including step-by-step design of wall forms, many useful tables regarding
allowable spacing/loads on plywood, joists, and stringers."
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Alternative
Housebuilding
"Build a home using logs, adobe, stone, cordwood, rammed earth, or
earth-sheltered methods for less money and lower energy costs.
Includes information and diagrams detailed enough to
construct seven different homes."
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Masonry
Estimating
"Step-by-step instructions for estimating the cost of nearly any
type of masonry work. Covers takeoffs, estimating mortar, wall
reinforcements and treatments, labor
and material costs, and how to bid competitively."
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Basic
Masonry (Sunset New Basic)
"If you know absolutely not the first thing about masonry, here's an
excellent basic starter book from the editors of Sunset Magazine
that includes clear explanations of tools, materials, and step-by-step
guidelines for a wide range of masonry projects for the
do-it-yourselfer."
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Cement
Concrete Pavements
"For government or company engineers in charge of civil engineering
projects, explains the design, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of
cement concrete pavements."
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Reinforced
Concrete Design (5th Edition)
"Using a straight-forward, step-by-step, problem-solution
format—with
an abundance of fully-worked sample problems—this book provides an
elementary, non-Calculus, practical approach to the design and analysis
of reinforced concrete structural members."
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Structural
Masonry
"Reviews the principles underlying structural masonry
design, based on theoretical and experimental research of the past three
decades, during which the principles of structural engineering have been
applied to stone buildings."
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Masonry
[MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]
"Includes information on the new international building code,
business planning, job interviewing, as well as an Industry Buyer's
Guide."
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Construction
Equipment [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]
"Provides detailed coverage of heavy equipment and trucks.
Concerned with
management, purchasing, maintenance, use and new product evaluation, as
well as
with trends in industry, government and the economy."
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2002
CD Estimator
"CD Estimator provides 85,000 construction costs for new
construction, remodeling, renovation and insurance repair, electrical, plumbing,
HVAC, and painting. It also features the National Estimator program to help
you figure out how much the work should cost to complete."
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