Masonry & Concrete Construction
 Masonry and Concrete Construction; Nolan: Nolan's Masonry and Concrete Construction is an excellent introduction to the many forms of brick, block, and concrete materials applications. Beginning with the theory and chemistry of concrete and mortar [... more]
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Masonry and Concrete
Good for Concrete and Masonry theory but not a "how to" book: This would be a good college text book for "Concrete and Masonry Theory". What I was looking for is a good text book for a "How the Heck do I pour concrete and lay [... more]
$39.95
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Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: Clay and ...
Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook: The fatal problem is this book is NOT current to the 97 Uniform Building Code, contrary to the advertised description. It is written for the 94 Code. Therefore, it is useless and dangerous for actual design and [... more]
$164.95
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Concrete Construction and Estimating
Comprehensive instructions for doing the job right: I am very impressed with how much information there is about every aspect of concrete construction. How to build forms, even very complex forms on huge projects, tips on pouring and finishing, even [... more]
$25.00
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Design of Concrete Structures
Useful and comprehensive book for practitioners: This book is very good for practitioners who need to look up something they have forgotten. It can be useful for beginning students, but as far as understanding concepts is concerned, MacGregor's is the [... more]
$140.60
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Schaum's Outline of Reinforced Concrete Design
Too out-of-date: This reference is useful as a review of various types of concrete construction. However, it was last revised in 1993 and refers to the 1989 American Concrete Institute code, so while the content is generally correct, many of the code [... more]
$18.95
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Simplified Design of Concrete Structures (Parker/Ambrose ...
Simplified Design of Concrete Structures, 7th Ed.: This is a decent introduction to reinforced concrete design, but I do not like the way the material is presented. Ambrose has done a poor job in picking up Parker's work. First and foremost, Ambrose does [... more]
$95.00
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The Portland Cement Association's Guide to Concrete ...
Just browsing CHS for myself: Remember, this book is almost TEN years old because it is based on research done in 1993 and published in '95. So there have been advances and experience that go well beyond this book. Dwell magazine has often tickled me [... more]
$49.95
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Insulating Concrete Forms Construction Manual
Save Your Money: If you would like to take a serious look at this building technique, this book is not going to help you. There is not a single wall section drawn and at one point the authors feel it necessary to tell you that a 2x4 is actually only 3 1/2 [... more]
$34.95
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Concrete Formwork
Union Trades: This book covers all of the various formwork systems for footings, walls, stairs and columns. Very easy to read in a well developed format taking the reader step by step to completion. This book is the basic referance for the International [... more]
$42.00
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Reinforced Concrete Design (5th Edition)
***: Helpful for designing retaining walls... Author: George F. Limbrunner Author: Leonard Spiegel Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 624.18341 EAN: 9780130924261 Edition: 5 ISBN: 0130924261 Number Of Pages: 506 Publication Date: 2002-05-08 [... more]
$114.40
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Working with Concrete
Could be more: This is the better book on pouring concrete forms that Taunton Press offers. When I bought the book I was a complete novice. Now after 1 1/2 years and several large projects I am starting to learn what is missing. The book does not talk [... more]
$19.95
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