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**Special Order** If you install (or are thinking about installing) rooftop-mounted PV systems, you need the latest best practices. NRCA's updated guidelines also give you information from the 2018 editions of the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Fire Code and NFPA 1: Fire Code, and the 2017 edition of NFPA 70: National Electric Code.

North Carolina State Building Code: Mechanical Code 2018 This is a fully integrated code based on the 2015 International Mechanical Code.

North Carolina State Building Code: Residential Code 2018 This is a fully integrated code based on the 2015 International Residential Code.

**Special Order** Modern Welding is a comprehensive text that has long been the standard for teaching theory, fundamentals, equipment, and techniques of welding technology. This text provides thorough coverage of common welding and cutting processes, including gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, flux-cored arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, oxyfuel gas welding and cutting, plasma arc cutting, and resistance welding of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

For information on how to obtain the manual, please call 808.261.8182 or toll-free 877.624.2562. This manual is the primary resource for the Hawaii Contractor Business and Law exam. The manual covers critical subject areas, including: contracts, labor laws, financial management, tax laws, marketing, licensing and estimating. It also includes: Hawaii Licensing Rules and Statutes; OSHA Information; Fair Labor Standards Act; Hawaii Labor Laws; Hawaii Department of Taxation information; and Hawaii Mechanic’s Lien Laws.

**Special Order** This definitive homeowner's guide to solar energy has arrived at just the right time. With the cost of heating oil and electricity fluctuating wildly, consumers are clamoring for information on alternative energy. This source book covers all the relevant technologies, including solar space and water heating, as well as photovoltaic electricity.

**Special Order** Advancing rapidly from basic concepts and processes to today’s most complex, cutting-edge welding technologies and practices, this comprehensive text features valuable information on topics such as welding metallurgy, metal fabrication, weld testing and inspection, joint design, job costing, and environmental and conservation tips.

**Special Order** Unlike the majority of construction project management textbooks out there, Management of Construction Projects takes a distinctive approach by setting itself in the context of a single and real-world construction project throughout and also by looking at construction project management from the constructor’s perspective. This project-based learning approach emphasizes the skills, knowledge, and techniques students require to become successful project managers.

**Special Order** More than 1,000 pages of explosives knowledge written and designed by experienced industry professionals. With the blaster-in-charge as the focus, the Blasters’ Handbook is divided into four parts, with an emphasis on safety, security and communication throughout the publication. This fourth printing includes updated content, equations and formulas.

**Special Order** This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Trade Math, Weld Quality, Position Arc Welding, Forklifts, Trade Drawings Two, Intermediate Rigging, Structural Ironworking Two, Steel Joists and Joist Girders, Tower Cranes, and Survey Equipment Use and Care One.

**Special Order** This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: On-road Dump Trucks, Scrapers, Loaders, Rough Terrain Forklifts, Excavation Math, Interpreting Civil Drawings, Site Work, Skid Steers, and Soils

**Special Order** This unbiased, authoritative reference guide of industry best practices for the repair of low-slope membrane roof systems, including thermoplastic and thermoset roof membranes, polymer-modified bitumen and built-up roofing, and mechanically attached metal flashings, is your go-to reference guide for repairs and maintenance.

**Special Order** Carpentry, 6th edition, provides a comprehensive approach to step-by-step carpentry skill development with an overview of tools and equipment, materials, and proven trade practices.

**Special Order** This new edition of a trusted reference has been completely updated to keep excavating contractors, operating engineers, and those learning the trade current with state-of-the-art equipment usage and the most efficient excavating and grading techniques.

**Special Order** Managing the Construction Process: Estimating, Scheduling, and Project Control, Fourth Edition, covers all areas of the Construction Management industry―with a balanced focus on both theory and practicality. Helping students gain a working knowledge of the whole Building Industry, this text provides the technical skills required to manage a construction project from conception through occupancy.

**Special Order** The most comprehensive text on the subject, Olin's Construction covers not only the materials and methods of building construction, but also building systems and equipment, utilities, properties of materials, and current design and contracting requirements.

**Special Order** Thoroughly revised to cover the latest technologies and standards, this practical resource provides all of the information necessary to efficiently execute every phase of any construction job. The book features complete details on estimating, purchasing, contract administration, team management, quality control and assurance, and other topics essential to completing a project on time and within budget. Project Management in Construction, Seventh Edition, covers new OSHA regulations and new contract formats that emphasize collaboration and teamwork. BIM and green buildings, topics of importance to all of today’s project managers, are explained.

**Special Order** It includes a user-friendly overview of key design and building principles for a hot, humid climate and gulf region conditions, a planning checklist of recommended features and their benefits, a reference guide explaining each item on the checklist and list of many other sustainable home information resources.

Carpentry & Building Construction is a comprehensive carpentry program that focuses on residential construction with many procedures also applying to light commercial construction. The informative text provides detailed, heavily illustrated information about materials, tools, and processes, with many step-by-step procedures. Includes hardbound student edition aligned to the content standards.

**Special Order** This hard-copy version contains the code-recognized 2018 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction and Commentary with 2018 Supplement: Design Values for Wood Construction along with the 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) with Commentary.

*Special Order** Developed originally for a workshop of the same name, this manual is now published in book form and available to the public as a very practical and informative instructional manual.

This updated Technical Digest contains a thorough coverage of the proper handling and erection procedures to be employed in the field to make certain that SJI joist products are not damaged, that they perform as specified, and above all, to ensure the safety of the erectors. This edition contains information related to the newest standard joist product, the CJ-Series joists that were introduced in 2007. It also includes updated information on Bridging in Chapter 8 as well as some additional topics added to the list of Miscellaneous Topics - Common Field Issues in Chapter 9.

***Special Order*** Study Guide for Residential Carpentry & Repair replaces Carpentry Level 1 Fundamentals Trainee Guide, and Carpentry Level 2 Framing & Finishing Trainee Guide.

***Special Order*** Training Guide for the Residential and Remodeling Contractor exams. Masonry and Sitework for the Residential Contractor, 2nd