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Installation, repair and estimating for nearly every type of roof covering available today in residential and commercial structures: asphalt shingles, roll roofing, wood shingles and shakes, clay tile, slate, metal, built-up, and elastomeric. Covers sheathing and underlayment techniques, as well as secrets for installing leakproof valleys. Many estimating tips help you minimize waste, as well as insure a profit on every job. Troubleshooting techniques help you identify the true source of most leaks.

This popular manual has been updated and improved to bring it more current with modern earthmoving and trenching equipment, refined excavation techniques, stricter safety rules, and improved materials. Here you ll find how to enter and succeed in the underground utility business.Includes hands-on instructions for operating the equipment and doing the trenching, pipe laying and connecting work and answers to what causes so many skilled equipment operators and pipelayers to fail when they try to start their own business.

This instructional manual has been prepared by the Post-Tensioning Institute's Committee for Training and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning solely as a recommended general guide and assistance to the placement, installation and inspection of unbonded single strand post-tensioning systems, the operation of stressing equipment, and accessories.

Now available in the 10th edition, Placing Reinforcing Bars is a unique book presenting the currently accepted best practices in placing rebar in structures and pavement. Eighteen heavily illustrated chapters detail safety precautions, types of materials, handling of bars at the jobsite, and inspection information. General principles for bar placing, splicing and tying, and bar placement in footings, walls, columns, floors, roofs, pavement and transportation structures are provided. This guide also includes a chapter addressing epoxy-coated and other coated reinforcement. Produced by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, this industry-trusted publication is essential for preparing provisions in project specifications and the definitive resource for apprentices, journeymen ironworkers, and inspectors.

Everything a finish carpenter needs to know: the proper use of hand and power tools, assessing a job before you begin, and tricks of the trade from a master finish carpenter.

Compact and pocket-sized, this handy reference contains thousands of facts and figures relevant to pipefitters, steamfitters-anyone concerned with layout and installation of pipe.

The new Third Edition of the Steel Deck Institute Manual of Construction with Steel Deck (MOC3) continues the tradition established by earlier editions to provide information necessary for the proper field usage of steel deck. This edition is reformatted for easier use with updated references, including those for the SDI QA/QC Standard for Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Steel Deck.

The latest volume of the NRCA Roofing Manual provides you with comprehensive information about the design, materials and installation techniques applicable to steep-slope roofing applications. With five complete sections—Asphalt Shingle Roof Systems, Clay and Concrete Roof Systems, Metal Shingle Roof Systems, Slate Roof Systems, and Wood Shake and Wood Shingle Roof Systems—this manual is a welcome addition to your technical library.

Not available In The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture & Cabinet Construction, you'll acquire a working knowledge of woodworking materials, a higher control over your work and tools and an understanding of basic design principles.

NFPA 13R helps you design and install life-saving sprinkler systems in multiple-family dwellings -- to safeguard people and property from fire. The 2013 edition of NFPA 13R: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies introduces a new title along with major updates reflecting industry developments. For effective and economical sprinkler system installation in multifamily occupancies -- such as apartment buildings and hotels -- buildings, designers, owners, and AHJs rely on NFPA 13R: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies.

Topics include pipe and tube data, valves, fittings, flanges and gaskets, offsets and calculations—the answers to all your questions. You’ll especially appreciate the pipe layout, piping prints, oxy-acetylene set-up, pipe welding and pipe rigging sections, which are easy to understand, yet extremely detailed.

From simple applications to multi-load and multi-temperature systems, this one-of-a-kind, comprehensive text prepares readers to use the latest hydronics to create systems that deliver the ultimate in comfort, reliability and energy efficiency. Abundantly illustrated with product and installation photos and hundreds of detailed, full-color schematics, MODERN HYDRONIC HEATING, Fourth Edition, transforms engineering-level design information into practical applications useful for technical students and heating professionals alike.

Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction offers you a practical approach to modern construction and a complete overview of traditional building concepts and practices. Progressing from basic to advanced material, it will guide you in applying design theory to each phase of the construction process, from site evaluation and layout, to interior design and building finishes. This text appears on the approved reference list for numerous states requiring contractors to pass licensing exams. Its flexible organization makes it suitable for a range of construction, architectural and engineering courses. The 11th Edition expands on practical applications in structural design projects. Hundreds of chapter-ending review questions reinforce concepts while helping you prepare for licensing exams.

Featuring time-tested safety concepts and the very latest industry standards in material design, the 2012 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE offers up-to-date, comprehensive insight into the regulations surrounding the design and installation of building systems.

This comprehensive code compiles all building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas and electrical requirements for one- and two-family dwellings in one convenient code. The regulations cover dwellings and townhouses up to three stories.

The 2021 edition of the Florida Contractors Manual is a vital resource for anyone seeking to pass the Florida Contractor Exam. It contains the officially adopted Florida Building Code and includes Florida Statutes Chapter 455. Understanding the information in this book is a crucial step to obtaining a license and becoming a safe and effective builder in Florida. This book is also permitted to be used while taking the Florida Builder and Contractor exams.

Residential Home Builder Study Guide is a replacement/substitute for Masonry/Residential Carpentry. This book is a comprehensive guide for the Alabama Home Builders, containing the following three titles: Basic Safety, Masonry & Sitework for the Residential Contractor, 2nd Edition, and Study Guide for Residential Carpentry & Repair, 2nd Edition. Alabama Home Builder candidates can use this reference OR purchase the three individual titles in its place. This book is a comprehensive guide for the Alabama Home Builders, containing the following three titles: Basic Safety, Masonry & Sitework for the Residential Contractor, 2nd Edition, and Study Guide for Residential Carpentry & Repair, 2nd Edition. Alabama Home Builder candidates can use this reference OR purchase the three individual titles in its place.

This new 2015 reference replaces Study Guide for Commercial Carpentry , Masonry Level 3 Trainee Guide, Carpentry Level 2 Framing & Finishing Trainee Guide, Carpentry Level 3 Forms Trainee Guide, and Carpentry Level 4 Advanced Trainee Guide. Study Guide for Commercial Carpentry is still approved for use, but is not the preferred edition.

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Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, of the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board 521 CMR.

Tenth Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code - Basic/Commercial version which is comprised of the Massachusetts amendments to the International Building Code 2015.

Ninth Edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code - Residential version which is comprised of the Massachusetts amendments to the International Residential Code 2015.

The Florida Building Code (2017) is the most complete source of code standards and compliance information in the construction industry. It is arguably the single-most important book in the construction industry since it defines the standards with which construction products and installations must comply throughout the construction process.

This code comes in a loose-leaf format. The 6th Edition (2017) update to the Florida Building Code: Test Protocols for High Velocity Hurricane Zones updates the 2014, 5th Edition.