Florida Contractor License & Exam

Step-by-step, easy-to-follow guidelines for setting up and maintaining records for your building business. This practical guide to all accounting methods shows how to meet state and federal accounting requirements, explains the new depreciation rules, and describes how the Tax Reform Act can affect the way you keep records. Full of charts, diagrams, simple directions and examples, to help you keep track of where your money is going.

The 33rd Edition of Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book: Your Ultimate Construction Cost Estimation Guide. It actually could be classified as a construction cost estimator's handbook. This edition maintains the convenient 8-1/2" x 11" size and thicker pages introduced in the 32nd edition.

Welcome to the authoritative world of construction cost estimating! Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book has been trusted by generations of construction contractors, consultants, and advisors. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a newcomer in the construction industry, this reference book is your indispensable companion.

This fully revised 17th edition was written to provide a concise, current reference on concrete, including the many developments that occurred since the last edition was published in 2016. The text is backed by over 100 years of research by the Portland Cement Association and other industry groups. It reflects the latest guidance on standards, specifications, and test methods of ASTM International (ASTM), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

The 17th edition includes an in-depth restructuring of the existing content, presenting a 40% increase in new information over the prior edition within the previous chapters. This edition also has added two new chapters on imperfections in concrete, and innovations in concrete.

Over 3 million copies of past editions of the book have been distributed, making this book a primary reference on concrete technology.

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.

Architects and specifiers consult GA-216 to ensure proper handling and storage of wallboard on the jobsite, guide installation of gypsum boards over appropriately spaced and installed wood or steel framing, and determine when and if control joints should be used. Installers rely on the GA-216 to determine appropriate methods of installation. It guides wallboard layout, selection of fastener types, and fastener spacing for many different gypsum panel types. A new detail illustrates and clarifies existing language describing the proper placement of joints around window and door openings.

The GA-216-2018 features:

• Specifications for the application of gypsum panels to flat wall insulating concrete forms (ICFs)
• Application of single-and multi-layer gypsum panel products to wood framing members
• Gypsum panel product application over steel framing and furring
• Semi and solid gypsum panel products partitions
• Gypsum panel product application over rigid plastic foam insulation
• Application of rigid predecorated combustible panels (paneling) to gypsum substrate
• Application of gypsum panel products to outside corners, arches, and curves