Residential Building Design and Construction
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This comprehensive text fully explains today's homebuilding system in the United States from design through the construction phase. Unlike other texts, coverage goes beyond basic structural systems within a house and includes discussions of the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems as well. The technical presentation of the material is enriched with enough detail to be suitable for academic use in residential construction, construction science, construction management, and building technology programs at universities and colleges while remaining clear enough to be a valuable resource for homebuilders and building code officials. Building professionals, engineers, architects, and anyone who needs to interface with the residential building industry will find the inclusion of the latest CABO One and Two Family Dwelling Code requirements to be an important reference tool.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
Exceptionally comprehensive and technically-rich, this text provides an overview of residential building design procedures related to the specific residential systems commonly found in houses. It explores housing trends/demands, basic design principles, and working drawing skills, and provides the technical procedures -- and standard Code specifications -- for designing/building all of the various systems in a house. Each process is well-illustrated with a coordinated set of specific-system photographs/illustrations, design calculations, working drawings, and contract documents for a "Case Study House."
Residential Building Design and Construction
Residential Building Design and Construction,Jack H. Willenbrock,Harvey B. Manbeck,Michael G. Suchar,Prentice Hall,0133758745,Architecture,Construction - General,Design and construction,Domestic,Dwellings,Residential Buildings Architecture,Residential Construction,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts
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