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Contractors can protect themselves and their companies at each critical stage of a construction project. This much-needed guide shows how to avoid...

Use this manual to create your own company homeowner manual that explains your contract documents, policies, procedures, and philosophy. By using t...

Here's everything the homebuilding contractor needs to know in order to make money in offsite construction. It focuses on areas not part of the tr...

Change Orders are a fact of life. It's human nature for people to change their minds. This book is designed to provide you with valuable guidance a...

This updated edition of Kevin Lynch's widely used introductory textbook has been completely revised, and is also enriched by the experience of Lync...

Print/eBook Combo! The fully-revised Ninth Edition of the Construction Inspection Manual puts right at your fingertips all the step-by-step guidanc...

Features include: Common and highly topical issues related to construction in a litigious society Enviornmental, economic, political, and socia...

This handy reference measures 7 1/4" x 4 1/4" - which means it fits perfectly in your pocket, briefcase, or toolbox. The Building News Construction...

Every construction project requires leveling, measuring, layout, surveying and setting grade. But until now there was no practical manual for build...

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The experience of building a home is complicated, exciting, scary, fun, expensive, gratifying, time-consuming, and wonderful-sometimes all in the s...

A well-thought-out and detailed policy manual is the backbone of any construction firm. And now you can have such a manual for a fraction of what i...

Building Construction Illustrated, 6th Edition is a comprehensive and user-friendly reference to the 2018 International Building Code. The book was...

Viewed by thousands of builders, architects, remodelers, and subcontractors, Building Better Homes shows you how to apply the latest in green build...

Here you'll find practical printreading information applicable to the carpentry, electrical, mechanical, and general building trades, as well as au...

If you're a homeowner, contractor, or anyone who has to navigate a home project through code compliance, permits, and the inspection process, but f...

Now in its Ninth Edition, this hands-on blueprint reading guide contains the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of welding symbols and their a...

Here is the ultimate handbook for engineers, architects, contractors, specifications workers, and hardware managers who need to deliver products an...

Here you'll find a full color design with new and updated photos and figures. Coverage of building codes and safe materials handling ensures the st...

Mathematical skills are vital to the success of anyone working in the building trades industry. Math for the Building Trades is a basic math textbo...

The Construction Field Guide, 4th Edition, puts every part of the construction industry readily available into a book. It is completely up to date ...

Now in its Seventh Edition, Fundamentals of Building Construction is an essential textbook that has been used by thousands of students annually in ...

Order now ... download this pdf eBook immediately. Arthur F. O'Leary, FAIA, MRIAI, a 40-year construction project veteran, relates actual jobs gone...