Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
Now in its Fifth Edition, this essential textbook has been used by thousands of students annually in schools of architecture, engineering, and construction technology. The bestselling reference focuses on the basic materials and methods used in building construction, emphasizing common construction systems such as light wood frames, masonry bearing walls, steel frames, and reinforced concrete. New introductory material on the processes, organization, constraints, and choices in construction offe
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Review by Kevin Heddy for Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
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Being a student in Construction Management Edward Allen’s book was assigned as our text book. The course entitled materials and methods is intended to teach future construction manajors about the wide variety of materials on the market today as well as tradional methods of constructing with these materials.
The book is chalked full of knowledge most of which would take a person hours, even days of research to uncover with other sources. It is very comprehensive. If you are active in the comercial building construction this book is a must for your refrence shelf. Residential construction owners/workers would gain considerable knowledge from the book it has plenty of useful information however I feel the book is leaning more towards heavy commercial.
Review by gsd99dde@gsd.harvard.edu for Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
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Simply put, this is one of the best technical textbooks I’ve ever read. It’s basic stuff for someone just starting out in the discipline of architecture, but I’m keeping it as a reference for future professional use. It is clearly written and well illustrated and worth it’s high price. I wish Allen would now write a book on Environmental Control Systems–everything in that field is too dry and too technical.
Review by V.M. Williams for Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
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I had this as a textbook for an Architectural Technology class as an undergrad ARCH major. Detailed with illustrations and photos of actual ongoing construction projects, this book was very informative for showing details and connections necessary to the making of a building. While not necessarily written for the layman, it would definitely be useful to anyone wondering “how you put it together.” There are moments when it can become dry, but as I said, I used it as a textbook, therefore a lot of my reading was REQUIRED. It’s not mandatory that one read this cover to cover, but it would definitely be handy for examining processes and checking details of wall sections.
Review by Anil Arican for Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
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Every engineer must have one copy of this book.This is an updated edition of the previous ones.Very detailed description and pictures about construction.
Review by Architectural Designer for Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
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We used this book in my building construction class i took as a second year architecture student. The book is good for people who are learning the basics of how things work, are put together, what types of materials are used for different situations, etc. However if you are looking for detailed drawings, I would go elsewhere. The book is good for generalized explanations, so I did learn a lot from it.