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Architecture: Structure, Materials, and Construction

Structure, Materials, Construction

Building Construction Illustrated
Publication Date: 2014
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures, A Handbook
Call Number: TA403.6 .C659 2005 (FA-REF-4)
Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
Publication Date: 2014
Materials for Design
Call Number: NA4100 .B45 2006
Modern Construction Handbook
Publication Date: 2019
Skins for Buildings: The Architect's Materials Samples Book
Call Number: TH2235 .S55 2004 (FA-REF-4)
Time-Saver Standards for Building Materials and Systems
Call Number: TA404.5 .T56 2000 (FA-REF-4)
Tragsysteme / Structure Systems
Call Number: TH845 .E54 2009
Concrete Construction Manual
Publication Date: 2013
Glass Construction Manual
Publication Date: 2007
Masonry Construction
Call Number: TH1199 .M334 2001
Steel Construction Manual
Call Number: TA684 .A47 2005
Sorrells Engineering and Science Library
Timber Construction Manual
Publication Date: 200

Product Specifications and Cost Estimating

The CSI Construction Specifications Practice Guide
Call Number: TH425 .C75 2011 (FA-REF-4)
The CSI Sustainable Design and Construction Practice Guide
Publication Date: 2013
The Project Resource Manual: CSI Manual of Practice
Call Number: TH420 .P76 2005 (FA-REF-4)
Assemblies Costs with RS Means Data
Call Number: TH435 .B848 2020 (FA-REF-4)
Building Construction Costs with RS Means Data
Call Number: TH435 .B84 2021 (FA-REF-4)
Site Work & Landscape Costs with RS Means Data.
Call Number: TH435 .M4367 2021 (FA-REF-4)
Square Foot Costs with RS Means Data.
Call Number: TH435 .M44 2021 (FA-REF-4)

ARCAT
Information on building products and manufacturers.
ENR (Engineering News-Record)
ENR publishes both a Construction Cost Index and Building Cost index that are widely used in the construction industry.
Sweet's
Information on building products and manufacturers.