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Beam and lumber requirements for many jobs aren’t always clear, especially with changing building codes and lumber products. Most of the time you rely on your own "rules of thumb" when figuring spans or lumber engineering. This book can help you fill the gap between what you can find in the building code span tables and what you need to pay a certified engineer to do. With large, clear, illustrations, examples, and engineering calculations explained in simplified language, the author shows you: How to figure the stresses for engineered wood structural members, plywood beams and panels, glu-lam products, and trusses How to calculate loads, including snow, seismic and impact loads How to design girders, beams and joists Basic Lumber Engineering for Builders covers most building types and framing systems, including door, window and roof framing. There's a chapter on connections, retrofitting with anchor bolts, framing anchors and tie-downs, plus the latest requirements for cross-bridging and anchoring. Also included is an important chapter on designing concrete formwork - figuring the pressures, tolerances, and thicknesses for plywood, Plyform, composition, and fiber-reinforced plastic. Software Included: In the back of the book you'll find a computer disk with an easy-to-use version of NorthBridge Software's Wood Beam Sizing. Just follow the step-by-step instructions in the program to find out what size member you need for the spans and loads that you require based on the wood species that you're using. Requires Windows 3.1 or higher. Table of Contents: 1. Wood Basics, 5 Lumber Characteristics, 6 Lumber Grading, 9 Lumber Shapes, 10 Lumber Dimensions and Surfaces, 13 Lumber Seasoning, 13 Preserving and Storing Lumber, 15 Defective Materials, 17 Manufactured Wood Products, 19 Glu-lam Products, 26 Wood Trusses, 33 2. Wood Design Basics, 39 Stresses in Wood Members, 58 Engineering Properties of Wood Members, 63 Designing Girders, Beams and Joists, 66 Designing Posts and Columns, 72 Formats for Structural Calculations, 74 3. Wood-Frame Building Components, 79 Building Types, 79 Framing Systems, 86 Conventional light-Frame Buildings, 93 4. Framing Connections, 121 Nails, 121 Bolts, 133 Miscellaneous Connectors, 143 Framing Hardware, 145 Retrofitting, 150 Defects and Failures in Connections, 153 5. Concrete Formwork, 155 Form Design, 155 Wall Forms, 158 Form Hardware, 169 Recommended Tolerances for Forms, 173 Column Forms, 174 Elevated Slab Forms, 177 Maintaining Forms, 180 6. Building Layout, 181 Survey Equipment, 184 Maintaining Horizontal and Vertical Control, 192 Laying Out a Building, 194 Construction Tolerances, 197 Units of Measurement, 198 Checklist for Construction Survey, 203 7. Workmanship, Plans, and Coordination Between the Trades, 207 Dimensioning, 207 Construction Documents, 208 Framing Specifications, 213 Recommended Framing Procedure, 215 Inspections, 215 Coordination Between. Trades, 216 8. Using the Wood Beam Sizing™ Program, 219 Installing Wood Beam Sizing, 219 Learning to Use Wood Beam Sizing, 221 Basic Wood Design, 228 The Windows, 229 Appendix A Codes and Standards, 233 Building Codes, 234 Standards, 238 Appendix B Glossary, 245 Index, 264 Includes: Book, CD-ROM Published by: Craftsman Book Company 272 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11 Basic Lumber Engineering for Builders blb-c06$38.00 For your convenience, this Yahoo! secure shopping site accepts payment via Visa, MasterCard or PayPal.     © Artemis Hunt, Inc. Contractor City™ is a trademark of AHI Contractor City 343 Soquel Ave #303 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 customerservice @ contractorcity.com