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Walter R. Scarborough, CSI, SCIP, AIA, is Vice President and Regional Manager for Hall Building Information Group, LLC. He is a specifications consultant and registered architect (Texas) with over 35 years of comprehensive technical architectural experience in specifications, document production, and construction contract administration. He has produced documents and administered construction for a large number and variety of building types. Previously the Director of Specifications for 10 years for one of the largest architectural firms in the world, he was responsible for building sciences research, manager of a department of specifiers, and master specification development and maintenance, in addition to being the specifier for major healthcare, sports, detention, municipal, and commercial projects, some valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He is active in the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) at the local level (past president, secretary, and technical director) and national level (Education Committee and Practice Guide Task team), holds several CSI certifications, is Chairman of the Institute’s Education Committee, was awarded CSI’s prestigious J. Norman Hunter Memorial Award for advancing building sciences and specifications, and is the revision author for CSI’s Project Delivery Practice Guide and its associated education program.
Diane Armpriest, M.L.A., M. Arch., is Associate Professor and Chair, Faculty of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho. Before joining the faculty in 2001, she worked as an architectural project manager, and as a project developer and construction manager for neighborhood nonprofit housing providers. Her teaching and research interests include the pedagogy of architectural building construction technology, the expression of structure and materials in Northwest regional architecture, and the relationship between building and site. Previously, she was Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Cincinnati. Highlights of her work there include research in resource-efficient design and construction and working with students on design-build projects.
Part 1: Principles
Chapter 1 An Overview of the Building Delivery Process—How Buildings Come into Being
Chapter 2 Construction Regulations and Standards
Chapter 3 Loads on Buildings
Chapter 4 Load Resistance—The Structural Properties of Materials
Chapter 5 Properties of the Envelope–I: Thermal Properties
Chapter 6 Properties of the Envelope–II: Air and Water Vapor Control
Chapter 7 Fire-Related Properties
Chapter 8 Acoustical Properties of Materials
Chapter 9 Principles of Joints and Sealants (Expansion and Contraction Control)
Chapter 10 Principles of Sustainable Construction
Part 2: Materials and Systems
Chapter 11 Soils and Excavations
Chapter 12 Below-Grade Construction: Foundation Systems and Basements
Chapter 13 Materials for Wood Construction–I (Lumber)
Chapter 14 Materials for Wood Construction–II (Engineered Wood, Fasteners, and Connectors)
Chapter 15 Wood Light Frame Construction–I
Chapter 16 Wood Light Frame Construction–II
Chapter 17 Structural Insulated Panel System Construction
Chapter 18 The Material Steel and Steel Components
Chapter 19 Structural Steel Construction
Chapter 20 Light-Gauge Steel Construction
Chapter 21 Lime, Portland Cement, and Concrete
Chapter 22 Concrete Construction–I (Formwork, Reinforcement and Slabs-on-Ground)
Chapter 23 Concrete Construction–II (Site-Cast and Precast Concrete Systems)
Chapter 24 Masonry Materials–I (Mortar and Brick)
Chapter 25 Masonry Materials–II (Concrete Masonry Units, Natural Stone, and Glass Masonry Units)
Chapter 26 Masonry and Concrete Bearing Wall Construction
Chapter 27 Exterior Wall Cladding–I (Principles of Rainwater Infiltration Control)
Chapter 28 Exterior Wall Cladding–II (Masonry, Precast Concrete, and GFRC)
Chapter 29 Exterior Wall Cladding–III (Stucco, EIFS, Natural Stone, and Insulated Metal Panels)
Chapter 30 Glass, Glazing and Light-Transmitting Plastics
Chapter 31 Windows and Doors
Chapter 32 Exterior Wall Cladding–IV (Glass-Aluminum Wall Systems)
Chapter 33 Roofing–I (Low-Slope Roofs)
Chapter 34 Roofing–II (Steep Roofs)
Chapter 35 Stairs
Chapter 36 Floor Coverings
Chapter 37 Ceilings
Appendix A System of Units
Appendix B Preliminary Sizing of Structural Members
References and Further Reading
Answers to Quizzes
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