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9780130406385

Reading Architectural Plans for Residential and Commercial Construction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780130406385

  • ISBN10:

    0130406384

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Spiral Bound
  • Copyright: 2001-04-09
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Summary

Informative, yet concise, this reputable volume helps readers become adept at reading both residential and commercial construction architectural plans. It offers thorough coverage on everything from projections to modular coordination, light framing to window details, and timber construction to trusses, and provides actual photographs of the buildings under construction. Individually shrink-wrapped exercises provide a neat and readily accessible means of applying material in the book.KEY TOPCIS:Topics covered include architectural plans, symbols and dimensions, reading residential floor plans, plot plans and roof framing plans, elevations and sections, reading commercial plans, fire protection, trusses and more.For construction professionals, owners and others interested in reading residential and commercial construction plans.

Table of Contents

I Introduction to Architectural Plans
Architectural Plans
3(7)
Projections
10(10)
Architectural Symbols
20(6)
Architectural Dimensions
26(5)
Metric Dimensions
31(4)
Modular Coordination
35(6)
Architectural Calculations
41(4)
II Reading Residential Plans
Light Framing
45(23)
Floor Plans
68(11)
Plot Plans
79(6)
Roof Framing Plans
85(8)
Elevations and Sections
93(11)
Window Details
104(9)
Door Details
113(7)
Schedules
120(3)
Stair Details
123(6)
Fireplace and Chimney Details
129(8)
Electrical Plans
137(9)
Piping and Plumbing Plans
146(7)
Heating and Air Conditioning Plans
153(13)
Energy Conservation
166(4)
Reading Residential Plans
170(5)
III Reading Commercial Plans
Timber Construction
175(8)
Masonry Construction
183(12)
Reinforced Concrete Construction
195(13)
Structural Steel Construction
208(8)
Fire Protection
216(7)
Trusses
223(11)
Glossary of Architectural and Computer Terms
234(13)
Abbreviations
247(5)
Construction Documents
252(14)
Reading Commercial Plans
266(9)
Career Opportunities in Architectural Fields
275(10)
Index 285(6)
Exercises 291(58)
Appendix 349

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