Architect's Portable Handbook: 3rd. Edition Overview

When it comes to providing architects with quick, accurate guidance for a complete range of on-the-job issues, no book matches The Architects Portable Handbook from McGraw-Hill.

And now, with the updated and expanded Third Edition, The Architects Portable Handbook delivery the latest code and cost information, along with a wealth of easy-to-follow diagrams, charges, tables and checklists for building materials, components, and assemblies.

Featuring checklists, design data for major building materials, and details for major components and assemblies for any type of facility, the updated and expanded Handbook offers the latest building standards, including the 1997 UBC.

Architect's Portable Handbook: 3rd. Edition Contents

Architect's Portable Handbook contains updated unit costs for building materials, systems, and construction...a simplified version of the national model energy codes...many new examples highlighting key techniques and procedures...and several new and revised tables and line drawings.

• Part I: General.
• Part II: Site.
• Part III: Concrete.
• Part IV: Masonry.
• Part V: Metals.
• Part VI: Wood.
• Part VII: Thermal and Moisture Protection.
• Part VIII: Doors, Windows, and Glass.
• Part IX: Finishes.
• Part X: Specialties.
• Part XI: Equipment.
• Part XII: Interiors.
• Part XIII: Assemblies.
• Part IV: Conveying Systems.
• Part XV: Mechanical.
• Part XVI: Lighting and Electrical. Appendixes: A: Building-Type Data. B: Location Data.

Architect's Portable Handbook: 3rd. Edition Introduction

Updated and expanded, it answers more questions more quickly than anyother building design resource anywhere. Pat Guthrie's The Architect's Portable Handbook is already the choice of thousands of architects, contractors, and design professionals who seek solid first-step rules of thumb for building design. Easy to handle and organized in the easy-to-follow CSI Masterformat, which parallels the progress of a typical job, the Handbook offers you quick, accurate, on-the-job guidance on everything from cost estimating to electrical systems.

Featuring materials and specifications checklists, design data for major building materials, and details for major components and assemblies for any type of facility, the updated and expanded Second Edition offers: the latest building standards, including the 1997 UBC; updated unit costs for building materials, systems, and construction; a new simplified version of the national model energy codes; many new examples highlighting key techniques and procedures; several new and revised tables and line drawings. The Handbook is broader in scope than competing tools while providing just the right level of detail to help you make sound, on-the-spot design decisions every time. A perfect complement to Guthrie's Cross-Check, which helps ensure error-free working drawings, the Handbook is an indispensable, time-saving companion.

About the Author

John Patten Guthrie, AIA, is principal of John Pat Guthrie Architects Inc. A resident of Scottsdale, AZ, Pat has been licenses as an architect in 13 states. He is also the author of McGraw-Hills Cross Check: Integrating Building Systems and Working Designs and Interior Designers Portable Handbook.

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