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Understanding construction drawings for housing and small buildings

Third edition.
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Third Edition is the only Canadian textbook designed to help students learn to read the construction drawings used to communicate information about buildings. Includes five sets of fully detailed construction drawings from different companies. These drawings cover both metric and imperial units of measurement and cover various perspectives and layouts. This text references the most up-to-date National Building Code of Canada and has been updated with additional content and information pertaining to sustainable building practices, energy efficiency, building information modelling (BIM) and three-dimensional (3D) images, engineered flooring systems, and more. Provides students in the building trades with straightforward, step-by-step guidance to master the skill of reading and understanding construction drawings.

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Nelson Education
Language
English
Pages
462

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Understanding construction drawings for housing and small buildings
2015, Nelson Education
in English - Third edition.
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Understanding construction drawings for housing and small buildings
2008, Thomson Nelson, Nelson College Indigenous
in English

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Table of Contents

Construction drawings : an overview
Measurement systems, scales, and line types
Elevation and floor-plan drawings
Abbreviations, hatchings, symbols, construction notes, and detail drawings
Reading site plans, zoning, the permit process, and building code enforcement
Footings, foundations, dampproofing, and waterproofing
Methods of residential construction and floor framing
Wall framing
Roof framing
Exterior finishes : walls, roofs, and concrete slabs
Mechanical and electrical sub-trades
The building envelope
Interior finishes, kitchens, and stairs
Specifications and contracts
An introduction to frawings and details for renovation and multiple-unit buildings
Introduction to small buildings and institutional commercial industrial (ICI) type drawings.

Edition Notes

Accompanied by 25 sheets of variously numbered drawings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Toronto, Ontario
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
692/.1
Library of Congress
TH431 .S74 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 462 pages
Number of pages
462

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL39811978M
Internet Archive
understandingcon0000step_x0y6
ISBN 10
0176531556
ISBN 13
9780176531553
OCLC/WorldCat
1078510731

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL28606185W

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