Author: Frederick S. Merritt File Type: pdf This fifth edition offers engineers, architects, contractors and other building professionals a concise, authoritative guide to modern building design and construction. It presents step-by-step descriptions of building design and construction techniques, offers good-practice suggestions and proposes many ideas for saving time and money in design and construction tasks. The handbook features current information on building systems protection against hazards structural theory construction management estimating construction costs the building team structural steel construction concrete design and construction heating, ventilation and air conditioning electrical systems plumbing roof systems surveying soil mechanics and foundations wall, floor and ceiling systems vertical circulation cold-formed steel construction building materials and wood construction. This edition features significant changes in design and construction practices, especially in building codes and specifications for structural materials. It also contains 685 detailed illustrations, useful definitions of terms used by the various building trades, as well as an appendix of factors for conversion to SI units. The design and construction information contained in the book should enable building professionals to make the most of new techniques, materials and equipment, thus improving their competitive advantage.From the Back CoverTHE ALL-IN-ONE DESIGN AND CONTRUCTION CLASSIC Keep projects on time, on target, and up to code Building professionals favorite single-source reference The most authoritative and comprehensive handbook available Helps you work better, faster, and smarter Covers newest materials, methods, systems, and specifications Find the answers you need quickly. Answering questions, simplifying planning, and cutting costs for more than 40 years, this classic resource places all mission-critical information within easy reach. Architects, engineers, and contractors open Building Design and Construction Handbook when they want Most effective and efficient methods and materials Current building codes, NFPA requirements, and legal standards Details and specifics on technical standards, systems, materials, theories, and procedures in related fields Avoidance of construction halts, glitches, and change orders resulting from errors and omissions Latest seismic and wind design criteria Best methods in use today Data, design tips, and standardsall in one place About the AuthorFrederick S. Merritt (deceased) was a consulting engineer for many years, with experience in building and bridge design, structural analysis, and construction management. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Senior Member of ASTM, he was a former senior editor of Engineering News-Record and an authoreditor of many books, including McGraw-Hills Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers and Structural Steel Designers Handbook. Jonathan T. Ricketts is a consulting engineer with broad experience in general environmental design and construction management. A registered engineer in several states, he is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Solid Waste Association of North America.

Author: George Sirrakos Jr. File Type: pdf Borrowing from the ideas of John Dewey, schools and classrooms are a reflection of the world therefore, in order to make sense of the urban classroom, we need to make sense of the world. In this book, the editors have compiled a collection of nine critical essays, or chapters, each examining a particular contemporary national andor international event. The essays each undertake an explicit approach to naming oppression and addressing it in the context of urban schooling. Each essay has a two-fold purpose. The first purpose is to help readers see the world unveiled, through a more critical lens, and to problematize long held beliefs about urban classrooms, with regard to race, gender, social class, equity, and access. Second, as each author draws parallels between an event and urban classrooms, a better understanding of the microstructures that exist in urban classrooms emerges. At a time of serious political, economic, and social uncertainty, we need a book like this, one that showcases how the world can be seen as a critical site of curriculum and pedagogy. A powerful intersectional analysis of the world, word, and urban sociopolitical context, authors in this book push the boundaries of what educators know and do in urban schools and classrooms. Grounded in frameworks of critical race theory and culturally relevant pedagogy, authors center essential societal moments that must be viewed as the *real* curriculum. These moments can equip students with tools to examine the what of the world as well as how to examine, critique, challenge, and disrupt individual, systemic, and structural realities and practices that perpetuate and maintain a racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic status quo. This is an important, forward-thinking, innovative book a welcome addition to the field of urban education. **H. Richard Milner IV, Helen Faison Chair of Urban Education, University of Pittsburgh** hr **

Author: Jay K. Johnson File Type: pdf The coming of age of a technology first developed in the 1950s.All the money spent by the United States space program is not spent looking at the stars. NASA is composed of a vast and varied network of scientists across the academic spectrum involved in research and development programs that have wide application on planet Earth. Several of the leaders in the field of remote sensing and archaeology were recently brought together for a NASA-funded workshop in Biloxi, Mississippi. The workshop was organized specifically to show these archaeologists and cultural resource managers how close we are to being able to see under the dirt in order to know where to excavate before ever putting a shovel in the ground. As the book that resulted from this workshop demonstrates, this fantasy is quickly becoming a reality.In this volume, eleven archaeologists reveal how the broad application of remote sensing, and especially geophysical techniques, is altering the usual conduct of dirt archaeology. Using case studies that both succeeded and failed, they offer a comprehensive guide to remote sensing techniques on archaeological sites throughout North America. Because this new technology is advancing on a daily basis, the book is accompanied by a CD intended for periodic update that provides additional data and illustrations.with contributions by R. Berle Clay, Lawrence B. Conyers, Rinita A. Dalan, Marco Giardino, Thomas J. Green, Michael L. Hargrave, Bryan S. Haley, Jay K. Johnson, Kenneth L. Kvamme, J. J. Lockhart, Lewis SomersReviewRemote sensing has come a long way in recent years, and this book brings together a great deal of useful information. Field archaeologists will find this book very helpful in understanding and evaluating the various methods in use today. Vincas P. Steponaitas, University of North Carolina-Chapel HillRemote Sensing in Archaeology, as the full title states, is an explicitly North American perspective. However, wherever you are located on Earth, do not let that dissuade you from reading this book. It is, in fact, a much needed addition to the readily accessible literature on remote sensing techniques in archaeology. . . . This book is an excellent introduction by some of the top specialists in the USA to the use of remote sensing, one that is geared to the consumer rather than the enthusiast or practitioner. Archaeological ProspectionBook DescriptionAll the money spent by the United States space program is not spent looking at the stars. NASA is composed of a vast and varied network of scientists across the academic spectrum involved in research and development programs that have wide application on planet Earth. Several of the leaders in the field of remote sensing and archaeology were recently brought together for a NASA-funded workshop in Biloxi, Mississippi. The workshop was organized specifically to show these archaeologists and cultural resource managers how close we are to being able to see under the dirt in order to know where to excavate before ever putting a shovel in the ground. As the book that resulted from this workshop demonstrates, this fantasy is quickly becoming a reality.In this volume, eleven archaeologists reveal how the broad application of remote sensing, and especially geophysical techniques, is altering the usual conduct of dirt archaeology. Using case studies that both succeeded and failed, they offer a comprehensive guide to remote sensing techniques on archaeological sites throughout North America. Because this new technology is advancing on a daily basis, the book is accompanied by a CD intended for periodic update that provides additional data and illustrations.With Contributions By R. Berle Clay, Lawrence B. Conyers, Rinita A. Dalan, Marco Giardino, Thomas J. Green, Michael L. Hargrave, Bryan S. Haley, Jay K. Johnson, Kenneth L. Kvamme, J. J. Lockhart, Lewis Somers

Author: Ronald Cole-Turner File Type: pdf ReviewThese essays are a valuable resource in the debate about germline modification and are thoughtfully presented to allow for a range of religious perspective.--Gerald Wolpe, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania We are approaching the day when advances in biotechnology will allow parents to design a baby with the traits they want. The continuing debate over the possibilities of genetic engineering has been spirited, but so far largely confined to the realms of bioethics and public policy. Design and Destiny approaches the question in religious terms, discussing human germline modification (the genetic modification of the embryonic cells that become the eggs or sperm of a developing organism) from the viewpoints of traditional Christian and Jewish teaching. The contributors, leading religious scholars and writers, call our attention not to technology but to humanity, reflecting upon the meaning and destiny of human life in a technological age. Many of these scholars argue that religious teaching can support human germline modification implemented for therapeutic reasons, although they offer certain moral conditions that must be met. The essays offer a surprising variety of opinions, including a discussion of Judaisms traditional presumption in favor of medicine, an argument that Catholic doctrine could accept germline modification if it is therapeutic for the embryo, an argument implying that traditional Christian teaching permits germline modification whether for therapy or enhancement, and a classical Protestant view that germline modification should be categorically opposed. ContributorsLisa Sowle Cahill, Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ronald Cole-Turner, Amy Michelle DeBaets, Celia Deane-Drummond, Elliot Dorff, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Thomas A. Shannon, James J. Walter Ronald Cole-Turner is H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of The New Genesis Theology and the Genetic Revolution and the coauthor of Pastoral Genetics Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life.This important collection elevates public discourse about the ethics of modifying the human germline and displays the contributions of various religious traditions within the debate.--Courtney Campbell, Dept of Philosophy, Oregon State University(Courtney Campbell )This book will appeal to scholars and religious readers, and moreover, help lay people understand the history and shortcomings of secular notions like human dignity, which are rooted in religious traditions but dont survive secular culture. The contributors show that religious traditions dont outright reject all kinds of inheritable genetic modification or even enhancement, but that they are allies in the debate of genetic modification. These debates draw our attention to the complexity of the human ambition and mission to improve the world.--Guido Van Steendam, Director IFB, KULeuven, Belgium(Guido Van Steendam )This book is well worth reading for anyone, especially scholars, interested in medical ethics in general and genetics in particular. It is extremely well-organized, nicely written, thorough, and informative. Donna Yarri, PhD Ethics & MedicineAbout the AuthorThis important collection elevates public discourse about the ethics of modifying the human germline and displays the contributions of various religious traditions within the debate. Courtney Campbell , Department of Philosophy, Oregon State UniversityRonald Cole-Turner is H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of The New Genesis Theology and the Genetic Revolution and the coauthor of Pastoral Genetics Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life.