Principles of Construction: An Overview of the Building Delivery Process-How Building -- Governmental Constraints on ConstructionCome into Being -- Loads on Buildings -- Load resistance -- Thermal properties of materials -- Air Leakage and Water Vapor Control -- Principles in Practice: Where Dew Point Occurs in an Assembly -- Fire-Related Properties -- Acoustical Properties of Materials -- Principles of Joints and Sealants (Expansion and Contraction Control) -- Principles of Sustainable Construction -- Materials and Systems: Materials for Wood Construction - 1 (Lumber) -- Principles in Practice: Typical Grade Stamps of Visually Graded Lumber -- Materials for Wood Construction-II (Manufactured Wood Products, Fasteners, and Connectors) -- Wood Light Frame Construction-I -- Principles in Practice: Constructing a Two-Story Wood Light Frame Building: Principles in Practice: How a WLF Building Resists Loads -- Wood Light Frame Construction-II -- Structural Insulated Panel System -- The Material Steel and Structural Steel Construction -- Principles in Practice: Fundamentals of Skeleton Frame Construction -- Light-Gauge Steel Construction -- Lime, Portland Cement, and Concrete --Concrete Construction-I (Formwork, Reinforcement, and Slabs-on-Ground) -- Concrete Construction-II (Site-Cast and Precast Concrete Framing Systems) -- Soils; Foundation and Basement Construction -- Principles in Practice: Unified Soil Classification: Mansonry Materials-I (Mortar and Brick) -- Masonry Materials-II (Concrete Masonry Units, Natural Stone, and Glass Masonry Units) -- Masonry and Concrete Bearing Wall Construction -- Principles in Practice: The Middle-Third Rule -- 25 Rainwater Infiltration Control in Exterior Walls -- Exterior Wall Cladding-I (Masonry, Precast Concrete, GFRC, and Prefabricated Mansonry) -- Exterior Wall Cladding-II (Stucco, EIFS, Natural Stone, and Insulated Metal Panels) -- Transparent Materials (Glass and Light-Transmitting Plastics) -- Principles in Practice: Important Facts about Radiation: Principles in Practice: Condensation-Resistance Factor -- Windows and Doors -- Principles in Practice: A Note on Aluminum : Glass-Aluminum Wall Systems -- Roofing-I (Low-Slope Roofs) -- Principles in Practice: Shingling of Built-Up Roof Felts: Roofing-II (Step Roofs) -- Stairs -- Subfloors -- Principles in Practice: Showers and Tile: Ceilings -- Appendix A SI System and U.S. System of Units -- Appendix B Preliminary Sizing of Structural Members -- Glossary -- Index.

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