Metal Building Systems, Third Edition
Design and Specifications
3rd Edition
Published on 16. September 2014
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-07-182896-3 (ISBN)
Description
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The most complete, up-to-date metal building systems guideFully revised for the latest building codes and industry trends, Metal Building Systems, Third Edition, explains how to select, specify, and design preengineered buildings with confidence. In this book, a practicing structural engineer goes beyond manufacturer-supplied specifications to provide impartial and objective information that can save you money and time.
A new chapter on anchor bolts and embedments, many new illustrations, plus new and updated design examples, are included in this practical reference. End-of-chapter review questions reinforce the material presented. Thisis an essential resource for architects, engineers, construction specifiers, design professionals, facility managers, building officials, and contractors working with metal building systems.
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Structural loads and design methods
Structural system selection criteria
Primary framing
Secondary framing: girts and purlins
Metal roofing
Wall materials
Insulation
The process of buying a metal building
Common problems and failures
Lateral drift and vertical deflections
Foundation design
Anchor bolts and embedments
Current design trends
Reroofing and renovations
Specifying crane buildings
Avoiding construction problems
The most complete, up-to-date metal building systems guideFully revised for the latest building codes and industry trends, Metal Building Systems, Third Edition, explains how to select, specify, and design preengineered buildings with confidence. In this book, a practicing structural engineer goes beyond manufacturer-supplied specifications to provide impartial and objective information that can save you money and time.
A new chapter on anchor bolts and embedments, many new illustrations, plus new and updated design examples, are included in this practical reference. End-of-chapter review questions reinforce the material presented. Thisis an essential resource for architects, engineers, construction specifiers, design professionals, facility managers, building officials, and contractors working with metal building systems.
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Structural loads and design methods
Structural system selection criteria
Primary framing
Secondary framing: girts and purlins
Metal roofing
Wall materials
Insulation
The process of buying a metal building
Common problems and failures
Lateral drift and vertical deflections
Foundation design
Anchor bolts and embedments
Current design trends
Reroofing and renovations
Specifying crane buildings
Avoiding construction problems
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
50 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1274 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-182896-3 (9780071828963)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2014
1st Edition
McGraw-Hill Education
€190.01
Available for download
Person
Alexander Newman, P.E., is principal structural engineer with Maguire Group, Inc., a national architectural, engineering and planning firm, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. With two decades of engineering and management experience, he has worked as project engineer with a consulting engineering firm, design engineer with a light-gage framing panel manufacturer, and manager of fabrication for a steel fabricator. He has planned and supervised structural renovation of numerous buildings throughout the country, including a Boston Edison switching and conversion station that won the 1990 American Consulting Engineering Council of New England Award for Engineering Excellence. Mr. Newman holds an advanced degree in structural engineering from the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute in Russia, and a masters degree in business administration with high honors from Boston University. He is the author of the Bestselling Metal Building Systems, also from McGraw-Hill, and a number of award-winning articles that have appeared in leading engineering publications. Additionally, he conducts continuing-education seminars on metal building systems for design professionals sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and other organizations, and teaches at Northeastern University.