It's all here: the concrete and masonry information you need to work more efficiently, avoid costly problems and mistakes, minimize risk, reduce waste...and maximize profits! Industry experts Christine Beall and Rochelle Jaffe save you countless hours of searching through dozens of manuals or esoteric pamphlets, presenting the data in a quick-find, straightforward, heavily illustrated format. You get fingertip access to valuable practice tools and job-simplifying material, including more than 1000 tables, charts, graphs, and line drawings…guidance on thermal, fire, and weather resistance…current ASTM, ACI, and TMS standards…UBC, MSJC, and IBC code requirements…essential concrete and masonry data…listings of industry standards.

You can count on thorough, detailed coverage of key topics, including: products and materials; mortar, grout, and concrete mixes; form work and reinforcements; site and landscape elements; wall and floor systems; and much more. Invaluable for those working in both the commercial and residential markets, here is the single definitive volume on concrete and masonry. 700 pp.

Concrete and Masonry Databook - Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Products and Materials
• Section 2: Concrete, Mortar, and Grout Mixes
• Section 3: Concrete and Masonry Performance Characteristics
• Section 4: Formwork
• Section 5: Reinforcement
• Section 6: Accessories
• Section 7: Construction Procedures
• Section 8: Site and Landscape Elements
• Section 9: Residential Foundations
• Section 10: Cast-in-Place Concrete
• Section 11: Precast and Prestressed Concrete
• Section 12: Tilt-Up Concrete
• Section 13: Single-Wythe Masonry Walls
• Section 14: Multi-Wythe Masonry Walls
• Section 15: Veneer Masonry
• Section 16: Masonry Arches and Lintels
• Section 17: Masonry Fireplaces
• Glossary
• ASTM Standards
• Metric Conversion
• References