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Metal Building Systems

 Metal Building Systems
Item #: 170-2012-04
Author: Alexander Newman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN:0071402012
Format: Hardcover
 Your Price: $89.95
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Save time and money on metal building construction with Metal Building Systems
Everybody knows about pre-engineered buildings -- they now account for almost 70 percent of all new low-rise construction in the United States. But few architects, engineers, or buyers know enough about them. This completely revised and updated reference -- the only one from an author unaffiliated with an industry trade group -- offers valuable and unbiased information that can save you money and time -- and that may even save your building! 576 pp.

Metal Building Systems - Table of Contents:

  • Metal Building Systems: Yesterday and Today
  • Industry Groups, Publications, and Websites
  • The Basics
  • Primary Framing
  • Secondary Framing: Girts and Purlins
  • Metal Roofing
  • Wall Materials
  • Insulation
  • The Process of Buying a Metal Building
  • Some Common Problems and Failures
  • Lateral Drift and Vertical Deflections
  • Foundation Design for Metal Building Systems
  • Some Current Design Trends
  • Reroofing and Renovations of Metal Building Systems
  • Specifying Crane Buildings
  • Avoiding Construction Problems
  • Appendix A. Information about some Pre-engineered Building Manufacturers
  • Appendix B. Properties of Cold-Formed Girts and Purlins
  • Appendix C. Typical Specification for Metal Building Systems
  • Appendix D: Frame Reaction Tables
  • INDEX
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