Building Design And Construction Handbook.pdf

BUILDING DESIGN

AND CONSTRUCTION

HANDBOOK

Frederick S. Merritt (Deceased) Editor

Jonathan T. Ricketts Editor

Sixth Edition

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Building design and construction handbook / Frederick S. Merritt, editor,

Jonathan T. Ricketts, editor.—6th ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-07-041999-X

1. Building—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Merritt, Frederick S.

II. Ricketts, Jonathan T.

TH151.B825

2000

690—dc21

00-058388

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CONTRIBUTORS

David J. Akers Civil Engineer, San Diego, California ( SECT . 4: Building Materials)

James M. Bannon Chief Electrical Engineer, STV Incorporated, Douglassville, Pennsyl-

vania ( SECT . 15: Electrical Systems)

Robert F. Borg Chairman, Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Company, Scars-

dale, New York ( SECT . 17: Construction Project Management)

Robert W. Day Chief Engineer, American Geotechnical, San Diego, California ( SECT .6:

Soil Mechanics and Foundations)

Steven D. Edgett Edgett-Williams Consulting Group, Mill Valley, California ( SECT . 16:

Vertical Circulation)

Dave Flickinger National Rooﬁng Contractors Association (NRCA ), Technical Service Sec-

tion, Rosemont, Illinois ( SECT . 12: Roof Systems)

Gregory P. Gladfelter Gladfelter Engineering Group, Kansas City, Missouri ( SECT . 14:

Plumbing—Water-Supply, Sprinkler, and Wastewater Systems)

Bruce Glidden President, Glidden & Co., Ltd., Bridgeville, Pennsylvania ( SECT . 7: Structural

Steel Construction)

David P. Gustafson Vice President of Engineering, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute,

Schaumburg, Illinois ( SECT . 9: Concrete Construction)

Alan D. Hinklin Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ( SECT . 2: The Building Team)

Edward S. Hoffman President, Edward S. Hoffman, Ltd., Structural Engineers, Chicago

( SECT . 9: Concrete Construction)

Lawrence E. McCabe Chief Engineer—Mechanical STV Group, Douglassville, Pennsylva-

nia ( SECT . 13: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)

Frederick S. Merritt Consulting Engineer, West Palm Beach, Florida ( SECT . 11: Wall, Floor,

and Ceiling Systems)

David W. Mock Gee & Jenson, West Palm Beach, Florida ( SECT . 3: Protection against

Hazards

Colman J. Mullin Senior Estimator, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, California ( SECT .

19: Construction Cost Estimating)

Tom Nevling, RCDD Independent Consultant, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ( SECT . 18: Com-

munications Systems)

Brian L. Olsen Poole Fire Protection Engineering, Inc., Olathe, Kansas ( SECT . 14: Plumb-

ing—Water-Supply, Sprinkler, and Wastewater Systems)

Jonathan T. Ricketts Consulting Engineer, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida ( SECT . 1: System

Fundamentals)

John ‘‘Buddy’’ Showalter American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, D.C. ( SECT .

10: Wood Construction)

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CONTRIBUTORS

Akbar Tamboli, Michael Xing, Mohsin Ahmed Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers, Newark,

New Jersey ( SECT . 5: Structural Theory)

Allen M. Williams Edgett-Williams Consulting Group, Mill Valley, California ( SECT . 16:

Vertical Circulation)

Thomas G. Williamson APA—The Engineered Wood Association, Tacoma, Washington

( SECT . 10: Wood Construction)

Don S. Wolford Consulting Engineer, Middletown, Ohio ( SECT . 8: Cold-Formed Steel Con-

struction)

Wei-Wen Yu Univesity of Missouri–Rolla, Rolla, Missouri ( SECT . 8: Cold-Formed Steel

Construction)

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Frederick S. Merritt (deceased) was a consulting engineer for many years, with

experience in building and bridge design, structural analysis, and construction man-

agement. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Senior Mem-

ber of ASTM, he was a former senior editor of Engineering News-Record and an

author / editor of many books, including McGraw-Hill’s Standard Handbook for

Civil Engineers and Structural Steel Designer’s Handbook.

Jonathan T. Ricketts is a consulting engineer with broad experience in general

civil engineering 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, the American Water

Works Association, and is coeditor of McGraw-Hill’s Standard Handbook for Civil

Engineers.

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