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Clear, practical and comprehensive, this mechanical estimating manual provides an indispensable resource for contractors, estimators, owners and anyone involved with estimating mechanical costs on construction projects, including a wealth of labor and price data, formulas, charts and graphs.

Gain full access to the most critical updates to the International Building Code®, the real-world application of those changes, and why they originated all in a single, easy-to-use resource. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE® 2012 Edition provides a comprehensive analysis of the significant changes in the new 2012 International Building Code®, offering key insights into its contents its implications.

Sorting through a key code – whether it is the INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING, MECHANICAL OR FUEL GAS CODES® - can be a daunting task.

This book describes the workings of hydronic heating systems. The drawings are simple; even if you've never worked with hydronics before, you'll be able to follow them.

This book contains specs for almost every radiator (and convector) made between 1850 and 1950.

Most of the buildings you go into are older than you are, right? Yeah, me too. America is a heating museum. And most of the heating systems in those older buildings have gone through lots of changes over the years, some of them painful changes. Many of these systems went in before we knew as much as we know today about hot-water heating.

For the first time, novice and seasoned boiler personnel alike have a resource designed just for them.

If you are responsible for a boiler in your profession, you will find this book very valuable. It is very easy to understand and provides beneficial information for anyone in the industry.