Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, 4th Edition

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• Instructor's Manual - Written by Edward Allen, this invaluable resource includes suggested lecture schedules, laboratory activities, and field trips, as well as notes on formulating exercises and examinations, additional test questions, and answers to all the questions in the text.
  
  
• Chapter Objectives/Teaching Hints - Edward Allen has prepared Objectives for each chapter, and a frequently-updated list of tips to help instructors use the text more effectively.
  
  
• Instructor's Guide to Exercise Book 0-471-26360-5 - This guide has been created by Joe Iano to assist instructors using Exercises in Building Construction in conjuction with Fundamentals of Building Construction Fourth Edition.
  
  
• Student Quiz Test Bank - Created by Hitesh Doshi of Ryerson University, this computerized test bank is designed to make test preparation time shorter and enhance student performance.
  
  
• Slide Show: Construction Operations - This photographic tutorial, prepared by Stephen Diamond, consists of image groups designed to visually showcase and clarify a construction material or the progression of a construction technique. There are more than 650 original images, divided into modules of 2-29 slides each.
  
  
• Animation - Flash animation of a foundation detail prepared by Professor Hitesh Doshi of Ryerson University
  
  
• Web Links by Chapter - this comprehensive list of links will provide assistance solving classroom assignments, reference for addressing technical issues in the design studio, and research tips for long-term assignments or projects.
  
  
• Chapter Preview - View Chapter Four, "Heavy Timber Frame Construction," from Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, 4/E in .PDF format.
  
  
• Exercise Book Preview - View Exercise 4.1, "Heavy Timber Framing," from Exercises in Building Construction, 4/E in .PDF format.
  
  
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