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Massachusetts-based structural engineer Newman offers others in the field guidance for a type of job that they generally hate, for which little professional literature is available, and that design schools and textbooks tend to ignore. He considers the challenge, investigating existing conditions, steel-frame buildings, strengthening concrete buildings, slabs on grade, wood structures, masonry, metal building systems, lateral-load-resisting systems, case studies in seismic upgrading, building facades, and other aspects.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Make any renovation job go smoother. Building renovation, conservation and reuse represents more than half of all construction work - and is projected to increase to 80% by 2004. Structural Renovation of Buildings, by Alexander Newman, puts a single, convenient source of information about all aspects of structural renovation and strengthening of buildings at your fingertips. While its focus is largely on low and midrise buildings, you can apply the principles it clarifies to buildings of any size - steel-framed, masonry, or wood. Whether you're repairing deteriorated concrete...rehabilitating slabs on grade...strengthening lateral-load resisting systems...renovating a building facade...handling seismic upgrades or fire damage, you'll find this time-and-trouble-saving guide loaded with practical tips, methods, and design examples. It's also heavily illustrated with autoCAD generated details, supplier illustrations of materials, procedural techniques, and much, much more.


From the Back Cover
Building renovation is booming, with more than 55 percent of all construction involving renovation, conservation, or reuse. This unique, practical guide, written by renowned engineer Alexander Newman, P.E., explains how to improve the structure of any building. Up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with illustrations, case studies, and savvy advice drawn from the author's extensive experience, Structural Renovation of Buildings makes it easier for all building professionals to plan structural improvements, and to handle unforeseen contingencies that arise during projects. Alexander Newman shows you how to:

*Make accurate assessments of existing conditions
*Compare options for cost-effective solutions
*Renovate and strengthen buildings of all framing types—steel, concrete, post-tensioned concrete, wood, masonry, and pre-engineered metal
*Deal with real problems most often encountered in renovation and reuse projects
*Perform seismic upgrades of lateral-load-resisting systems,with four actual case studies
*Restore fire-damaged buildings*Repair and strengthen slabs on grade
*Renew facades with improved structural integrity

Helping you build on the past-experience—and improve your and older buildings' future--this one-of-a-kind practical guide is a resource that can provide answers for any structural improvement task.


About the Author
Alexander Newman, P.E., is principal structural engineer with Maguire Group, Inc., a national architectural, engineering and planning firm, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. With two decades of engineering and management experience, he has worked as project engineer with a consulting engineering firm, design engineer with a light-gage framing panel manufacturer, and manager of fabrication for a steel fabricator. He has planned and supervised structural renovation of numerous buildings throughout the country, including a Boston Edison switching and conversion station that won the 1990 American Consulting Engineering Council of New England Award for Engineering Excellence. Mr. Newman holds an advanced degree in structural engineering from the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute in Russia, and a master’s degree in business administration with high honors from Boston University. He is the author of the Bestselling Metal Building Systems, also from McGraw-Hill, and a number of award-winning articles that have appeared in leading engineering publications. Additionally, he conducts continuing-education seminars on metal building systems for design professionals sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and other organizations, and teaches at Northeastern University.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This guide, written by renowned engineer Alexander Newman, P.E., explains how to improve the structure of any building. Up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with illustrations, case studies, and savvy advice drawn from the author's extensive experience, Structural Renovation of Buildings makes it easier for all building professionals to plan structural improvement, and to handle unforeseen contingencies that arise during projects.

SYNOPSIS

Building renovation is booming, with more than 55 percent of all construction involving renovation, conservation, or reuse. This unique, practical guide, written by renowned engineer Alexander Newman, P.E., explains how to improve the structure of any building. Up-to-date, comprehensive, and packed with illustrations, case studies, and savvy advice drawn from the author's extensive experience, Structural Renovation of Buildings makes it easier for all building professionals to plan structural improvements, and to handle unforeseen contingencies that arise during projects. Alexander Newman shows you how to:

*Make accurate assessments of existing conditions
*Compare options for cost-effective solutions
*Renovate and strengthen buildings of all framing types—steel, concrete, post-tensioned concrete, wood, masonry, and pre-engineered metal
*Deal with real problems most often encountered in renovation and reuse projects
*Perform seismic upgrades of lateral-load-resisting systems,with four actual case studies
*Restore fire-damaged buildings*Repair and strengthen slabs on grade
*Renew facades with improved structural integrity

Helping you build on the past-experience—and improve your and older buildings' future—this one-of-a-kind practical guide is a resource that can provide answers for any structural improvement task.

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