Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs

A detailed early twentieth-century engineering handbook on building with concrete, setting out the practical methods, materials and economics of a material then transforming construction worldwide.

At a glance At the dawn of the age of concrete, when a plastic, pourable stone was remaking bridges… What it's about This is a comprehensive technical manual on concrete construction as it… It covers the materials and their proportioning, the forms and reinforcement, the… It is a working reference drawn from real practice on real jobs.

This is a comprehensive technical manual on concrete construction as it was practised in the early twentieth century, addressing both the methods of the work and its costs.