New Book Pre-Order Announcement: ‘Mass Timber – Materials, Design, Construction’

New Book Pre-Order Announcement: ‘Mass Timber – Materials, Design, Construction’

by Alex SchreyerNo Comments
I have some exciting news: Together with Peggi Clouston, I co-authored a reference book on all aspects of mass timber buildings – from the materials through conceptualization and design to construction. If you are interested in developing, designing and constructing mass timber buildings, then you may want to keep an eye on this book. While it has not yet been released (we are still working on the proofs), you can already learn more about it and pre-order your copy by visiting masstimber.info. Publication will be in January 2026, just in time for the spring semester (in case you are interested in using it for a course)....
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Fundamentals of Residential Construction, 5th Edition is Here!

Fundamentals of Residential Construction, 5th Edition is Here!

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I am very happy to announce that after a full year of editing, writing, photographing, reviewing, proof-reading, and then proof-reading again, the new edition of Fundamentals of Residential Construction by Allen/Schreyer/Thallon is now available! As before, it comes in an eBook version as well as a hardcover. For this edition, I was able to implement many updates and changes. For example, all IRC tables have been updated to the 2021 version and new IRC references have been added to every chapter. Content was updated throughout and, where possible, I replaced images with newer ones. Overall, this volume now has over 1250 illustrations and weighs in at 814 pages. The materials section received an overhaul in that plastics as well as metals are now properly included. Also, being an educator, I tried to make the chapter exercises more relevant to the reader by illustrating at least one per chapter. And the list of interactive SketchUp exercises - a companion feature that I introduced...
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