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Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone 7th Edition

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Author: Clois E Klicklighter EdD
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 384

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Simply and clearly written, Modern Masonry 7th Edition provides students with a solid understanding of the safe and proper methods of laying brick, block, and stone. Also receiving thorough coverage is concrete construction, including both formed construction and flatwork. This thoroughly illustrated full-color text provides students with a broad understanding of materials, their properties, and their applications. A detailed glossary and an extensive reference section will be highly useful to students as they acquire masonry skills.

Features:

Written in simple, nontechnical language, making it easy to understand complex topics.
Contains hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations to clearly communicate complex topics.
Includes over 75 procedures for laying brick, block, and stone.
Detailed coverage of current materials and building techniques.
Trade tips are presented throughout the text and are identified with an icon. They provide ideas and suggestions for enhancing the student's productivity and masonry skills.

From the Introduction
Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone provides a thorough grounding in the methods of laying brick, block, and stone. The book presents a broad understanding of materials and their properties. Students in community colleges, trade schools, vocational and technical schools, or any individual training for the masonry trades, will find this title a source book of near-encyclopedic dimensions. It is equally suitable for apprenticeship training.

Simply and clearly written, this book covers all the following important aspects of the masonry trade:

The makeup, properties, uses, and sizes of every type of masonry unit.
Uses, descriptions, and illustrations of tools and equipment.
Descriptions, illustrations, and uses of anchors, ties, and reinforcement
Types of courses and bonds.
Properties and technical details of entire masonry systems such as foundations, floors, roofs, and walls.
Accepted techniques for laying all kinds of masonry units in all kinds of bonds.
Construction details for masonry walls, foundations, pavement, steps, garden walls, and masonry arches.
Concrete materials; procedures for placing and finishing concrete.
Concrete reinforcement and concrete design data.
Types of forms for concrete construction, their uses, and how to build them.
Math for masonry trades in US Customary and SI metric.
Print reading.
Methods of cleaning completed masonry structures.
Over 75 procedures for laying brick, block, and stone.

The book includes the newest materials and building techniques used in the industry. The number of step-by-step procedures for laying brick and block walls of all types and setting stone in a number of applications has been greatly increased in this edition. New products such as insulated concrete wall forms, insulated blocks, and special masonry units have been included. The latest ASTM, ACI, OSHA, ASCE, NCMA, SBCCI, and BOCA standards related to concrete and masonry construction were consulted in the preparation of this revision. Reliance on the latest research from the Brick Institute of America, Portland Cement Association, and the Wire Reinforcement Institute adds to the validity of the content of this text.

Flexibility in Design
The text is organized into functional sections more closely related to the needs of an apprenticeship training program, community college program, or other related instruction. The coverage of topics is comprehensive and presented in a well-illustrated and interesting fashion.

Many new illustrations have been added to enhance the communication and clarity. Many of the hundreds of illustrations are color and show patterns and bonds used in various types of masonry construction. There are numerous individual color samples of brick, block, stone, terra cotta, and manufactured products in a variety of bonds. Line drawings and photographs illustrate methods of bricklaying and provide technical details of masonry structures.

Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction to Masonry. Chapter 1: Tools and Equipment. Chapter 2: Safety. Chapter 3: Print Reading. Chapter 4: Math for Masonry Trades. Section II: Materials. Chapter 5: Clay Masonry Materials. Chapter 6: Concrete Masonry Units. Chapter 7: Stone. Chapter 8: Mortar and Grout. Chapter 9: Anchors, Ties, and Reinforcement. Section III: Techniques. Chapter 10: Laying Brick. Chapter 11: Laying Block. Chapter 12: Stone Masonry. Chapter 13: Construction Details. Section IV: Concrete. Chapter 14: Concrete Materials and Applications. Chapter 15: Form Construction. Chapter 16: Concrete Flatwork and Formed Shapes. Section V: Succeeding on the Job. Chapter 17: Careers in the Masonry Trades. Chapter 18: Job Performance, Leadership, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship.