Masonry Magazine April 1963 Page. 15
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Practical Tables for Building Construction by Norman Foster, Chief Estimator, F. H. Mc Graw and Company, Hartford, Connecticut. 192 pages plus index, 6 illustrations, 4-5/8 x 7-3/8. McGraw-Hill: $7.50. Publication date: January 1963.
Practical Tables for Building Construction is a handy digest of data essential to construction men and the building trades. It includes hundreds of tables, conversion factors, design information, quantities, and other factual information of value to both field and office personnel.
Aimed at bringing together standard information from many sources with the addition of many tables designed expressly for this book, Practical Tables for Building Construction presents, in its pocket-size form, a real on-the-job guide permitting immediate reference whenever and wherever information is required. The book is divided into eleven convenient sections. The first of these covers basic conversion tables, functions of numbers, weights of materials, hydraulic and tidal data and the like.
Section 2 deals with earthwork-slopes of banks, trench excavation, cut and fill, and similar data for computing excavation. Next comes a section on concrete, including tables of quantities for footings, walls, slabs, columns, floor finishes, and other purposes. It also contains quantities for various concrete mixes.
Section 4 treats masonry and contains tables on coursing and bonds for all common masonry materials, as well as for glass block, fire brick, mortars, and stone paving. The fifth section is on plaster and discusses metal lath, suspended ceilings, and various plaster and stucco mixes and specifications. It is followed by a section on room areas and paint.
Section 7 deals with lumber construction, tables for stud framing, joists, and rafters as well as many useful tables for boarding, plywood, stairs, structural timber, and nails. The final four sections deal with roofing; steel construction, brass, (weights, sizes, and dimensions for wire, plates, sheets, bar stock and tubing); piping (size, wall thickness, weight and other data galvanized iron, brass, copper, wrought-iron, clay and polyethylene pipe); and miscellaneous items (including grease and septic tanks, floor covering, rope and tackle).
Norman Foster, who prepared the majority of these tables especially for this book, is Chief Estimator for F. H. McGraw and Company in Hartford, Connecticut. He has 30 years experience as a construction estimator, consultant, and contractor. His book Construction Estimates from Take-off was published in 1961.
Further information on Foster's Practical Tables for Building Construction may be obtained from the McGraw-Hill Book Information Service, 327 West 41st Street, New York 36, New York.
District Court Sets Aside
Texas Teamster Election
A Teamster local election in Texas was overturned by the U. S. District Court on the basis that the labor organization's eligibility for office requirements were unreasonable. The court set aside the 1960 election of Teamster Local 577, Amarillo General Drivers, Warehousemen and Helpers, and ordered a new election under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor. Judge Joseph B. Dooley, sitting in the Western District of Texas, noted in his decision that Local 577 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had eligibility requirements in effect at the time of the election which went beyond the requirements imposed by 69 of 70 international union constitutions and by-laws studied by the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports of the U.S. Department of Labor.
A civil suit by the Secretary was filed on May 26, 1961, under the election provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act following an investigation by the Bureau of Labor-Management Reports.
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