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Books WE'VE GOT THE EDGE
"Building Construction Cost Data." 36th annual edition. 360 pp.; indexed; $19.50. R. S. Means Co., Inc., P.O. Box M, Duxbury, Mass. 02332.
Building Construction Cost Data is regarded by many as the building construction industry's primary reference manual for unit prices. The new 1978 edition has been enlarged and now carries more than 18.000 prices.
The book is divided into three sections covering line item prices for almost every conceivable item of construction, typical square foot and cubic foot costs for 51 of the most often constructed buildings, and information relating to how in-place prices are developed.
A complete cross-reference index of all items is provided to make estimating easier.
"Serial Number Field Guide." 11th edition; 360 pp.; $15.00 with quantity discounts available. Prepared by: AED Research & Services Corp., Associated Equipment Distributors, 615 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, III., 60521.
Anyone interested in construction machinery will find the Field Guide a valuable tool in determining the exact age of used equipment. The Guide identifies the original year of manufacture for thousands of pieces of construction machinery including air equipment and compaction, pumping, trenching and earthmoving machinery. Equipment serial numbers for the products of over 200 manufacturers are listed.
"The International System of Units (SI)." 1977 edition. 7%" x 10%"; indexed; $1.60. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Order SD Catalog No. C13.10:330/4, Stock No. 003-003-01784-1.
This new edition of The International System of Units, like previous editions in 1971, 1972 and 1974, is the approved U.S. English translation of the International Bureau of Weights & Measures publication, Le Systeme International d'Unites (SI), which is recognized as the most authoritative international document on the modernized metric system, commonly referred to as SI.
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