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| Legal and Practical Relationships | |
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| Contracts and Documents | |
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| Standard Forms of Contract Agreements | |
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| Contractual Agreements between Owner and Contractor | |
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| Construction Management | |
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| Drawings and Specifications | |
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| Uniform System for Construction Specifications | |
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| Change Orders | |
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| Building Codes | |
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| Symbols and Abbreviations | |
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| Construction Financing | |
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| Sources for Obtaining Construction Loans | |
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| Temporary vs. Permanent Loans | |
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| Construction Loan Procedure | |
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| Insurance and Bonds | |
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| Bond Checklist | |
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| Property and Liability Insurance | |
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| Labor Relations and Legislation | |
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| The Union Business Agent | |
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| Preconstruction Meetings Before Bidding | |
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| Labor Legislation | |
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| AFL-CIO International Building Trades Officials | |
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| Affiliated Internationals | |
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| Dispute Resolution Options | |
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| Contract Document Dispute Resolutions | |
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| Jurisdictional Dispute Resolutions | |
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| Helpful Hints | |
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| Safety and Health Programs | |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) | |
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| Summary of Significant OSHA Rules | |
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| Inspection Checklist | |
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| Construction Management | |
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| Planning and Scheduling | |
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| Bar Charts | |
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| Critical Path Method of Scheduling | |
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| Progress Estimates-Construction Cost Control | |
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| Cost Codes | |
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| Cost-Control Accounting | |
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| Job Meetings and Reports | |
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| Construction Materials and Methods | |
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| Principles of Estimating Construction Costs | |
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| The Qualifications of a Good Estimator | |
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| Estimating Fundamentals | |
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| Different Methods of Estimating | |
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| Sources of Errors in Estimating | |
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| Construction Site Exploration and Work | |
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| Site Work Checklist | |
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| Site Clearing | |
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| Soil Testing | |
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| Engineering and Design Requirements | |
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| Excavating, Backfilling, and Compacting | |
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| Concrete Construction | |
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| Forms for Concrete | |
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| Concrete Reinforcement | |
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| Concrete | |
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| Finishing Concrete | |
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| Unit Masonry | |
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| Mortar for Masonry | |
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| Concrete Block Masonry | |
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| Brick Masonry | |
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| Structural Clay Tile | |
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| Rough Carpentry | |
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| Types of Rough Carpentry | |
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| Permanent Wood Foundations | |
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| Framing Lumber | |
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| Estimating Framing Material | |
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| Formulas to Estimate the BF of Rafter Framing | |
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| Wood Roof and Floor Trusses | |
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| Nails and Nailing | |
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| Subflooring and Roof Decking | |
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| Exterior Wall Sheathing | |
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| Estimating Rough Surface Materials | |
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| Estimating Rough Carpentry Labor | |
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| Finish Carpentry | |
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| Finish Wood Flooring | |
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| Windows, Storm Sash, and Screens | |
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| Doors and Screens | |
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| Miscellaneous Interior Trim | |
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| Interior Stairs and Staircases | |
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| Exterior Wood Trim | |
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| Interior Wallboards and Tile | |
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| Gypsum Board Products | |
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| Fiber Board | |
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| Wall and Ceiling Insulation Tile | |
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| Plywood Panels | |
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| Solid Wood Paneling | |
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| Estimating Materials | |
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| Estimating Labor | |
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| Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile | |
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| Lathing and Plastering | |
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| Lathing | |
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| Gypsum Lath | |
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| Metal Lath | |
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| Grounds and Screeds | |
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| Interior Plastering | |
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| Exterior Plastering | |
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| Exterior Wall Finishes | |
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| Solid Wood Siding | |
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| Plywood Siding | |
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| Aluminum Siding | |
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| Vinyl Siding | |
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| Hardboard Siding | |
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| Wood Shingle Siding | |
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| Roofing | |
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| Measurement of Roof Areas | |
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| Single Roofing in General | |
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| Wood Shingle Roofing and Siding | |
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| Handsplit Shakes | |
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| Asphalt Roofing Products | |
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| Asphalt Shingles | |
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| Roll Roofing | |
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| Built-up Roofing | |
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| Fiberglass Shingles | |
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| Slate Shingles | |
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| Corrugated Steel and Aluminum Roofing | |
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| Aluminum Shingles and Shakes | |
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| Square Feet of Various Roofing Materials Direct from Tables | |
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| Structural Steel and Sheet Metal | |
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| Structural Steel | |
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| Flashing and Sheet Metal | |
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| Interior and Exterior Painting | |
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| Job Considerations | |
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| Covering Capacity of Paints | |
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| Measurement of Areas | |
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| Estimating Materials | |
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| Estimating Labor | |
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| Methods of Estimating Painting | |
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| Interior Wallcoverings | |
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| Preparation of Surface | |
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| Estimating Materials | |
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| Estimating Labor | |
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| Sanatas and Walltex | |
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| Glass and Glazing | |
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| Types of Glass | |
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| Estimating Materials | |
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| Estimating Labor | |
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| Acrylic Plastic Glazing | |
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| Electrical Wiring | |
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| Electrical Terms | |
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| Electrical Symbols | |
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| Sizes of Wire | |
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| Colors of Wire | |
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| Methods of Wiring | |
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| Number of Branch Circuits | |
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| Service Entrance | |
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| Estimating Electrical Wiring | |
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| Plumbing | |
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| Water Supply Materials | |
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| Drainage Piping Materials | |
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| Estimating Materials | |
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| Estimating Labor | |
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| Floor Coverings | |
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| Resilient Flooring | |
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| Ceramic Floor Tile | |
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| Terrazzo Floors | |
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| Thermal Insulation and Vapor Barriers | |
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| Conductivity | |
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| Insulating Values | |
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| Insulating Materials | |
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| The Federal Trade Commission Rule | |
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| Uniform Building Code Regulations | |
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| The Thermal Envelope | |
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| Vapor Barriers | |
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| Heating and Air Conditioning | |
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| Heating Systems | |
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| Central Air Conditioning | |
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| Mathematics for Calculating Material and Labor Costs | |
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| Surface Area Measurement | |
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| Rectangular Volume Measurement | |
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| Properties of Cylinders and Spheres | |
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| Common Fractions and Their Decimal Equivalents | |
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| Formulas for Areas, Sides, and Radiuses of Regular Polygons | |
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| Square Roots Tables | |
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| American System of Weights and Measures | |
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| American Measure Conversion Factors | |
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| The Metric System | |
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| American Measure and Metric Equivalents | |
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| Index | |