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CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION1
 
METHODS AND COST
BY
HALBERT P. GILLETTE
M. Am. Soc. C. E.; M. Am. Inst. M. E.Managing Editor, Engineering-Contracting 
AND
CHARLES S. HILL, C. E.
Associate Editor, Engineering-Contracting 
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
THE MYRON C. CLARK PUBLISHING CO.
1908
Copyright. 1908BYThe Myron C. Clark Publishing Co.[Pg iii]
PREFACE.
How best to perform construction work and what it will cost for materials, labor, plant and general expensesare matters of vital interest to engineers and contractors. This book is a treatise on the methods and cost of concrete construction. No attempt has been made to present the subject of cement testing which is alreadycovered by Mr. W. Purves Taylor's excellent book, nor to discuss the physical properties of cements andconcrete, as they are discussed by Falk and by Sabin, nor to consider reinforced concrete design as doTurneaure and Maurer or Buel and Hill, nor to present a general treatise on cements, mortars and concreteconstruction like that of Reid or of Taylor and Thompson. On the contrary, the authors have handled thesubject of concrete construction solely from the viewpoint of the builder of concrete structures. By doing thisthey have been able to crowd a great amount of detailed information on methods and costs of concreteconstruction into a volume of moderate size.Though the special information contained in the book is of most particular assistance to the contractor orengineer engaged in the actual work of making and placing concrete, it is believed that it will also provehighly useful to the designing engineer and to the architect. It seems plain that no designer of concreteMETHODS AND COST2
 
structures can be a really good designer without having a profound knowledge of methods of construction andof detailed costs. This book, it is believed, gives these methods and cost data in greater number and morethoroughly analyzed than they can be found elsewhere in engineering literature.The costs and other facts contained in the book have been collected from a multitude of sources, from theengineering journals, from the transactions of the engineering societies, from Government Reports and fromthe personal records of the authors and of other engineers and contractors. It is but fair to say that the greatbulk of the matter contained in the book,[Pg iv] though portions of it have appeared previously in other formsin the authors' contributions to the technical press, was collected and worked up originally by the authors.Where this has not been the case the original data have been added to and re-analyzed by the authors. Underthese circumstances it has been impracticable to give specific credit in the pages of the book to every sourcefrom which the authors have drawn aid. They wish here to acknowledge, therefore, the help secured frommany engineers and contractors, from the volumes of Engineering News, Engineering Record andEngineering-Contracting, and from the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers and theproceedings and papers of various other civil engineering societies and organizations of concrete workers. Thework done by these journals and societies in gathering and publishing information on concrete construction isof great and enduring value and deserves full acknowledgment.In answer to any possible inquiry as to the relative parts of the work done by the two authors in preparing thisbook, they will answer that it has been truly the labor of both in every part.H. P. G.C. S. H.Chicago, Ill., April 15, 1908.[Pg v]
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGECHAPTER I.—METHODS AND COST OF SELECTING AND PREPARING MATERIALS FORCONCRETE.1
Cement:
 Portland CementNatural CementSlag CementSize and Weight of Barrels of CementSpecifications and Testing.
 Sand:
 Properties of Good SandCost of SandWashing Sand;Washing with Hose; Washing with Sand Ejectors; Washing with Tank Washers.
 Aggregates:
 BrokenStoneGravelSlag and CindersBalanced AggregateSize of AggregateCost of AggregateScreenedand Crusher Run Stone for ConcreteQuarrying and Crushing StoneScreening and Washing Gravel.CHAPTER II.THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PROPORTIONING CONCRETE.25
Voids:
 Voids in Sand; Effect of MixtureEffect of Size of GrainsVoids in Broken Stone and Gravel;Effect of Method of Loading; Test Determinations; Specific Gravity; Effect of HaulingTheory of theQuantity of Cement in Mortar; Tables of Quantities in MortarTables of Quantities in ConcretePercentageof Water in ConcreteMethods of Measuring and Weighing; Automatic Measuring Devices.CHAPTER III.METHODS AND COSTS OF MAKING AND PLACING CONCRETE BY HAND.45 The Project Gutenberg eBook of Concrete Construction, by Gillette and Hill.PREFACE.3

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