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Featuring time-tested safety concepts and the very latest industry standards in material design, the 2009 International Building CodeA(R) offers up-to-date, comprehensive insight into the regulations surrounding the design and installation of building systems. It provides valuable structural, fire-, and life- safety provisions that cover means of ...
For courses in Materials Management, Production and Inventory Control, and Logistics taught in business and industrial technology departments of community colleges and universities. This is the only text listed in the APICS--The Educational Society for Resource Management CPIM Exam Content Manual as the text reference for the Basics of Supply ...
This book reviews the Japanese strategy of the past three decades of improvements (Kaizen) in productivity, quality and flexibility with vivid examples and with consideration of the tools and systems used.
This title features the following items. More Motivation - in this title, a completely revised chapter 1 gets students motivated right from the beginning. Revised Probability Topics - the authors have revised and enhanced probability topics to promote even easier understanding. Chapter Reorganization - chapters on hypothesis testing and confidence ...
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For undergraduate, introductory courses in Engineering Economics. Used by engineering students worldwide, this best-selling text provides a sound understanding of the principles, basic concepts, and methodology of engineering economy. Built upon the rich and time-tested teaching materials of earlier editions, it is extensively revised and updated ...
Prepared by the American Institute of Architects Bruce Bassler, Student Edition Editor, and John Ray Hoke, Jr., FAIA, Editor in Chief, Architectural Graphic Standards Architectural Graphic Standards has been the bedrock design reference for architects, builders, and engineers for almost seventy years. This book gives students their own new edition ...
Learn How to Achieve Optimal Industrial Experimentation Through four editions, Douglas Montgomery has provided statisticians, engineers, scientists, and managers with the most effective approach for learning how to design, conduct, and analyze experiments that optimize performance in products and processes. Now, in this fully revised and enhanced ...
For Machine Shop, Machine Technology, Machining Processes/Manufacturing Processes Technology, Industrial Technology, Industrial Mechanics, and Industrial Engineering courses at the undergraduate level. This timely text covers the core subject areas essential toward building a basic foundation required to effectively work in the machining area of ...
Replete with the author's striking photographs, Infrastructure is a unique and spectacular guide, exploring all the major "ecosystems" of our modern industrial world, revealing what the structures are and why they are there, and uncovering beauty in unexpected places. Covering agriculture, resources, energy, communication, transportation, ...
For nearly 70 years, "Steam Plant Operation" has been the definitive reference for system design to installation, operational features, expert maintenance and repairs. A classic reference for understanding power plant design and operation, this book has assisted more operators to pass licensing exams than any other text. Packed with illustrations ...
Covering contemporary design and development issues, such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping and industrial design, this text presents a set of step-by-step product development methodologies aimed at bringing together the marketing, design and manufacturing functions of an enterprise. Designed for graduate and ...
Written by a leading authority in the fields of drafting and printreading, Print Reading for Industry is a combination text and workbook intended for vocational students, apprentices, and building trade workers who want to increase their knowledge of construction drawings. Includes large fold-out prints that provide realistic reading, sketching, ...
This is the trusted guide to the statistical methods for quality control. Quality control and improvement is more than an engineering concern. Quality has become a major business strategy for increasing productivity and gaining competitive advantage. "Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Sixth Edition" gives you a sound understanding of ...
This guide to construction project management should help contractors to sharpen their management skills, so that they can survive and thrive in the 90s. It includes real-world, on-the-job guidance and covers recent revisions to codes, standards and contracts; electronic data-processing estimating procedures; efficient project documentation; ...
For more than 55 years, this book has been used by engineers and operators involved with steam plant equipment in heat, power, and process plants. Now, extensively revised and updated, the book covers not only the principles of combustion and the basic design, construction, and operation of boilers, but includes extensive treatments of the ...
Interior Construction and Detailing for Designers and Architects is a timesaving reference for design professionals working in either commercial or residential construction. A comprehensive resource on materials, finishes, construction assemblies, mechanical and electrical systems, building codes, and planning standards, this book will boost the ...
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People were not designed to sit at a desk typing at a computer for hours at a time, yet that is what so many do, not giving a thought to bad posture or the repetitive stress on their fascia (connective muscle tissue). Sharon J. Butler bases her book on firsthand experience with Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI), which she developed as a result of ...
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure our which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this fascinating, ingeniouseven liberatingbook, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The ...
'Bill Buxton and I share a common belief that design leadership together with technical leadership drives innovation. Sketching, prototyping, and design are essential parts of the process we use to create new products. Bill Buxton brings design leadership and creativity to Microsoft. Through his thought-provoking personal examples he is inspiring ...
For courses in Occupational Safety and Safety and Health Management. Known for its comprehensive coverage, this text covers all aspects of occupational safety and health in today's global workplace. Appropriate for safety management, engineering and technology programs, the book follows a logical sequence that provides a historical perspective ...
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