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Building Engineering and Systems Design

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Frederick S. Merritt

    1. West Palm Beach, USA

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  2. James Ambrose

    1. University of Southern California, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. New Directions in Building Design

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 1-23

  3. Basic Building Elements and Their Representation

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 24-57

  4. Systems Design Method

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 58-96

  5. Application of Systems Design to Buildings

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 97-114

  6. Contract Documents and Construction Methods

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 115-136

  7. Life Safety Concerns

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 137-164

  8. Building Sites and Foundations

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 165-204

  9. Structural Systems

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 205-330

  10. Plumbing

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 331-378

  11. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 379-445

  12. Lighting

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 446-467

  13. Sound and Vibration Control

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 468-491

  14. Electrical Systems

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 492-548

  15. Vertical Circulation

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 549-587

  16. Systems for Enclosing Buildings

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 588-621

  17. Systems for Interior Construction

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 622-650

  18. Building Systems

    • Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose
    Pages 651-679

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 681-697
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Authors and Affiliations

  • West Palm Beach, USA

    Frederick S. Merritt

  • University of Southern California, USA

    James Ambrose

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Engineering and Systems Design

  • Authors: Frederick S. Merritt, James Ambrose

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0148-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0150-0Published: 02 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0148-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 697

  • Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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