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CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

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. 1908

BY

THE MYRON C. CLARK PUBLISHING CO.


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the word is bolded in the text. A word surrounded by underscores like
_this_ signifies the word is italics in the text. The italic and bold
markup for single italized letters (such as variables in equations) and
"foreign" abbreviations are deleted for easier reading.

For numbers and equations: Parentheses have been added to clarify
fractions. Underscores before bracketed numbers in equations denote a
subscript. Superscripts are designated with a caret and brackets, e.g.
11.1^{3} is 11.1 to the third power. Greek letters in equations are
translated to their English version.

Minor typos have been corrected.




PREFACE.


How best to perform construction work and what it will cost for
materials, labor, plant and general expenses are 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 already covered by Mr.