Excerpt from Concrete and Reinforced Concrete: A Condensed Practical Treatise on the Problems of Concrete Construction, Including Cement Mixtures, Tests, Beam and Slab Design, Construction Work, Retaining Walls, Etc
flother important features are the treatment of fiat-slab construction, which is complete and in accordance with the best engineering practice; the design of simple and com pound footings; gravity and reinforced retaining walls; cul verts; girders; and miscellaneous structures. The remainder of the book is devoted to construction work, covering equip ment, methods of mixing and transporting concrete, form work for columns, slabs, beams, and walls, and the proper location of construction joints. 'to drive these suggestions home a number of typical examples of reinforced concrete construction, such as buildings, bridges, large sewers, and.
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