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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services by David Kut is a comprehensive, visually rich reference guide covering key engineering services in buildings. It explains over 3,000 technical terms related to air conditioning, heating, ventilation, water supply, fire protection, drainage, sanitation, and electrical services. With over 200 professional line illustrations, it offers practical explanations, usage examples, and important cautions, highlighting the significant role these services play in modern building budgets and designs.
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This book is ideal for building design and construction professionals, commissioning agents, sales and management personnel involved with building engineering services, and students seeking a detailed and practical reference on technical terminology in building services engineering.

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This book explains over 3,000 terms (over 200,000 words) and contains over 200 professionally drawn line illustrations. This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or source book.

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This is an explanatory, highly-illustrated encyclopedia of terms used in the following engineering services in buildings: air conditioning; heating and ventilating; hot and cold water supply; fire-fighting and protection; drainage and sanitation; electrical services. These services absorb an increasing share of the budgets for buildings and may account for as much as half the total cost of sophisticated high technology developments.

The building services are of increasing importance to all building design and contracting teams as well as the commissioning, selling and management professionals. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services explains over 3,000 terms (over 100,000 words) and contains over 200 line illustrations drawn by professional technicians.

This practical handbook is intended for day to day use as a reference or as a source of enlightenment for anyone associated with the building and construction industry. It also provides comprehensive practical explanations of the many terms listed, providing guidance, examples of use and, in certain cases, cautionary remarks concerning aspects of the applications.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780419176800

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 December 1992

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Spon Press

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 830g

Pages: 362

About the Author

David Kut

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