Whats NewFeatures
- Guides the reader/student in the selection of analyses appropriate for various design problems as well as in the choice or estimation of parameters to use in these analyses.
- Emphasizes conceptual understanding of the subject.
- The text has more detailed examples, illustrations and photographs than any other text on the market.
- Provides up-to-date, state-of-the-art information about foundation design.
- Organization is modular and self-contained.
- Unique (as compared to typical texts in this market) topics are presented in detail such as limit states design, load and resistance factor design (LRFD), the construction of shallow foundations and the installation of deep foundations.
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2008 McGraw-Hill Higher Education