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Mirroring the latest developments in materials, methods, codes, and standards in building and bridge design, this is a one-of-a-kind, definitive reference for engineers.

Everybody knows about pre-engineered buildings -- they now account for almost 70 percent of all new low-rise construction in the United States. But few architects, engineers, or buyers know enough about them. This completely revised and updated reference -- the only one from an author unaffiliated with an industry trade group -- offers valuable and unbiased information.

The most comprehensive guide to LRFD connection design available. Gain access to the expertise of the top LFRD designers working today--with this superlative book and CD-ROM package. It not only gives you the best and latest methods in connection design, it supplies Fabricated examples on the CD-ROM that you can use for instant application and configuration of your own designs.

The text  enables practicing engineers who have been trained to use the Allowable Stress Design procedure (ASD) to change easily to this more economical and realistic method for proportioning steel structures.