Amazon.com description: Product Description: The third edition of the "Concrete Construction Handbook" has been completely revised and updated to reflect the entire range of modern concrete technology and the latest construction industry practices. There are new chapters on roller-compacted concrete and architectural concrete, and extensively revised sections on materials, formwork and shoring, batching, mixing and transporting, special concrete, and advanced building construction systems. In addition, all standards and specifications have been completely updated. This comprehensive one-volume reference sould be of value to a variety of professionals, including: contractors, who will find information on how to build forms, test concrete, lay out a plant, select equipment, and finish and cure concrete; architects, who will find the latest developments in finishing, form surface treatments and ornamental concrete; structural engineers, who must check properties, applications, form and finish, and the limitations of concrete; manufacturers, who need to know about the latest technologies in machinery and equipment, methods for sampling and testing data, and new approaches for computing the size and number of batchers and mixers; and specification writers, who need current information on materials, such as strength and other properties.