Design Loads on Structures during Construction
This documentusesboth theInternational System of Units (SI)and customaryunits
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Design Loads on Structures during Construction
This document uses both the International System of Units (SI) and customary units.
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Design loads on structures during construction / American Society of Civil Engineers. pages cmIncludes index. "ASCE/SEI 37-14."1. BuildingsStandards. 2. Strains and stressesStandards. 1. American Society of ISBN 978-0-7844-1309-8 (soft cover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7844-7869-1 (pdf)Civil Engineers.TH420.D47 2015 624.1°76dc23
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