Time-saver Standards, Site Construction Details Manual--------------------------------------------------This efficiency-boosting resource gives you fast access to 350 of themost commonly used site construction details. Details for curbs, steps,lighting fixtures, walls, and much more are ready to be copied fromthe convenient spiral-bound, lie-flat format. In addition, this manualoffers you a clear view of each detail both in section and in a photographof a sample installation. To further simplify and speed up your designand adaptation work, each clear, standard-scaled detail is accompaniedby full data on cost, CSI Masterformat reference, applications, installation,intensity of use and substrate constraints, maintenance and climatologicalrequirements, and other relevant considerations. Perfect for on-siteconsultation or desktop at-a-glance reference, as well as time-savingadaptation to documents, Site Construction Details Manual gives landscape,design, and construction professionals the comprehensive and up-to-dateselection of details they need, right where they need it. Any way youlook at it, this all-in-one detail anthology is an invaluable on-the-jobtoolNone that youOll definitely want to keep within reach. And it'sa handy companion to the popular Landscape Construction Details CD-ROM!--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Nicholas T. Dines, FASLA, is a professor of landscapearchitecture and serves as graduate MLA program director at the Universityof Massachusetts where for over 28 years he has taught courses in siteengineering, structures, design studio, design drawing, design theory,and professional practice. He is the author of three other McGraw-Hillpublications: Landscape Perspective Drawing, the recently releasedTime-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction Details CD, and theSecond Edition of Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture,with Charles W. Harris. He has over 32 years of professional experience,including a 10-year period of work on residential and recreationaldesign projects in Greece. He currently is conducting research in multi-mediaapplications to both professional and academic design and planningpractices, with a special focus on site construction and sustainabledesign. He has a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University,and an MLA degree from Harvard University. His home is in Williamsburg,Massachusetts. Kyle D. Brown is an assistant professor of landscapearchitecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Heis coproducer of Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction DetailsCD-ROM. He has a B.L.A. from the University of Minnesota, an M.L.A.from the University of Massachusetts, and is a Ph.D. candidate in regionalplanning at the University of Massachusetts.