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Simple text and colorful photographs describe the excitement of a busy construction site.

This book explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically. With an emphasis on adobe construction, McHenry discusses the planning of every aspect of one's home from the financing to the foundation, the floors to the fireplaces. The prospective builder must be prepared for a long period of frustration, doubt, worry, and plain hard work, but the helpful ideas found on the pages of this book...

Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

This case study is part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. This case study centers on the ultimate success of Senator McConnell's struggle to enact a state-wide building code which culminated with the passage 1997, four legislative sessions after it was first introduced.