This book provides vital descriptive information on how to design buildings, detail components, specify materials and product, and avoid common pitfalls--all in a single volume. * Now contains more information on construction documents and administration, prestressed and post-tensioned structural concrete, heavy timber framing, wood siding, and green materials. * Features more than 1,200 illustrations, including hundreds of new and updated images. * Includes metric units and U.S. customary units throughout.