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Making Better Concrete: Guidelines to Using Fly-Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures

Name: Making Better Concrete: Guidelines to Using Fly-Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures
Author: Bruce King
ISBN: 9780976491101

by Bruce King

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Overview

Why a book about concrete? Because we use so much of it — far more than any other building material. It seems only sensible to inquire as to how we can use this ubiquitous building material without undue damage to the life and landscapes that surround us. You may have heard of fly ash as an eco-friendly alternative to using portland cement in concrete, but until now there has been no easy guide to how it makes superior concrete, or to how to use it.
This book isn't just for people who want to "build green" — it's for people who want to build better concrete.

Synopsis

Why a book about concrete? Because we use so much of it - far more than any other building material. It seems only sensible to inquire as to how we can use this ubiquitous building material without undue damage to the life and landscapes that surround us.

You may have heard of fly ash as an eco-friendly alternative to using portland cement in concrete, but until now there has been no easy guide to how it makes superior concrete, or to how to use it.

This book isn't just for people who want to "build green" - it's for people who want to build better concrete.

About the Author, Bruce King

Bruce King is a registered structural engineer in private practice in San Rafael, California. He is the author of Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Straw Bale and Rammed Earth Architecture (1996) and Design of Straw Bale Buildings; The State of the Art (2006). He is founder and director of the nonprofit Ecological Building Network and co-founder, with his wife Sarah Weller King, of Green Building Press. He lives in San Rafael, California.