is there anyplace online to learn about reading construction blueprints?
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this is difficult to explain in the net. reading construction blueprints requires training or education and actual exposure.
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Biblio Technical Literature?\nhttp://www.btl.ch/companyprofile.htm
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Here is a free and good one:\n\nhttp://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html
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Just look in the yellow pages under contractors, builders, etc.
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This site looks interesting.\n\nhttp://abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm\nhttp://www.jhu.edu/virtlab/bridge/truss.htm\nhttp://42explore.com/bridge.htm
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i'm not sure if a floor plan of an existing building would be that easy to obtain. try maybe the city office in your area i'm not sure exactly what department but certainly they have that documents. if that's not possible ask architecture students,if you know someone, they usually have plates/blueprints of some sorts in their portfolio, if your lucky they may have what you're looking for. this could be as good because they follow certain specifications and requirements in their plates the only problem is that these are floor plans of nonexisting structures, there maybe certain errors or problems but it's not like you'll be building the structure or anything, it'll be good enough since you'll just be needing the layout.
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you can always get the blue print plans for the builder his name would be shown on the orginal paper work or you can contact city hall in down town houston and find out his name because he would have had to file for the building permits and so also his name would be filed with the buliding inspector office in your local are because after the electric and plumbing etc was done he would have had to walk them through to be able finish building use these places to find his name and contact or pay the fees down town for a copy of the first plans submited to get building permits
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Depends what it is your looking for exactly. I always found "Building Construction Handbook" by Roger Greeno very handy when doing my construction course. Another is the "Mitchells" series of books such as "structure and fabric" 1& 2 as well as the "introduction to building construction". all of these books contain detailed explanations and diagrams which are very heplful for reports etc.
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It would be easier to go to the library and find a book on the subject,with some blueprints included.
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There are several in the Houston area.\n\nTry this:\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Construction+Project+Management+Company+that+services+Texas+%26+Louisiana&fr=FP-tab-web-t400&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
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Getting a bulding's history can be tough, and unless it's a famous building, you're not likely to find much on the Internet. I'd suggest hitting the local library and looking for books on local history first; if nothing pans out there, you can ask a librarian to let you look at old copies of newspapers, although that can be a bit exhausting (especially if your library hasn't switched away from microfiche yet...)\n\nAside from book research, I'd see if you could track down the owner of the building or even people who have worked there a long time or used to work there.
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try going to sba.gov, it is the small business administration website, and it has all kinds of info on running a business, and i know there are tutorials for writing business plans, so probably something or a link to something that will help you. Also, bids submitted to government agencies are probably public record...why not see if you can access some construction bids to see what type of format they use? hope it helps
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Actually, you can click on this and get a wealth of informatioon about the place... good luck !!\n\nhttp://www.bluelakeresort.org/
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u can try with www.geocites.com
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try cliffnotes.com or bookrags.com
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Here:\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/
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Try Project Gutenberg\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/