Building Wrecking: The How and Why of a Vital Industry

Building Wrecking: The How and Why of a Vital Industry by Jean Poindexter Colby. Published by Hastings House Publishers, New York, NY, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardbound in Glassine Protected DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG in Good DJ. Discarded Library Book. 96 Pgs. ISBN 0803807465. LCCN 72-5484. The author shows step by step just how demolition teams manages wrecking a building from the time a building is crossed off local maps to when the last debris is carted off by dumptrucks. She emphasizes that there is no one way to demolish a building and shows how different factors - size, age, location, climate and time - determine the methods used. Illustrated with black and white photographs by Corinthia Morss, the author, and other. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11102.