Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders

It is difficult to be sure when you look up structural or material information on line if it is correct. I’m glad I purchased this book knowing that the information is correct, concise and gives good examples to figure things out.

Interesting book on architecture.

I really like this book because of how the steps are explained and the amount of varied examples given. I ended up actually keeping this text book. This is coming from the guy who uses his e-reader and downloads as often as possible and sells all text books necessary to buy on the last day of the semester. Arch major

Pure garbage. Borderline unreadable. Math geeks may understand this, but it is anything but simplified. Equations are hard to follow, many are just plain wrong, text clarifies absolutely nothing. Entire class hated this book and even the instructor pointed out that this book is useless.

It has good examples & was very helpful for me class. It's a good textbook & worth hanging on to.

I had to buy this book for my Intermediate Structures class, and while I've learned a decent amount, the format of this book has not been helpful. The tables are wonderful, but equations in the book are written without units, so unless you know exactly where the author is pulling his numbers from, you will get lost and end up screwing up your own calculations. Its decent for reference for the tables, but there are better-written books for learning structures.

Made for designers!! You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand the concepts. The book is designed for the architectural designer. Clear, simple, and consistent

This is not a simplified treatment of the subject. I have a graduate degree in engineering and needed by background in Structures to understand it. I would not recommend it to builders without an engineering or architectural background.