Preface
Concrete and steel are the two most commonly used structural materials. They sometimes complement one another, and sometimes compete with one another so that structures of a similar type and function can be built in either of these materials. And yet, the engineer often knows less about the concrete of which the structure is made than about the steel.
Steel is manufactured under carefully controlled conditions; its properties are determined in a laboratory and described in a manufacturer’s certificate. Thus, the designer need only specify the steel as complying with a relevant standard, and the site engineer’s supervision is limited to the workmanship of the connections between the individual steel members.
On a concrete building site, ...
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