12 In Testimony Whereof
12 In Testimony Whereof, The Said 13 14 , Principal , And 15 16 And , Buret 17 Have Hereunto Subscribed Their Hands And Affixed Their Seals The Day First 18 Above Written 19 Signed, Sealed, And Delivered In Presence Of Will Be Observed That On Each Page, Both Of ...
19 Witnesseth
19 Witnesseth: That The Party Of The Second Part, For The Consideration 20 Hereinafter Mentioned, Covenants And Agrees To And With The Party Of The 21 First Part To Furnish All Of The Labor And Materials And Do And Perform All 22 The Work Required. 23 24 25 26 In ...
An Agreement
An Agreement Entered Into This 15th Day Of September, 1907, By And Between , Of Chicago, Owner, Party Of The First Part, And , Also Of Chicago, Builder, Party Of The Second Part: Witnessetx: That The Said Party Of The Second Part, For And In Consideration Of The Sum Of ...
Brickwork
Brickwork Brickwork—except As Otherwise Specified, To Be Laid Of Hard Burned Common Brick, Carefully Selected For Exposed Work Such As Facing Of Chimneys Above Roof; All To Be New, Well Shaped, And Of Uniform Size. Brick To Be Laid Wet In Warm, Dry Weather, And Dry In Damp Or Freezing ...
Brickwork And Cut Stone
Brickwork And Cut Stone. In The Superstructure Of A City Building Of Ordinary Height, Say Up To Five Or Six Stories, And Excepting The So-called Skeleton Construction, We Shall Usually Find That Brickwork Forms The Greater Part Of The Wall. The Face Is Often Finished With Stone, Either Rough Or ...
Building Superintendence
Building Superintendence The Superintendence Of Building Operations Is One Of The Most Important, And At Times One Of The Most Perplexing Duties Which An Architect Is Called Upon To Perform. Plans May Have Been Prepared With The Greatest Of Skill And Elaboration, And Details May Have Been Worked Out To ...
Building Superintendence 1
Building Superintendence. 1. What Preparation And Qualifications Are Essential To A Superintendent Of Building Operations? 2. What Are Batter Boards, And How Should They Be Prepared ? What Is A Bench Mark ? 3. What Is The Advantage Of Laying A Rough Floor In Buildings? Vvliy Is This Often Laid ...
Carpenter Work
Carpenter Work Materials.—rough Lumber. All Wood Which Is Not Exposed To View In Rooms Above Basement, May Be Of Pine, Spruce, Or Hemlock, Sized And Seasoned. Joists And Stringers. Joists And Stair Stringers Must Be Sound, With No Loose Knots Or Knots Over 2 Inches Measured The Longest Way Within ...
Carpenter Work
Carpenter Work Framing. The Building Is To Be Fur.-frame, All Framed, Braced, Spiked, And Pinned In The Best And Strongest Manner, Perfectly True And Plumb. Filling-in Studs Will Be Nailed, And Door And Window Caps Cut Into Studs. No Woodwork Shall Come Within One Inch Of A Chimney; And Framing ...
Carpentry Construction
Carpentry Construction All Joists Are To Be Set 1 Foot 4 Inches On Centers With A Bearing On All Supporting Walls Of 4 Inches. When In Brick Walls, The Ends Are To Be Beveled So That The Upper Edge Is Just On A Line With The In Side Face Of ...
Cellar Work And Foundations
Cellar Work And Foundations. The Next Visit Finds The Excavation Of The Cellar Well Under Way. The Earth Has Been Removed, Care Being Taken To Make The Outside Walls Conform To The Dimensions Of The Foundation, And The Cellar Dug To The Bottom For A Great Part Of Its Extent. ...
Cement
Cement There Is Probably No Other Building Material On Which So Much Has Been Written Within The Last Ten Years; And There Will Be No Attempt Here To Discuss The Question Except From An Extremely Prac Tical Standpoint. All Things Considered, Portland Cement At $2.00 A Barrel Net Is The ...
City Buildings
City Buildings. The Requirements Of City Buildings, Which Are For The Main Part Similar To The Practices Which We Have Already Considered, Are, Nevertheless, In Many Essentials, Distinct. In The First Place, The Circumstances Of Situation, Soil And Surroundings Differ From Sub Urban Or Rural Conditions. Instead Of Being Able ...
Cut Stonework
Cut Stonework. First In Consideration Of The Superintendence Of Stonework Is The Preparation Of The Material. In Former Times, For A Work Of Importance, The Stone Was Often Brought To The Building Site In The Rough, As It Came From The Quarry, And All Stone Cutting Was Done Upon The ...
Electric Wiring
Electric Wiring The Item Of Electric Wiring, While Entirely Within The Province Of The Architect To Lay Out, Is Of Such A Mechanical Nature That It Is Rarely Advisable To Include It In The General Specification. Few General Rules Outside Of A Set Adopted By The National Board Of Fire ...
Finishing Of Stone
Finishing Of Stone. The Method Of Finishing A Stone Has A Great Effect, Not Only Upon Its Appearance, But Upon Its Durability. The Less Pounding A Stone Receives The Stronger It Will Be, Since The Repeated Jar Tends To Separate The Particles And Render The Shone Less Durable. For This ...
Fireproof Building
Fireproof Building. The Most Modern Feature Of City Building Construction Is The Erection Of The High Business Blocks Which Form The Main Part Of The Commercial Districts Of All Cities. Here A Variety Of Problems Present Themselves, More Or Less Complicated According To The Nature Of Site And Surroundings, Of ...
For A Residence Building
For A Residence Building To Be Erected For Contract Drawings. Time Drawings Which Will With This Specifi Cation Form The Basis Of An Agreement For The Erection And Completion Of A Residence For John Doe, To Be Erected At The Corner Of A Avenue And B Street, Are Numbered 1, ...
Framing
Framing. While The Walls Are Being Built The Carpenters Have Been At Work Framing The House And Are Now Ready To Lay The Sills And Put On The First Floor Beams. The Prepara Tion Of The Sill Consists In Halv Ing And Pinning Together At The Corners (fig. Is), Mortising ...
Framing And Flooring
Framing And Flooring. Are Sometimes Bung To The Walls By Hangers, And Do Not Run Into The Wall At All; But While This Preserves The Full Strength Of The Wall, It Does Not Make So Good A Tie And Is Not Generally Done. The Wall Plate Of A Brick Dwelling ...
General Conditions
General Conditions Materials And Labor. All Materials And Labor Required For The Complete Execution Of The Work Are To Be Of The Best Quality Unless Otherwise Provided, And Are To Be Furnished In Place By The Con Tractor; Also All Scaffolding, Apparatus, Etc. The Contractor. Personal Superintendence Is To Be ...
General Province
General Province The Province Of A "specification" Is To Supplement The Drawings, Setting Forth Those Points In The Proposed Work Which Cannot Be Readily Expressed By Diagram (and Figures). It May Therefore Be Said That Its Principal Object Is To Define The General Conditions Un Der Which The Work Is ...
General Rules For Laying
General Rules For Laying Stone. 1. Build The Masonry, As Far As Possible, In A Series Of Courses, Perpendicular, Or As Nearly So As Possible, To The Direction Of The Pressure Which They Have To Bear, And By Breaking Joints, Avoid All Long Continuous Joints Parallel To That Pressure. 2. ...
General Scope Of The
General Scope Of The Specification The Specification Presents The General Conditions Under Which The Work Indicated By The Drawings Is To Be Executed. It Calls For The Kind And Quality Of Labor And Materials Desired, And Contains All The Written Instructions And Descriptions That May Be Needed To Indicate Fully ...
Government Contracts
Government Contracts It Is Not Generally Known To What An Extent The Treasury Depart Ment. Of The United States Is A Builder, Or To What Extent Its Demands For Material And Labor Influence The Market; Nor Do Many Contractors Or Material Men Know Much About The Nature Of The Contracts ...
Heating
Heating. While The Plumbing Work Is Being Done, Another Set Of Men Have Been Putting In The Heating Apparatus. Selection. The Selection Of The Heating Apparatus Will Depend Upon Local Custom, And Personal Preference. Three Principal Methods Present Themselves With Some Special Features To Recommend Each. These Are The Hot ...
Heating_2
Heating The Owner Will Furnish, Deliver, And Set Up In The Cellar, But Without Any Smoke- Or Steam-pipe Connections, A Cast-iron, Sectional, Low-pressure Steam Boiler; And The Contractor Is To Furnish And Place All Other Necessary Material And Labor To Install The System Completely. All Radiators Are To Be Of ...
Heating_3
Heating There Are Five Principal Methods Of Heating Dwellings—namely, By Fireplaces, By Stoves, By Furnace, By Steam Boiler, And By Hot-water Boiler, All Adapted To Fuels In Common Use. Fireplaces Are Suitable For Mild Climates, And To Supplement More Efficient Apparatus In Cold Climates. Stoves Are The Most Economical, But ...
Hot Water Heating
Hot Water Heating. Another Method Of Heating Is By A Similar Application Of Direct Hot Water Radiation. This Consists In Circulating Hot Water Through Radiators, Which Are Placed In The Rooms As In The Case Of Direct Steam Heating. The Hot Water I.s Conducted From The Main Heater In The ...
Inside Finish
Inside Finish. After The Furnace Or Heater Is Set And The Plastering And Concreting Are Thoroughly Dry, The Inside Finish Of The House May Be Put Up. The Door Frames, Which Should Have Been All Ready, Will First Be Set And Great Care Must Be Taken To See That These ...
Invitations To Compete
Invitations To Compete. When A Person, Public Body, Or Corporation Advertises Inviting Architects To Send In Competitive Designs, All Designs Sent In Should Conform Exactly To The Terms Of The Invitation Sent Out. If This Is Not Done The Design Submitted Is Not Entitled To Consideration. The Common Form Of ...
Lathing And Plastering
Lathing And Plastering. By The Time That The Outside Finish Has Been Brought To This Stage, The Inside Of The House Will Have Been Given Over To A New Set Of Mechanics, The Lathers. The Trade Of Lathing, Although A Wood Working Trade, Is In Most Localities Distinct From The ...
Lime And Cement
Lime And Cement. Lime Is Now Manufactured In Nearly All Parts Of The Country, But Differs Ill Character In Different Localities. In Using A Lime Which Is Not Already Familiar, Some Inquiry- Should Be Made As To Its Prop Erties, Especially If Used For Plastering. Good Lime In General Should ...
Lumber For Construction And
Lumber For Construction And Finish Local Conditions Affect Very Much. While The Great Lumber Interests Formulate And Publish Schedules Of Grades, The User Cannot, From Their Designations And Descriptions Of Grades Alone, Make An Economical Selection. The Designations "first " Or "best Quality," "without Imperfections," Etc., Inserted In Specifications To ...
Mason Work
Mason Work. Chimneys. While These Matters Are Being Followed Out By The Carpenter, The Mason Will Have Started The Chimneys, As The Roof Can Not Be Finished Until The Chimneys Are Topped Out. The Bricks Which Are Furnished Should Be Carefully Inspected And Any That Are Soft, Or Easily Broken ...
Masonry Construction
Masonry Construction Concrete. The Concrete Work Of All Footings And Exterior Foundation Walls Below Grade, Will Be Composed Of 1 Part Portland Cement, 4 Parts Sand, And 7 Parts Screened Gravel Or Broken Stone. In Order To Make These Proportions Efficient, It Will Be Necessary, In Mixing And Applying The ...
Masonry Materials
Masonry Materials Cement. All Cement Required Is To Be Portland Cement Of Such Fineness That 90 Per Cent Will Pass Through A 100-mesh Sieve. The Initial Set Shall Be In Not Less Than 30 Minutes; And Pats Of Neat Cement About 3 Inches In Diameter And Half An Inch Thick ...
Miscellaneous Matters
Miscellaneous Matters. Law And Equity. Our Courts Give Relief Of Two Classes, Ac Cording As They Sit As Courts Of Law Or Courts Of Equity. Equitable Powers Were Formerly Exercised By Separate Courts; But Now The Higher Courts Generally Have Both Legal And Equitable Jurisdiction. A Court Of Law As ...
Outline Of The Work
Outline Of The Work For Illustrations In Connection With The Following Pages, The Con Struction Of A City House Is Selected, On A Corner Lot 100 Feet Front On The Avenue, By 150 Feet Deep, On Side Street, A Party Wall On The Inside Line. The House Is To Come ...