Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Fire Tax and Waste of Structural Materials in the United States
The United States Government is the owner of buildings costing more than and is spending each year more than in new buildings. In the construction of these build ings the Government endeavors to maintain as high a standard of efficiency as can be obtained with economical design, for all of them are intended to be of a permanent and enduring nature. This work is of such magnitude and importance that the Government can afford to take no risks either in methods of construction or in materials to be used; therefore it has been found necessary to make a general investigation of materials used in construction work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
