Carpentry and Building Construction 2016 Product details Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (July 29, 2015) Language : English Hardcover : 1120 pages ISBN-10 : 0021402442 ISBN-13 : 978-0021402441 Reading age : 8 - 12 years Grade level : 11 - 12 Item Weight : 5.41 pounds Dimensions : 8.8 x 1.8 x 11.1 inches Carpentry & Building Construction is a comprehensive carpentry program that focuses on residential construction with many procedures also applying to light commercial construction. The informative text provides detailed, heavily illustrated information about materials, tools, and processes, with many step-by-step procedures. Includes hardbound student edition aligned to the content standards. Wealth of information, but this book is tailored for students, something a high school teacher would have students do homework assignments out of, it has test and reviews and such things in this book. When I opened the book for the first time, my mind immediately remembered high school. It is formatted and organized for teacher/student use, but if your an established wood man looking to learn about residential construction, it’s not that bad if you can learn to ignore this “ text book” style of book and focus on the subject areas at hand, because a lot of it is elementary stuff to an experienced wood man/woman. If your new to the trade, this book may be something good. You can purchase it new or professionally Highlighted & Tabbed for your exam. Why Most Highlighted & Tabbed Books Fall Short? Many contractor exam prep schools sell highlighted and tabbed books. Only one created the system—and perfected it through real-world use. That system was created by Rob Estell, a licensed contractor, President, and Founder. Open-book contractor exams don’t test how much you know. They test how quickly you can locate the correct answer inside dense reference manuals. Rob learned this firsthand by taking exams himself and later confirmed it through years of feedback from thousands of exam candidates. While other schools offer highlighted and tabbed books, most: Use minimal or generic highlights Rely heavily on the existing Table of Contents and Index Miss exam-tested material that isn’t clearly referenced Provide tabs that point to broad sections, not precise answers The result? Students still waste time searching. Rob decided that “good enough” wasn’t good enough. Why The Exam Pros ORIGINAL, detailed-driven highlighted and tabbed books? Thousands of contractors have passed their exams using Rob Estell’s highlighted and tabbed books because they solve the real problem: Knowing the answer But not being able to find it fast enough Built from Contractor Experience & Student Feedback Rob Estell’s system is built using: His own experience as a licensed contractor Personal exam feedback from real testing environments Thousands of data points from exam students nationwide A Proven, Detail-Oriented Navigation System Each book follows Rob’s proven 3-step method: Table of Contents – Identify the general section Precision Tabs – Jump directly to the exact topic Strategic, Detailed Highlights – Land on the answer instantly Our highlights are thorough and detail-oriented, guiding your eye exactly where exam answers are located—not just coloring pages for appearance. Every highlight is intentional. Every tab exists because the book failed to guide the reader quickly enough. If a topic cannot be found efficiently through the Table of Contents or Index, it gets a custom tab and targeted highlight. These books are designed to help you outperform the clock, not just prepare!
