Handbook of Rigging: In Construction & Industrial Operations - Hardcover

Rossnagel, W. E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070539405 ISBN 13: 9780070539402

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964

Synopsis

A practical manual for all rigging operations, whether in construction or industrial work. Slings, scaffolds, ladders, cranes, jacks, and other methods for hoisting and supporting weights are given detailed treatment, with emphasis on their safe and efficient management. Everything a rigger needs to know from the way to determine the center of gravity and weight of a load to methods of splicing wire rope is included.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph A. MacDonald has more than 40 years experience editing such McGraw-Hill publications as Encyclopedia for U.S. Building and Construction Technology, Handbook or Rigging, and the Directory of Worldwide Engineering & Construction Organizations. He is a Civil Engineer and has worked as a Construction Project Engineer for numerous engineering firms.

W. E. Rossnagel was a consulting and fire-protection engineer and was a safety engineer with the Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

Lindley R. Higgins was a professional engineer, writer, and consultant in the construction industry for more than 25 years. He was editor of McGraw-Hill's Handbook of Construction Equipment and Maintenance and its Maintenance Engineering Handbook

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
• Publication date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070539405
• ISBN 13: 9780070539402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 383