Dictionaries and encyclopedias define terms used in the construction industry and provide background information on construction topics.
REFERENCE TH443 .R432 2000
Reese, Charles D. Annotated dictionary of construction safety and health. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers, 2000.
Identifies the most common construction hazards to the health and safety of workers, providing OSHA requirements and citations to OSHA regulations.
REFERENCE TH9 .T585 1989
Toenjes, Leonard P. Building trades dictionary. Homewood, Ill.: American Technical Publishers, 1989.
The terminology of building trades, basic engineering and architecture, illustrated with line drawings. Emphasis is on tools, materials, and processes used in the construction industry.
REFERENCE TH9 .S78 1993
Stein, J. Stewart. Construction glossary : an encyclopedic reference and manual. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1993.
Defines the language of the construction industry as interpreted by building codes, standards, zoning ordinances, state and federal government regulations, and building trade associations.
REFERENCE TH9 .C59 2001
Constructionary : English-Spanish : up-to-date construction words and phrases. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary of construction terms.
REFERENCE TA9 .W43 1995
Webster, L. F. The Contractors' dictionary of equipment, tools, and techniques : for civil engineering, construction, forestry, open-pit mining, and public works. New York: Wiley, 1995.
Brief definitions of terms used in construction, architecture, engineering, surveying, forestry, and mining.
REFERENCE TH9 .M36 1988
McMullan, Randall. Dictionary of building. New York: Nichols Pub., 1988.
Definitions of terms chosen from written materials used in the construction industry, including specifications, standards, reports, and product literature.
REFERENCE TH9 .B466 1993
Bianchina, Paul. Illustrated dictionary of building materials and techniques : an invaluable sourcebook of the tools, terms, materials, and techniques used by building professionals. 1st John Wiley ed. New York: Wiley, 1993.
About 4,500 terms used in building are defined, and many are illustrated with line drawings. Terms containing numbers are entered as though the numbers were spelled out, and related terms are grouped under a single term. For example, various types of windows are grouped under the term "Window."
REFERENCE TH9 .P45 1997
Philbin, Tom. The illustrated dictionary of building terms. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Brief definitions of terms, including some rarely encountered and construction slang terms. Some of the more important definitions also include brief encyclopedia-like articles.
REFERENCE TH9 .M4 2000
Means illustrated construction dictionary. Edited by John Marchetti. 3rd, unabridged ed. Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Co., 2000.
Brief definitions of terms used in construction. A reference section in the back of the book includes tables of weights and measures, metric conversions, abbreviations and symbols.