دانلود کتاب Landscape Grading: A Study Guide for the LARE

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section One Basics of grading
1.1 What is grading?
1.2 Understanding spot elevations
1.3 Determining slopes
1.4 Interpolation and slope intervals
1.5 Contour grading
1.6 graphic conventions
1.7 Summary
1.8 Exercises
1.9 literature cited
Section Two Landforms
2.1 What are landforms?
2.2 Watersheds
2.3 Ridges, peaks, and high points
2.4 Valleys, ponds, and low points
2.5 Plane surfaces
2.6 Summary
2.7 Exercises
2.8 Literature cited
Section Three Grading of landscape elements
3.1 Drainage systems
3.2 Plane surfaces and warped planes
3.3 Swales
3.4 Retention ponds
3.5 Drain inlets
3.6 Berms
3.7 Summary
3.8 Exercises
3.9 Literature cited
Section Four Grading of built elements
4.1 Roads, shoulders, curbs, and sidewalks
4.2 Paths
4.3 Stairs
4.4 Ramps
4.5 Retaining walls
4.6 Summary
4.7 Exercises
4.8 Literature cited
Section Five Landscape and built element combinations
5.1 Parking lots
5.2 Culverts
5.3 Sloping berms
5.4 Summary
5.5 Exercises
5.6 Literature cited
Section Six Other concepts that are good to know
6.1 Calculating FFE
6.2 Cut and fill
6.3 PIPES
6.4 Horizontal and vertical curves
6.5 Landscape grading standards
6.6 Summary
6.7 Exercises
6.8 Literature cited
Section Seven Taking the examination
7.1 A note about the computer-based test
7.2 Scheduling your life before the exam
7.3 Test-taking tips
7.4 Identifying topographic signatures
7.5 Where to start
7.6 Recommended reading
7.7 Literature cited
Section Eight Grading vignettes
Section Nine Solutions to exercises and vignettes
Appendix Metric standards in Canada and the United Kingdom
A.1 Units of linear measurement
A.2 Comparison of accessible building regulations
A.3 Stairs
A.4 Ramps
A.5 Summary
A.6 Literature cited
Index