Modern Stone Cladding: Design and Installation of Exterior Dimension Stone Systems

by Michael D. Lewis

Shows you how to select, design, and install stone cladding systems for exterior walls. New engineering applications as well as recognized industry practices are explained extensively to help you make objective and rational decisions. Section I, Introduction to Modern Stone Cladding and Section II, Precedents to Modern Stone Cladding discuss the history of stone as it evolved into modern thin, non-load bearing cladding. Section III, Determining Responsible Design Values and Section IV, The Future of Stone outline a variable-based design procedure analogous to load-and-resistance factor design. Section V, Guide Specification for Stone Systems advises owners, architects, engineers, and contractors about the specialty of modern stonework.

120 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Michael D. Lewis, Executive Director, Educational World Charities, Chicago, is Professor Emeritus of Counseling and Psychology at Governors State University. For more than thirty-five years he has consulted with numerous national and international corporations with regard to the implementation of their employee assistance programs. As the originator of the community counseling concept, he has advised educational institutions around the world in countries as diverse as Israel and Botswana. He has co-authored two other Brooks/Cole texts.

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