Tropical Engineering - US DoD Handbook

Garyngo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:51 pm **Posts:** 844

Found a big nest of technical e-books. One of them is the 1991 U.S. Department of Defence Tropical Engineering Handbook. About how to build tropical resistant buildings. It is in .pdf format, under 800k

wyknot · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:36 am **Posts:** 827

...that's nice.. 8-)

sparks · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:49 am

Same thing?
2004 version
http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/DOD/UFC/ufc_3_440_05n.pdf

Garyngo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:51 pm **Posts:** 844

Thats the one. I also have:
Waterwise House and Garden (Written for a part of tropical Australia, lots on greywater and irrigation)
Porous Pavements (water flows through to groundwater)
Groundwater lowering in construction
Duke's handbook of medicinal plants of Latin America
Concrete Floor design
Costa Rica for Dummies
Healthy Aging for Dummies
Orchids for Dummies
Bioclimatic Housing - Innovative Designs for warm climates
Amazing Maya Inventions you can build yourself (This one has a lot of fun stuff - not necessarily for kids)
All in .pdf, Just need an email address that can handle large attachments

Arrested Development - Ex-Pats Mexico

Tropical Engineering - US DoD Handbook

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