ACI Offers Post-Tensioning Manual

This book is a valuable resource for practicing engineers, architects, students, educators, contractors, inspectors, and building officials. The 6th Edition of the Post-Tensioning Manual contains updated information on the current practices in the use, design, and construction of post- tensioning. It provides basic information and the essential principles of post-tensioning.

To learn more or to order this publication published in 2006 by the Post-Tensioning Institute, go to Post-Tensioning Manual 6th Edition. $112.50; Order Code: PTM.EM. ACI does not offer discounts on industry publications.

New Guides Released at IBS – Free for NAHB Members

Three new, free Biztools builder business guides ― created to help NAHB members manage their businesses more effectively and increase their profits were released at the International Builders’ Show in January at Las Vegas. The guides offer members tips on technology, business planning, ensuring the financial health of their businesses and more.  

Produced by NAHB's Business Management and Information Technology Committee, and found in the business management resources section of the NAHB Web site - www.nahb.org/biztools - the new 2009 Biztools Builder Business Guides include:

• “Information Technology for Home Builders: Using Technology to Increase Efficiency”
• “Business Management for Home Builders: Succession Planning to Map Your Future”
• “Financial Management for Home Builders: Understanding Cash Flow”

All three concise guides ― which include lists of other valuable NAHB Biztools resources ― are free for members and HBAs. For electronic versions, go to www.nahb.org/bbg. To order hard copies, free of charge minus shipping, go to www.nahb.org/materialsordering.  

For more information or to contact us directly,
please visit www.nahb.org l ©2009, National Association of Home Builders