The opening paragraph of Preface reads as follows: 'As you would have observed from the book cover (designed in 3-D) you have just entered the portal of knowledge which will serve as beacon of light throughout your professional life.' This sets the tone of the book.

The greatest strength of the set of books is that they provide in one place the best of the current knowledge on the latest construction materials, construction/installation practices, and construction equipment for of all types of structures including buildings, industrial structures, bridges, highways and railroads. Having bulk of the information of practical value on numerous sub-disciplines of civil engineering in just two volumes will be a boon to the practicing professionals in the field.

The third volume deals exclusively with electrical & Voice-Video-Internet wiring and equipment which play a crucial role in the enjoyment of the built spaces by the occupants. There is generally a lack of appreciation of the impact these services have on the internal and external aesthetics of a building. Due to a lack of integration of the electrical and telecommunication services in the building layout at the inception, the aesthetics of the building is compromised by the time it is completed. Everyone is an avid user of electrical & Voice-Video-Internet services and equipment in his daily life; he will find the third Volume extremely useful to him.

The Handbooks are based mostly on the IS/ IRC codes and thus complement the Standard Specifications issued by various Government Departments and PSUs.

Books and codes on numerous disciplines of civil engineering are generally not available in the field. It is author’s conviction that these books in the hands of the field engineers can bring immense benefit to any organization engaged in construction and maintenance of buildings and structures. E-in-C’s branch, Army HQ and Indian Railways have commended the books to the engineers in the field.

Production quality of the books is to world class standards. There are nearly twelve hundred sketches and pictures in the book all drawn in AutoCAD/ Photoshop and collated in CorelDraw.

Every paragraph is numbered and the exhaustive index is organized by paragraph number so that the busy professional can retrieve the desired information in the speediest manner possible.
There is no comparable book in the market.