The Tool for All Trades

Now in its 9th Edition, the Construction Dictionary© is a must have for anyone involved in the industry. Continuously in print since 1966, over 85,000 copies of The Construction Dictionary© have been sold throughout the United States and around the world. Developed and published by the Greater Phoenix Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), The Construction Dictionary© was one of the first publications to incorporate terminology from all phases of construction, along with definitions for many slang terms common to the industry.

Proceeds from the sale of The Construction Dictionary© fund educational grants, various educational activities and programs of NAWIC, both locally and nationally.

This hard bound book contains :

• Over 16,000 Construction Terms
  
• 17,000 Construction Definitions
  
• Construction Related Governmental Agencies
  
• Abbreviations
  
• Soil, Asphalt, Concrete, and Timber Data
  
• Often Used Construction Slang Terminology
  
• Trade Associations Listing
  
• Conversion Factors
  
• Weights and Measures in Metric and USA Decimal Equivalents