Excerpt from Constructional Iron and Steel Work: As Applied to Public, Private, and Domestic Buildings, a Practical Treatise for Architects, Students, and Builders If wood joists are used, these can be cut and trimmed about to suit altered spans and altered arrangements Of stair cases and lift Openings, without serious increase of expense but where concrete floors are used, carried upon rolled iron or steel joists, the case is very different, for the floor becomes a net-work of metal joists, each one Of which should be sent to the site Of such length that it will pass into its place with sufficient bearing on the mam girder, but not too long to be placed without cutting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.