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Shelter & Buildings
A Primer on Sustainable Building
Alternatives To Portland Cement
A Primer for Natural House Building
Building With Logs
1972
Building With Stone And Earth Part 1
Building With Stone And Earth Part 2
Building Without Borders:
Sustainable Construction for the 'Global Village'
(From this link you must save the executable, then run it to extract the ebook, its a good read)
Compressed Earth Block Building Guide:
Compressed Stabilized Earth Block Manufacture
Concrete Construction
(article)
Construction Site Best Management Practices (BMPs) Field Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
CTSW-RT-02-007 (construction erosion prevention)
Fact Sheet: Lime
(no longer online so here it i
s)
Fact Sheet: Round Wood Timber Framing
Handbook for Building Homes of Earth
by Peace Corps
Hemp-Clay:
an initial investigation into the thermal, structural and environmental credentials of monolithic clay and hemp walls
How to Plan, Contract, and Build Your Own Home
Information Guide to Straw Bale Building
(for self-builders and the construction industry)
Methods of Testing Lime in the Field
by Practical Action (complete the survey to download
)
Pole Building Construction The Complete 'How-To' Book Fully Illustrated
(do a search on "PoleConstruction SurvivalRing.ORG" select the link and it will download)
Residential Duct Systems Selection and Design of Ducted HVAC Systems
The Construction of the Timberless House Model
The house: a manual of rural architecture:
or, How to build country houses and out-buildings (1866)
Tin Can Walls
(article)
Practical Hints About Barn Building:
together with suggestions as to the construction of swine and sheep pens, silos and other farm outbuildings (1893)
Alaska's Own Intershelter Polar Domes
Farm Buildings with Plans and Descriptions 1917
Modern Farm Buildings;
being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines (1913)
A Commonsense Fence
Fences for the Farm
How to Build a Garden Retaining Wall
(do a search on "
How to build a Garden Retaining Wall
", select the "
www.coastallandscape.com.au/_literature_88846/Retaining_Wall_Guide
" link and it will download)
Hobby Greenhouse Construction
ANR-1105
Build an Old-Fashioned Smoke House
Carpentry I US Army EN5155 Edition A
Carpentry II US Army EN5156 Edition B
Carpentry III US Army EN0053 Edition 7
Construction Of Secret Hiding Places
How to Build a Hidden Door or Hideaway Bookshelf
(article)
Controlling Erosion on hillside farm roads
Farm & Ranch Airstrips:
How to build your own airstrip
Practical Road Building
(1917)
Bridge, Culvert and Retaining Wall Construction Manual
Fords and Low-Water Crossings
Temporary Stream Crossing
The Deployment and Use of Tactical Military Bridging in Emergency and Disaster Relief Operations
Possible Constraints Buying Rural Land
LC0021 (this is no longer online and since it is an Australian government document, here it is. The tips are still good for the US too.)
Survival Retreat Plan
(article)
Handwork in Wood
by Noyes (1910) (click on the Gear in upper right corner to download)
A short reply to "How do I build/buy a shelter?"
7-30-87 (a great little piece of information to copy and paste into Notepad or other text document)
Basement Shelter 1961
Choosing Shelter Plans For Hazardous Areas
Earth Bag How-Tos (25pgs)
Design Guidance for Shelters and Safe Rooms
FEMA-453 May 2006
Expedient Shelter Construction and Occupancy Experiments
ORNL-5039 (197pgs)
Family Shelter Series–
Basement Concrete Block Shelter
PSD F-61-3
Family Shelter Series–
Below Ground Corrugated Steel Culvert Shelter
PSD F-61-5
Family Shelter Series–
Outside Semi mounded Steel Igloo Shelter
PSD F-61-6
Home Fallout Shelter lean-to shelter basement location plan
H-l 2-F April 1980
Home Shelter–Above Ground
1980 FEMA
Increasing Blast and Fire Resistance in Buildings Design Techniques for Combined Nuclear Weapon Effects
TR-62 May 1976
Perfect Survival Shelter
(article)
Taking Shelter From the Storm: Building a Safe Room Inside Your House
FEMA P-320 3rd Edition August 2008
Design and Construction for Community Shelters or safe rooms in homes in wind zones
2000 FEMA Standard 361
A Wilderness Hide Location for a Planned Evacuation
by J.I.R. (article)
Types of Emergency Field Shelters
(don't know where I got this and can't seem to find it online, so here it is)
A Vacation House You Can Build
(Old Family Circle article on the 'Bolt Together House')
Building Tips and Tricks
(I go this years ago from a site that no longer exists. It appears to be a section of a book with basic carpentry and building tips. If this is copyrighted, let me know and I will remove it, until then here it is)
Building Your Straw Bale Home from Foundations to the Roof
Compressed Earth Blocks: Manual of Production Volume I
Compressed Earth Blocks: Manual of Design and Construction Volume II
Design and Build an Energy Efficient Home
(article)
Earth Sheltered Homes: Plans and Designs by Underground Space Center University of Minnesota (Is a book
that is well worth the purchase if this is the direction you wish to take)
Fact Sheet: Timber Building
Handbook of Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost
(1916)
How to Build Your Own Living Structures
How to Build Your Own Underground Home
(This is no longer online and appears to be copyrighted. The book can be purchased and is well worth the read if this is the direction you wish to go.)
Lime: an introduction
by Practical Action (fill out the survey to download)
Quick Guide Residential Wiring Diagrams, Codes and Symbols
Rock Construction
(article)
The Cob Builders Handbook
The Complete Book of Underground Houses: How to Build a Low-Cost Home
The Construction of the Small House;
a simple and useful source of information of the methods of building small American homes, for anyone planning to build (1923)
The Story of Bricks
(do a search on "
The_Story_of_Bricks uen.ORG
", select the "
www.uen.org/.../downloadFile.cgi?...The_Story_of_Bricks.pdf...The_Sto
" link and item will download)
Barn Plans And Out Buildings:
Farm buildings-Designs and plans; Barns-Designs and plans; Stables-Designs and plans 1886
Farm Buildings;
a compilation of plans for general farm barns, cattle barns, horse barns, sheep folds, swine pens, poultry houses, silos, feeding racks, etc., all representing construction in actual use (1905)
The Book of Farm-Buildings;
their arrangement and construction (1861)
Do-It-Yourself Electric Fence System Planning Guide
How to Build a Low Garden Retaining Wall
(don't know where I got this and can't find it online, so here it is)
Permanent Fencing for Beef or Dairy Cattle
Planning and Building Fences on the Farm
PB1541
Root Cellar for the Homestead
and Part 2
(articles)
Carpentry Made Easy,
or, The science and art of framing, on a new and improved system : with specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc., comprising also a system of bridge building, with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables (1857)
Improving Farm Roads and Drives with Drainage
Low-cost Road Building: Understanding
(article)
Building Culverts and Bridges (8-8)
Private Bridges, Culverts and Low Water Crossings
Floating Bridges-Bridge Engineering Handbook
Plan The Perfect Homestead (article)
Rural Buffers & Natural Barriers:
T022-Adoption of Conservation Buffers: Barriers and Strategies
(October 2013, Due to the US government 'temporary shutdown' due to lack of funds this is not available online, however it is a government document so here it is)
The book of Woodcraft
(1912)
Above Ground Home Fallout Shelter
H-12-2 / November 1983 (Supercedes H-12-2 dated June 1980)
Below Ground Home Fallout Shelter
H-12-1 November 1983
Choosing Shelter Plans For Hazardous Areas
Earth Bag How-Tos (35pgs)
Design of collective Protection Shelters to Resist Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Agents
ETL 1110-3-498 Feb 1999 (do a search on "
CEMP-ET DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ETL 1110-3-498
", select the "
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA403101
" link and document will download)
Family Shelter Series–
Below Ground New Construction Clay Masonary Shelter
PSD F-61-8
Guidance For Development Of An Emergency Fallout Shelter Stocking Plan
DCPA CPG 1-19 July 1978
Home Fallout Shelter Modified Ceiling Shelter Basement Location
H-12-A April 1980
How To Build A Bomb Shelter
Stall Barn & Fallout Shelter for 50 Cows
1964
The Family Fallout Shelter
MP-15 1959
These are plans for Expedient Fallout Shelters
6 Shelters That Can Save Your Life - Or Why I Love Tarps
Jan 11 2012 (article)
Build A Debris Hut
(article)
Seven Primitive Survival Shelters That Could Save Your Life
Wilderness Survival Shelters
(article)
Alaska Log Building Construction:
Guide Building Energy-Efficient, Quality Log Structures in Alaska
Building with Earth
Building With SIPs:
An Introduction to Structural Insulated Panels
Building with Straw Bale for everystep of the way
(online)
Building: The Process and Pulse of Cob
(must login to download)
Concepts: Sustainable Self Reliance Mobile Cabins Homesteading
(article)
Construction Glues
(article)
Dimension Hardwood
(article)
Earthquake-Resistant Construction of Adobe Buildings: A Tutorial
Encyclopedia of Trusses
Fact Sheet: Rammed Earth
Fact Sheet: Straw Bale
(no longer online so here it is)
Health and comfort in house building, or, Ventilation with warm air by self-acting suction power :
with review of the mode of calculating the draught in hot-air flues; and with some actual experiments (1872)
Hydraulic Lime: an introduction
by Practical Action (fill out the small online survey to download)
Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home
(containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)
The Dome Builder's Handbook
(don't know where I got this from and the only place I could find it is @ scribd.com, where you need a login to download or print)
Trusses Low Cost Roof Marvels
(article)
Radford's Practical Barn Plans :
being a complete collection of practical, economical and common-sense plans of barns, out buildings and stock sheds (1907)
Farm Buildings
Sanders Publishing Co 1905 (click on the 'gear' in upper right corner and select download)
Practical FarmBuildings; plans and suggestions
(c1905
)
Rural Architecture:
Being a complete description of farm houses, cottages, and out buildings, comprising wood houses, workshops Also, the best method of conducting water into cattle yards and houses (1852)
Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
(1914)
Fence Planning for Horses
Fences: Fence Planner for the Common Sense Fence
How to Build Perfect Fences
(don't know where I got this, can't find it online and don't see a copyright, so here it is)
The Underground Greenhouse
Instant, Cheap, Easy Root Cellar
Build Temporary Storage using Straw Bales
and some boards and plastic sheet (article)
Modern Carpentry;
a practical manual (1902)
Adopting an Abandoned Farm
1891
A Landowner's Guide to Building Forest Access Roads
(Due to the lapse in federal government funding (Oct 2013), this website is not available.)
Guidelines for Farm Road Development
Culvert and Bridge Construction: Guidelines for Farmers
Private Water Crossings-Considerations Before You Build
Low-Water Crossing Types
Rapid Bridge Replacement Techniques
Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Construction-Minimizing construction errorsion
(This South Carolina sub document is no longer online, so here it is)
Shelter Management Handbook 1978 US Civil Defense
Windbreaks for Rural Living
Pattern making; a manual of practical instruction in the use of woodworking tools and machinery,
the making of simple and built-up patterns, and methods of moulding (1908)
Above Ground Home Shelter
H-l 2-2 June 1980 (Supersedes H-12-2 dated Feb 1973 which may be used.)
Build a Protective Fallout Shelter
Domestic Nuclear Shelters
(Advice on domestic shelters for providing protection against nuclear explosions)
Family Shelter Series–
Above Ground Earth-Covered Lumber A-Frame Shelter
PSD-F-61-7
Family Shelter Series–
Basement Corrugated Lean-To Shelter
PSD F-61-2
Family Shelter Series–
Outside Semi mounded Plywood Box Shelter
PSD F-61-4
Home Blast Shelter
H-12-3 November 1983 (Supercedes H-12-3 dated July 1981)
Home Fallout Shelter tilt-up storage unit shelter basement location
H-12-F April 1980
Home Shelter–Outside Concrete
1980 FEMA
In-residence and Small Business Safe Room Designs
Department of Homeland Security
Storm Shelters: Selecting Design Criteria
FEMA DR 1679 RA2 Feb 2007
Underground Bunkers Now and Then: Security Shelters for Changing Threats
A Makeshift Shelter from the Storm:
An Evaluation of Pediatric Disaster Preparedness in Texas 2007
Guide to Bush Base Shelters
(online text file)
Survival (Fallout) Shelter Construction Manual