Foundation work is not the glamorous side of home building. It is hard, dirty work. But it's also the work upon which all other work rests, and so a good foundation is critical to every home. No source of knowledge on foundations and concrete work is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of <i>Fine Homebuilding</i> magazine. <br><br>This latest edition from the editors of <i>Fine Homebuilding</i> is the biggest and most authoritative volume yet on the subject. At 288 pages with more than 400 illustrative on-the-job photographs and drawings, <i>Foundations and Concrete Work</i> distills centuries of hands-on builder-tested methods and techniques as the finest builders in the country pass on the hard-won trade secrets for better construction. <br><br>From a thorough survey of concrete basics through forming and pouring foundations to keeping a basement dry, <i>Foundations and Concrete Work</i> will serve as the definitive guide to the subject. <br><br>Written by builders from all over the country, these articles are quite literally advice from the trenches.