MINDTAP CONSTRUCTION FOR SPENCE/KULTERM
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ISBN: 9781305086319
Author: Kultermann
Publisher: IACCENGAGE
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Chapter 18, Problem 9RQ
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How a contractor know that lumber received on a job has been dried to 15 percent moisture content.
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