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Bridges built in timber are enjoying a significant revival, both for pedestrian and light traffic and increasingly for heavier loadings and longer spans. Timber's high strength-to-weight ratio, combined with the ease and speed of construction inherent in...

Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders is a practical guide and resource for architects, builders, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants. The book covers the costs and benefits of smart...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561585458Author John CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Taunton Press IncPublisher Taunton Press Inc

Take command of any building and carpentry project with the robust, construction-specific math skills you will get from the 9th Edition of PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR CARPENTERS. Divided into short units, this combination book/workbook explains...

Very few books explore the problems which are particular to the relationship between Specialist Contractors and the Main Contractor, or Clients with whom they are in contract. Fewer still provide solutions in such a down to earth no-nonsense way as The...

This second edition of Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance provides a solid foundation for pavement engineers seeking relevant and applicable design and construction instruction. It relies on general principles instead of specific...

Reinforced concrete structures corrode as they age, with significant financial implications, but it is not immediately clear why some are more durable than others. This book looks at the mechanisms for corrosion and how corrosion engineering can be used...

The book explains sound insulation in buildings at a level suitable for both graduate students and expert consultants. Theoretical models are set out for sound transmission in buildings, with an emphasis on thick and heavy constructions. Thus, the...

Complications arising from poor collaboration are the source of a variety of the construction industry's biggest problems. It is now widely recognized that an effective collaboration strategy based on the implementation of information systems and careful...

There has never been available a compilation of information on steel estimating such as this one in the entire history of steel fabrication. Designed to provide enough information to train someone new in all the aspects of becoming a steel estimator,...

A successful construction business is a knowledge business. And knowledge must be managed effectively to be used efficiently, especially in a complex project-oriented business such as construction, where skills acquired and lessons learned on one project...

Commerce is inherently complex and the sums of money involved can be astronomical, so it is no surprise that conflicts and disputes are all too common. There are numerous techniques designed to resolve these problems, and this book summarizes the most...

Engineers need to understand the legal and commercial context in which they draw up technical specifications. This thoroughly up-dated edition of Haslam's successful Writing Engineering Specifications provides a concise guide to technical specifications...

Life cycle assessment enables the identification of a broad range of potential environmental impacts occurring across the entire life of a product, from its design through to its eventual disposal or reuse. The need for life cycle assessment to inform...

Three broad sectors of the economy are generally recognized as key to a low carbon future: energy, construction and transportation. Of these, carbon management in the built environment remains the least well-studied.This much-needed book brings together...

Now in its 5th edition, this well established text first examines individual management techniques and then demonstrates these in practice, via a large new section of case studies based on actual building projects. This edition also features a revised...

Building Services Design Methodology clearly sets out and defines the building services design process from concept to post-construction phase. By providing a step-by-step methodology for students and practitioners of service engineering, the book will...

This book tells the fascinating history of the Byzantine Palace of Mistras, erected in the mid-13th century and later expanded to become the seat of the Byzantine governors. From the mid-14th century it was the seat of the Despots of Mistras, and the...

Prepared by the Blast Protection of Buildings Standards Committee of the Codes and Standards Activity Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCEBlast Protection of Buildings, ASCE/SEI 59-22, provides minimum requirements for planning,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905959556Author Mark BrinkleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Ovolo Publishing LtdPublisher Ovolo Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 246mm * 168mm * 32mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857514568Format PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)Publisher Construction Industry Training Board...

Design of Fire-resistant Concrete Structures gives a thorough insight into the behaviour of concrete structures exposed to fire. It mixes theory, including physics and analysed data, with practice and shows design methods for beams, slabs, columns, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538349786Author Christine HondersFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint PowerKids PressPublisher PowerKids PressWeight(grams) 249g

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In 1987, the collapse of L' Ambiance Plaza in Bridgeport, Connecticut demonstrated the need to re-evaluate the engineering of lift-slab construction and determine what is needed to make it safe. This re-evaluation was made by The Task Committee on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780784408582Author Kishor C. MehtaFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint American Society of Civil EngineersPublisher American Society of Civil...

Preparing a concise, well written request for proposal (RFP) is a key requirement for design and construction professionals. The Committee on Specifications of the Construction Institute of ASCE has written ""Preparing Requests for Proposals and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788428315609Author Jose Benito BachoFormat PaperbackPage Count 535Imprint Editorial Paraninfo, S.A.Publisher Editorial Paraninfo, S.A.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839622168Author Nthatisi KhatleliFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

The book contains the papers developed from the presentations at the Distributed Intelligence in Design Symposium, held in Salford in May 2009. In this context, Distributed Intelligence refers to the interdisciplinary knowledge of a range of different...

While architects have been the subject of many scholarly studies, we know very little about the companies that built the structures they designed. This book is a study in business history as well as civil engineering and construction management. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604270044Author Ning XiangFormat HardbackPage Count 542Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross PublishingWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

An essential guide to quality control practices in construction Quality control is a key component of construction management. This valuable resource will help construction professionals develop a stronger understanding of the processes involved in...

Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979, complaints about "sick buildings", thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the need for good air quality, the move towards energy efficiency, decarbonization and...