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This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Plumbing Math Two, Reading Commerical Drawings, Structural...

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Load Calculations – Feeders and Services, Health Care Facilities,...

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes Craft-Related Mathematics, Instrumentation Drawings and Documents,...

ICE Pocket Guide to Steels in the Built Environment is the quick reference guide to using steels in construction projects and structural design. Over 150 steels and subgrades are listed, with each entry containing its naming convention, steel number and...

This important new book presents the background to the modern programme of European Community initiatives, tracing the origins of a European policy on occupational health and safety, and looking at the progressively expanding ambitions of Commission...

Added Value in Design and Construction takes a holistic, student-centred approach to offering public and private sector clients the ultimate reward; doing more for less. The Latham Report was a call to action and this book provides students of...

Building Sustainable Megacities scrutinizes the challenges encountered when designing, planning and constructing sustainable megacities. Chapters explain the role of national and local governments for the strategic planning, development, implementation,...

This edition covers the principles of the design and build system of construction and examines the detail of the operation.Book InformationISBN 9781138149250Author Dennis F. TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor &...

Advances in Building Energy Research (ABER) offers state-of-the-art information on the environmental science and performance of buildings, linking new technologies and methodologies with the latest research on systems, simulations and standards. As...

For as long as concretes have been used as substrates there has been a need for upgrading the immediate working surface, in some instances nominally, in others substantially. This in itself has presented problems because of the inexact nature of the art...

Research and Application of Hot In-Place Recycling Technology for Asphalt Pavement  is the first comprehensive book on the topic that presents over two decades of theoretical and practical experience gained in China. The book gives comprehensive coverage...

The deep mixing method (DM) developed in Japan and Sweden in the 1970s has gained popularity worldwide. The DM-improved ground is a composite system comprising stiff stabilized soil and un-stabilized soft soil, which necessitates geotechnical engineers...

Scaffold-related accidents result in injuries and deaths and continue to occur despite updated standards from OSHA. Make sure your employees are safe and comply with these standards by providing this illustrated English-Spanish handbook. Includes clear...

Improve communication on your jobsite with this great phrasebook. It's filled with Spanish translations and pronunciations for common jobsite phrases in the construction fields most heavily populated by Spanish-Speaking workers: insulation, concrete,...

Changing conditions in Higher Education and national funding regimes preceded a proliferation of construction projects in universities between 1996 and 2006. This book reviews a hundred projects between 1996 and 2006, and uses 9 detailed case studies...

The quality of a product or service is a measure of its ability to satisfy customer requirements. This satisfaction can be assured by the operation of a quality system which will ensure that specified requirements are met consistently and economically...

Construction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place. Geographical coverage is necessarily global to reflect the great variation both in people's economic and social needs and in the shortage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119832096Author Jason ChallenderFormat HardbackImprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 170g

This book seeks to educate and equip aspiring professionals, industry practitioners, and students in the knowledge and practice of contract administration and procurement in the Singapore Construction Industry. It discusses the roles of and relationships...

This book will help you determine the right designs, home features, and amenities to attract the boomer buyers in your market. Discover: preferences for location, home site, and community type; community amenities that will help sell your homes; how to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832550608Author Maximilian KoerdtFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

Water, sanitary and waste services represent a substantial proportion of the cost of construction, averaging 10% of the capital costs of building and with continuing costs in operation and maintenance. Nevertheless, they are often regarded as a...

Polymer Concretes: Advanced Construction Materials provides a comprehensive study on polymer concrete (PC), discussing historical perspectives of its use, the classification and applications of PC, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use...

This title aims to use social science research to contribute towards solving policy problems raised by the rural to urban land conversion process and by high land prices in particular. Ultimately, this book aims to develop the information useful to...

This book deals with sound craftsmanship utilising correct tools and materials. Practical advice on subjects such as framework, design and construction, timberfloor construction and arch centres.Book InformationISBN 9781138408951Author C.K. AustinFormat...

Employees are the foundation of a home building business. And, as small-business owners, many homebuilders often handle multiple internal functions, including human resources management. Managing Your Employees is designed to help builders manage the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832550981Author Tobias Alexander BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Logos Verlag Berlin GmbHPublisher Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

• Introduces LEED and green building principles for anyone in a built environment discipline • No expectation of prior knowledge, suitable for high school students to seasoned industry professionals • 100 question practice exams provided as online...

The Principles and Application in Engineering Series is a series of convenient, economical references sharply focused on particular engineering topics and subspecialties. Each volume in this series comprises chapters carefully selected from CRC's...

urban regeneration is an increasingly important topic in all western industrialized nationsthis is a practical book covering the various revitalization schemes, how they can be set up and how to assess themthe authors are well regarded in their fields...

DESCRIPTION   This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes Conveyors, Troubleshooting and Repairing Conveyors,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786306999Author MazarsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint ISTE LtdPublisher ISTE LtdWeight(grams) 536g

A basal reinforced piled embankment consists of a reinforced embankment on a pile foundation. The reinforcement consists of one or more horizontal layers of geosynthetic reinforcement installed at the base of the embankment.A basal reinforced piled...

This book and its companion volume External Components encourage an evaluation of alternative methods for putting components together. Both use contemporary case studies to relate component design to real building.Book InformationISBN 9781138152458Author...

The construction industry is an information-intensive sector and low levels of productivity are often blamed on inadequate integration of information. This book shows how the different types and sources of information can be integrated to benefit...

Coming from the people who brought you Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, the Dictionary of Environmental Health will provide a one stop reference to over 3,000 common, and not so common terms, concepts, abbreviations, acronyms and a wealth of...

This manual provides a comprehensive source of building component life-span and maintenance data for commercial and industrial building components, following the same format as the ground-breaking HAPM Component Life Manual for domestic buildings. Each...

Standard contracts published for use in the construction industry are complex documents and contain many inter-related clauses. This book will enable the user to find easily not just the main references dealing with a particular topic, but also the...

This guide reviews the way asphalt mixture can be specified, with particular emphasis on the test methods used to measure performance. The advantages and limitations of the tests are described for measuring the desired property, and engineers can specify...

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions and a whole lot more! Key content includes: Finishing and Grading, Compaction Equipment, Backhoes, Off-Road...