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Understanding Construction eBook Series

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  • Understanding IT in Construction

    by Ming Sun, Rob Howard ...
    Series series Understanding Construction
    In recent years, Information Technology (IT) has been transforming business practice in many sectors resulting in efficiency gains and improved services for the client. The construction industry lags behind other manufacturing and service industries in adopting the new technology. To promote the wider use of IT in construction, it is essential to equip practitioners and graduates of construction ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Estimating for Building & Civil Engineering Work

    by John Williams, Spence gedes ...
    It deals in a practical and reasonable way with many of the estimating problems which can arise where building and civil engineering works are carried out and to include comprehensive estimating data within the guidelines of good practice. The early part of the book has been completely rewritten to contain chapters useful to students and practitioners alike for the development of the estimating ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

  • The Green Self-build Book

    How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home

    by Jon Broome ...
    Series series Sustainable Building
    Build your home the 'green' way to reduce running costs, be more self-sufficient and create a more comfortable home.Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated house, this book demonstrates that green is the way forward. Written by award-winning architect Jon Broome, The Green Self-Build Book provides an accessible overview of the different methods of sustainable ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Property Investment

    by David Isaac, John O'Leary ...
    Series series Building and Surveying Series
    This textbook brings together three important aspects of property investment - strategies for investment, markets and appraisal - and explains many difficult concepts in a readable and understandable way. The authors outline the developments in investment and finance theory that have had such an impact on the property investment sector. Concepts are explained with great clarity and worked examples ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Bearings And Bearing Metals

    A Treatise Dealing with Various Types of Plain Bearings, the Compositions and Properties of Bearing Metals, Methods of Insuring Proper Lubrication, and Important Factors Governing the Design of Plain Bearings

    by Anon ...
    Few subjects related to the design or construction of machinery are of greater importance than the subject of bearings. All classes of mechanisms have bearings of some kind and bearings that are properly designed and constructed are a necessity. As every experienced mechanic knows, a poor bearing may tie up a machine or even cause an entire plant to shut down temporarily. Owing to the importance ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • CPM in Construction Management, Eighth Edition

    by James J. O'Brien, Fredric L. Plotnick ...
    The definitive guide for using CPM in construction planning and scheduling—now thoroughly updated to reflect new technologies and proceduresCritical path method (CPM) is the most widely taught and used framework for construction project design, scheduling, and management. This new edition has been fully revised to cover the latest techniques, standards, and software tools. The book begins by ... Read more

    $110.69 USD

  • The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt

    Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake

    Edited by Radu Vacareanu, Constantin Ionescu ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    These proceedings include most of the available information on this major seismic event and its consequences. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a heavy toll in terms of human and economic losses, it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, because of the difficult conditions in the 1940s, the lessons learnt after the Vrancea ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • CDM 2007

    by Pat Perry ...
    The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 repeal the CDM Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996; containing all the legal duties regarding the design and management of a construction project and the safe operating standards expected on a construction site. CDM 2007: Questions and Answers by Pat Perry is a pragmatic, common-sense approach ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Discrete Optimization in Architecture

    Architectural & Urban Layout

    by Machi Zawidzki ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents three projects that demonstrate the fundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition – the layout design, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layout design of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a town square (plaza).The algorithm for the functional layout design is based on backtracking using a constraint ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Experiment and Calculation of Reinforced Concrete at Elevated Temperatures

    by Zhenhai Guo ...
    Concrete as a construction material goes through both physical and chemical changes under extreme elevated temperatures. As one of the most widely used building materials, it is important that both engineers and architects are able to understand and predict its behavior in under extreme heat conditions. Brief and readable, this book provides the tools and techniques to properly analysis the ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Blast Mitigation Strategies in Marine Composite and Sandwich Structures

    Edited by Yapa Rajapakse, Srinivasan Gopalakrishnan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book primarily focuses on methodologies to enable marine structures to resist high velocity impact loadings. It is based on invited talks presented at the recent India–USA workshop on “Recent Advances in Blast Mitigation Strategies in Civil and Marine Composite Structures” The book comprises content from top researchers from India and the USA and covers various aspects of the topic, including ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • How Safe is Safe Enough?

    Technological Risks, Real and Perceived

    by E. E. Lewis ...
    Every time an airplane crashes, a gas line explodes, a bridge collapses, or a contaminant escapes the public questions whether the benefits that technology brings are worth its risks. Written in laymen’s language, How Safe Is Safe Enough? explores the realities of the risks that technology presents and the public’s perceptions of them. E. E. Lewis examines how these perceptions are reconciled with ... Read more

    $22.99 USD