Building construction and materials Books

Ouheidkundige Brieven, Eene Verhandeling Over De Manier Van Begraven, En Over De Lykbusschen, Wapenen, Veld En Eertekens, Der Oude Germanen is een boek geschreven door Jan Van Lier in 1760. Het boek gaat over de oude Germanen en hun manier van begraven,...

Pompeii, Past and Present, Illustrated by Photographs of the Ruins as They Are: With Sketches of Their Original Elevations is a book written by Eustace Neville Rolfe in 1884. The book is a comprehensive exploration of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii,...

Advertencias Para La Medida, Y Calculo De Los Desmontes O Excavaciones, En Terrenos Irregulares (1766) es un libro escrito por Pedro De Lucuze que brinda informaci������n detallada sobre c������mo medir y calcular los desmontes o excavaciones en terrenos...

The book gives the details of thin shell roofs using concrete.  No structural form perhaps does greater justice to the special attributes of concrete than thin shell construction. They derive strength through form rather than through mass...

he present book "Construction Project Planning" will give a working knowledge of the important details of Civil Engineering Construction Project. It is a unique subject being taught at B.Tech/M.Tech in Civil Engineering. The book has been written to...

Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, grade: 80.00, , course: Civil Engineering (Environmental and ASAL Option), language: English, abstract: Groundwater is the world's most readily available source of...

Project Report from the year 2017 in the subject Engineering - General, grade: 1,7, Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe - University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Until now, tensegrity structures receive less importance in civil...

A password journal with a major difference! An alphabetized storage solution for over 500 separate account, username and password details, using one or more secret keys to help keep the password information secure, even if the book itself is accessed or...

The Heritage of Longwoodby William L. WhitwellLongwood in Natchez, Mississippi is a celebration of American eccentricity. Dr. Haller Nutt, who made a fortune in cotton during the pre-Civil War boom, wanted a home that would be different, one with...

Stonehenge And Its Barrows (1876) is a book written by William Long. It is a detailed study of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge and the surrounding burial mounds or barrows. The book covers the history of the site, its construction, and the many...

Traditional building economics has primarily been concerned with issues around project appraisal and cost management techniques. On the other hand, modern construction economics has a wider focus with stronger links to mainstream...

""Recent Excavations in Rome"" is a historical account of the archaeological discoveries made in Rome in the year 1866. Written by Alexander Thomson, the book provides a detailed description of the excavations carried out in various parts of the city,...

Pottery And Porcelain At The Paris Exposition (1879) is a book written by Jenny J. Young that provides a comprehensive overview of the pottery and porcelain exhibits that were displayed at the Paris Exposition of 1879. The book covers a wide range of...

Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Scenery Reached by the Grand Trunk Railway is a book published in 1895 by the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. It is a collection of sketches, illustrations, and descriptions of the various landscapes and destinations...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""On The Discovery And Exploration Of Roman Remains At South Shields, In The Years 1875 To 1876"" is a historical book written by R. E. Hooppell and published in 1878. The book focuses on the discovery and exploration of Roman remains at South Shields in...

Lydd: And Its Church is a historical book written by Thomas H. Oyler in 1894. The book provides a comprehensive account of the town of Lydd in Kent, England, and its church. The author explores the town's history, geography, and architecture, as well as...

The book ""Distribution Of Energy In The Spectra Of Platinum, Palladium, And Tantalum"" was written by George Vest McCauley in 1911. It is a scientific study that focuses on the distribution of energy in the spectra of three metals: platinum, palladium,...

""M�����moire Arch�����ologique sur les D�����couvertes d'Herbord: Dites de Sanxay (1883)"" est un livre �����crit par Camille de la Croix. Ce livre d�����crit les d�����couvertes arch�����ologiques faites dans la r�����gion de Sanxay, en France, par un...

One Hundred Easy Window Trims is a book published by the Byxbee Publishing Company in 1913. The book is a guide for retailers and store owners on how to make their store windows more profitable. It provides 100 different window trim ideas that are easy...

Londinium Redivivum V3: Or An Ancient History And Modern Description Of London (1805) is a book written by James Peller Malcolm. It is a comprehensive historical and descriptive account of the city of London, covering its ancient origins and development...

""Lives of the Engineers, Harbors, Lighthouses, Bridges: Smeaton and Rennie"" is a book written by Samuel Smiles and published in 1874. The book is a collection of biographies of two prominent civil engineers, John Smeaton and John Rennie, who were...

... La cheminée est une invention du Moyen âge. Les anciens ne l'ont pas connue. Les premiers peuples dont l'histoire fasse mention, dans notre hémisphère, étaient confinés en Asie, dans les régions qui avoisinent le golfe Persique, et en Europe, sur les...

... En France les bouchers fondaient eux-mêmes les graisses, et avec ce suif fabriquaient les chandelles. Une corporation de chandeliers fut établie en France vers 1016, sous le roi Philippe Ier, et régularisée vers 1470.La lanterne fut imaginée vers les...

This is my MPhil thesis on the topic of using infrared flash thermography (FT) for detecting surface cracks,subsurface defects and water-paths in building structures.Infrared thermography was started to apply on building diagnosis in the early 19th...

This book is intended to provide a methodology for the design of grouted bolts, based on empirical and analytical methods. The main objectives of this book are to offer the practical means for better characterization of poor to very poor rock masses ...

Self-consolidating high performance concrete (SCHPC)is a special concrete that spreads through congestedreinforcement and fills every corner of the formworkunder self-weight, provides high strength, and showsgood durability. It is produced by exploiting...

The author, Nitin Naik is an enthusiastic engineer who started his career as a Civil Engineer in mid 90s. Nitin has worked with renowned universities in Hong Kong and Australia focusing on applied research with various challenging topics that include...

This book explores working and learning practices in the context of safety within the Civil Construction Industry of Western Australia and specifically focuses on the relations between organisational safety values and current working practices, primarily...

The value of this book to the reader as well as their agency is based on offering essential information to assist in their desire to provide:A mechanism to consistently train employees A tool to evaluate the effective of the field crewsA means of...

Big businesses, small businesses, government agencies, and workers are all active in safety today.In fact, safety is currently the single most acted-upon and yet routinely ignored issue in the construction industry. We see enormous amounts of activity...

Sustainable construction engineering focuses on reducing the negative impacts of construction on the environment. This process starts from the very beginning of construction like choosing recycled materials, efficient use of resources, reducing waste,...

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning is a technology that is concerned with indoor and vehicular environmental comfort. Its objective is to provide comfort and high indoor air quality. The technology develops on the principles of fluid mechanics,...

A building can be defined as a structure, which has a roof and walls. The architectural, technical and engineering applications for designing buildings is referred to as building design. Zoning requirement, investigation of the environmental impact of...

Civil engineering is a branch of engineering that is concerned with the construction, design and maintenance of physical infrastructure such as bridges, roads, dams, airports, sewage systems, railways, etc. Many different types of building materials are...

This book is an advanced, well-rounded and in-depth view about what it takes to be the best in the international arena, in a world where change is the only constant. It is endorsed by a wide range of industry experts. This well-researched book will take...

Many of the struggles that we are currently experiencing when attempting to implement Lean in the construction environment are the direct result of applying Lean tools out of proper context. Understanding Lean as an overall operating system will help to...

The first edition published in 2010. The response was encouraging and many people appreciated a book that was dedicated to quality management in construction projects. Since it published, ISO 9000: 2008 has been revised and ISO 9000: 2015 has published...

This book covers the field of applied geotechnology related to all aspects of construction in ground, including compacted fill, excavations, ground improvement, foundations, earth retaining systems and geotechnical site characterization. It suits the...

DISTRICT COOLING: THEORY and PRACTICE provides a unique study of an energy cogeneration system, set up to bring chilled water to buildings (offices, apartment houses, and factories) needing cooling for air conditioning and refrigeration. In winter, the...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

This state of the art report from an international task group (TG44) of CIB, the International Council of Building Research Organizations, presents a highly authoritative guide to the application of innovative technologies on response control and seismic...

Construction teams are usually complex, interdisciplinary and temporary, and, as such, the need for effective communication is crucial. However, published data regarding the manner in which individuals interact within the temporary project team is...

Residential Real Estate introduces readers to the economic fundamentals and emerging issues in housing markets. The book investigates housing market issues within local, regional, national and international contexts in order to provide students with an...

Across the AEC industry, the non-technical skills possessed by organisations are key to their overall performance. In this study, the particular importance of optimising the so-called "soft power" of organisations, is addressed. Things like...

Effective risk and opportunity management is key to the successful delivery of any major engineering and　construction project. This book looks at how all those involved can manage risk and capitalise on the opportunities that uncertainty present. The...

Detailing the major developments of the last decade, the Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology, Second Edition updates the original and remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the subject. With all chapters either revised (in some...