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Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong?
Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-02-25
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Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong?
Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-02-25
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The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM Regulations 2007) is a revision of a major piece of legislation within the wide portfolio of construction-related legislation. It seeks to improve the long term health and safety performance of the UK...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-02-19
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From the Foreword by Rob Smith, Director of Estates and Facilities (NHS England), Department of Health ‘The built environment for the delivery of Healthcare will continue to change as it responds to new technologies and modalities of care, different expectations and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-01-28
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This book is organized around the various sensing techniques used to achieve structural health monitoring. Its main focus is on sensors, signal and data reduction methods and inverse techniques, which enable the identification of the physical parameters, affected by the...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2010-01-05
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From the book’s Foreword by Trevor Mole, Managing Director, Property Tectonics; President of the European Association of Building Surveyors and Construction Experts: ‘Shu-Ling and Martin have built on their research work and that of others to produce an understandable...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-09-08
Collection :
Innovation in the Built Environment
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Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2nd edition is based upon global research and development work over the last 50 years or more, and follows the author’s series of three booksEarthquake Resistant Design, 1st and 2nd editions (1977 and 1987), andEarthquake...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-07-20
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In steel construction, stability models are of central importance due to the risk of instability in slender structures under compression loading. The book covers calculations for these loadings and practical applications in residential and industrial building.
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-07-10
Collection :
Stahlbau-Kalender
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The Geotechnical Engineering Handbook is the reference book for ground engineering.The first part contains the geotechnical fundamentals, the properties, the substantial behaviour of rock and soil, the determination of characteristical values as well as their...
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-06-01
Collection :
Grundbau-Taschenbuch
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Tensile surface structures are the visual expression of an intensive rethinking of the topic of building envelopes by designers. Advances in design methods, materials, construction elements and assembly and erection planning in the field of lightweight construction are...
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-05-13
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Building pathology provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of defects and performance in order to develop appropriate remedial and management solutions. It considers how the structure and materials of a building relate to its environment, its occupants and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-12
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Most medium to large construction contracts include a claim for extra payment for variations or disruption to the programme. Whilst the causes of the claim are often well documented, what can and cannot be included in the payment is often misunderstood and the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Civil and environmental engineers need an understanding of mathematical statistics and probability theory to deal with the variability that affects engineers' structures, soil pressures, river flows and the like. Students, too, need to get to grips ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-03-16
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This book traces the evolution of theory of structures and strength of materials - the development of the geometrical thinking of the Renaissance to become the fundamental engineering science discipline rooted in classical mechanics. Starting with the strength...
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-03-09
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Building care encompasses everything from maintenance of a building to energy conservation and range of approaches, including the effects on design. A range of approaches to looking after buildings and their users is covered in this book. The rationale and conditions...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-18
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Written by a group of academics and practitioners, this guide is for construction practitioners having to manage real projects. It shows how the risk management process improves decision making in conditions of uncertainty. This new edition includes the input of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-18
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The construction industry continues to face substantial demands forimprovement in quality and cost control, and a reduction incontract disputes. A number of management concepts have beenpromoted to help achieve this, but many in the industry find theconcepts confusing...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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Buildings consume 40% of our planet’s materials and 30% of its energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes of raw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild waste stream. If we want to survive our urban future, there is no option but to build in ways...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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Communicating the design intent, from initial briefing through the design stage and on to the actual construction is vital to the success of any building project. This book looks at communication across physical, organisational and cultural barriers with a view to...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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Achieving value in construction is now emerging as the main challenge facing the construction team if they are to offer the best service for the client. No longer is the aim simply to keep costs under control. This book from the RICS Foundation analyses how to provide...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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