Construction and heavy industry

This book describes the digitally intensive time-domain architectures and techniques applied to millimeter-wave frequency synthesis, with the objective of improving performance and reducing the cost of implementation.

Dissertation Research and Writing for Built Environment Students is a step-by-step guide to get students through their final year research project.

The environmental aspects involved in the production and use of cement, concrete and other building materials are of growing importance.

Micropolitics and Canadian Business explores the internal structure of industry politics in contemporary Canada.

Understanding the rheological properties of fresh concrete, the hydration phenomenon of cement responsible for structuration, the relationship between the characteristics of the porous solid obtained and its mechanical performances or resistance to the aggressive penetration requires a complex knowledge of the physicochemistry of reactive porous materials.

There has never been available a compilation of information on steel estimating such as this one in the entire history of steel fabrication.

The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.

Sustainable Design and Build provides a complete reference for engineers and scientists who want to conduct sustainability research.

This book describes current best practice in managing construction.

Future Challenges in Sustainable Development within the Built Environment stimulates and reinterprets the demands of Responsible and Sustainable Development in the Built Environment for future action and development.

As usage of the NEC family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment.

Infrastructure is vital to a resilient society and infrastructure investment is therefore critical to the vibrant functioning of societies.

Successful cost management and value engineering in construction is based on accurate and early estimations of cost, and this book is the quickest route to creating a cost plan from scratch.

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment.

A Practical Guide to Cost Engineering aims to show you how to work as a cost engineer out in the real world.

Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together.

Management of Off-highway Plant and Equipment provides a working knowledge of plant management for today's engineers, managers and students, and explains concisely and clearly the factors to be considered during investment in, and management of, construction equipment.

This book introduces and develops the novel concept of Lean Construction 4.

Behaviour of Building Structures Subjected to Progressive Collapse gives in-depth and up-to-date quantitative and numerical analysis of building structures against progressive collapse.

In 1900, Sheffield was the tenth largest city in the world.

Construction projects involve a complex set of relationships, between parties with different professional backgrounds trying to achieve a very complex goal.

Presenting readers with all the need-to-know information on complex construction projects within a single publication, this book expertly focuses on practical issues whilst also providing insights on the law applying to construction projects.

If youre good with your hands and have a great business sense, now is the time to start your own construction or contracting firm.

Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and metropolitan scales.

This book addresses the two major issues faced by the modern steel industry: CO2 emissions and energy consumption.

Hill's Tramroad was established in about 1817 by the Blaenavon ironmaster Thomas Hill to connect his ironworks with Llanfoist Wharf on the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal.

Exploring the social complexities of the Frieda River Project in Papua New Guinea, this book tells the story of local stakeholder strategies on the eve of industrial development, largely from the perspective of the Paiyamo one of the project s so-called impact communities .

Sustainability and Toxicity of Building Materials: Manufacture, Use and Disposal Stages provides a review of toxicity impacts from building materials, including the consideration of the toxicity in the extraction and manufacture of the materials and eventual dismantling and disposal.

This book tells you everything you need to know about international construction: the companies, their markets, the types of projects they build, how they compete and operate and how it affects us all.

Public Private Partnership is a key issue in the construction industry causing much concern among contractors, funders and facility managers.

This code of practice, long established as a leading publication for the construction industry, provides an authoritative guide to essential principles and good practice in estimating for building work.

Steel is the foundational material of modern civilization and constitutes the core of industry, and yet, it is overproduced across the world.

Management of Off-highway Plant and Equipment provides a working knowledge of plant management for today's engineers, managers and students, and explains concisely and clearly the factors to be considered during investment in, and management of, construction equipment.

Global value chains (GVCs) are fraught with the phenomenon of fragmentation and dispersion of production across the world.

In this wide-ranging interdisciplinary work, the authors draw on history, anthropology, and materials engineering to present a comprehensive and ambitious examination of the multifaceted roles of iron and steel throughout history and the current and future challenges faced by the steel industry.

This unique publication is the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Latin America.

The construction industry is a huge employer all over the world, but due to the project-based nature of construction, opportunities to improve pay, conditions and use of technology are often overlooked.

This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social sustainability objectives.

With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically.

This book examines complex challenges in managing major strategic economic and social infrastructure projects.

This book explores construction digitalisation, particularly in developing countries.

A convergence of lean management and quality management thinking has taken place in organizations across many industries, including construction.

Management of Construction introduces all aspects of management practice to students and professionals based in the construction industry.

First published in 1976, Bricks tells the story of bricks in Britain.

This new edition of Reporting for Buyers provides guidance for the surveyor on setting out the findings of the inspection in a clear, unambiguous and unequivocal way.

This guide will help the contractor s staff overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international contract using FIDIC forms.

This book is the first to bring together academic and practitioner views of Value for Money (VFM).

Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts.