Building construction and materials

The book will be published in a flexible, 5"e; x 8"e; format filled with schematic system layouts and graphics showing how commonly measured data can be used to identify operating problems with the HVAC equipment.

This construction client's manual is written in the form of a list of activities.

If we want to continue existing on this earth, an era of renewable energy and materials is urgently needed.

Project appraisal is the process of assessing the viability of a project in a systemic way at its initial 'idea' stage when information is minimal, but the decision, whether to go ahead with the project, is important.

This book provides a Management Science approach to quality management in food production.

This book reports on the first empirical validation of "e;AccuRate,"e; Australia's national benchmark software tool for house energy ratings.

This book explores the connection between digital fabrication and the design build studio in both academic and professional studios.

As existing buildings age, nearly half of all construction activity in Britain is related to maintenance, refurbishment and conversions.

This concise text provides the concepts, methods, and application examples for integrating sustainability into engineering design and production.

Advanced composite materials for bridge structures are recognized as a promising alternative to conventional construction materials such as steel.

This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Thermal Engineering and Management Advances (ICTEMA 2020).

The Fourth International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2015) was held 5-7 October 2015 in Leipzig, Germany.

This latest title from Sarah Lupton, best-selling author of construction contract guides, provides comprehensive guidance to the RIBA's two new building contracts: the RIBA Domestic Building Contract 2014 and the RIBA Concise Building Contract 2014.

The design and construction of the appropriate building envelope is one of the most effective ways for improving a building's thermal performance.

This book presents models and methods for systems reliability assessment, human reliability analysis and uncertainty management.

Condition Monitoring Using Computational Intelligence Methods promotes the various approaches gathered under the umbrella of computational intelligence to show how condition monitoring can be used to avoid equipment failures and lengthen its useful life, minimize downtime and reduce maintenance costs.

This book highlights the importance of incorporating coal bottom ash (CBA) into self-compacting concrete exposed to aggressive conditions.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

Engineering services within buildings account for ongoing energy use, greenhouse gas contribution and life safety provisions.

Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk.

This book provides an overview of the current planning paradigms and technical strategies to cope with climatechange, specifically flooding.

Geotechnical Investigation and Improvement of Ground Conditions covers practical information on ground improvement and site investigation, considering rock properties and engineering geology and its relation to construction.

On the First Edition: "e;The book is a success in providing a comprehensive introduction to the use of aluminum structures .

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural resources.

This book reviews the active faults around nuclear power plants in Japan and recommends an optimal method of nuclear power regulation controlled by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan.

This book provides guidance and insight into the development process for safety indicators to comply with general classification rule requirements.

This internationally conducted study of the latest construction industry practices addresses a broad range of Information and Communication Technology applications.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices (ICSCEP 2019).

What is BIM and how does it affect the health and safety professional?

Advanced Design Examples of Seismic Retrofit of Structures provides insights on the problems associated with the seismic retrofitting of existing structures.

Traditionally the process of design has concentrated on the construction phase itself, with the primary objective being to optimise efficiency and minimise costs during development and construction.

This third edition of the standard text Countryside Conservation charts and evaluates those changes which represent a fundamental revolution in the ways in which the countryside is planned and managed.

This book presents a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the theory of measurement accuracy and provides solutions that fill significant and long-standing gaps in the classical theory.

Engineering litigation is rarely about who is right or who has been wronged.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

"e;Real-time Systems' Quality of Service"e; examines the attainability of efficiency, economy, and ease of use, which make up the quality of service of technologically advanced products.

This book presents buildings developed using modular assembly approaches based on lightweight and corrosion-resistant fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites.

This edited book investigates the lack of interoperability in the IoT realm, including innovative research as well as technical solutions to interoperability, integration, and interconnection of heterogeneous IoT systems, at any level.

Avoid Costly Mistakes for Specialists and Non-Specialists AlikeBad acoustics in buildings is a nuisance that is not dealt with easily.

Ronja Victoria Scholz assesses the performance of cellulose-based Cottonid for implementation as sustainable construction material.

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Just like building physics, performance based building design was hardly an issue before the energy crises of the 1970s.

When the SCION project started in 2009, the goal was to create an architecture offering high availability and security for basic point-to-point communication.

This concise student edition of the most widely used dictionary for construction and design professionals offers clear explanations of essential construction-related terms and concepts.