Building construction and materials

Collaborative working and partnering between the public and private sectors has been fairly standard practice in some form or other for over 100 years, but it is only in recent years that it has become more prevalent.

* Uses a novel clause-by-clause approach to explain the important JCT 2005 contract* Written by an experienced author, explaining in simple English the meaning and relevance of each clause to avoid common misunderstandings* Includes up-to-date legal cases that explain the development and interpretation of the contractThe Joint Contracts Tribunal's suite of contracts (commonly known as JCT 2005) are the most commonly used in the UK to procure major building work.

A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past.

Las estructuras son un elemento esencial del proceso de construcción y constituyen, sin embargo, uno de los conceptos más difíciles de aprehender por parte de los arquitectos.

This practical, user-friendly textbook starts at the beginning of construction projects and makes important connections between stages, accompanied by helpful illustrations and real-life industry examples.

Immer die richtige AntwortÜber 800 Prüfungsfragen und Antworten machen das notwendige Wissen für angehende Brandschutzbeauftragte transparent.

This book highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of LCA in pavements, bridges, and roadways, as presented by leading international researchers at the 6th International Symposium on Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment (ISPRB LCA2024), held in Arlington, VA, USA, on June 6-8, 2024.

This book highlights aesthetics as pertaining to the structural component in architectural design.

Commerce is inherently complex and the sums of money involved can be astronomical, so it is no surprise that conflicts and disputes are all too common.

Recent advances in green technologies and sustainable development deals with cutting-edge research and innovative ideas in different categories of green technologies and operational aspects of sustainable development including renewable energy sources, power systems, mathematical ecol?

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

This book (in three volumes) comprises the proceedings of the Fifth Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG2019) focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of transportation of people and freight.

Earth-sheltered building has existed since the heyday of Skara Brae in Scotland 5,000 years ago, and is used today by people around the world.

This book details some of the most important and interesting questions raised about the NEC4 family of contracts and provides clear, comprehensive answers to those questions.

This book discusses some of the strategic lines in front of the trends related to the new challenges of global security in this new century: some rather universal problems (migration,  terrorism, cyberspace, conflict resolutions techniques in prisons, economic intelligence), as well as more military ones (new conflicts: new world stage, new weapons, new military doctrines, mass destruction weapons and nuclear arms control, outer space and ocean depths), without forgetting some global and conceptual topics (disintegration is driving insecurity, searching for quality in international affairs, shield of security culture through data protection, information society and the protective influence of security culture).

This book offers a practice-oriented guide to developing an effective cybersecurity culture in organizations.

Der Alltag in Industriebetrieben ist seit Jahren geprägt von stetig zunehmender Komplexität, Informations- und Dokumentationsflut, Zwang zu intensiver Teamarbeit und ständigem Wandel der Rahmenbedingungen.

Japanese government planners set out in the 1960s to build a barrage on the Nagara River, one of the last major free?

This book explains how lightweight materials and structures can be deployed in buildings to meet high environmental and aesthetic standards and emphasizes how the concept of lightness in building technology and design dovetails with the desire to enhance landscape.

This book significantly contributes the digital transformation of construction.

This book provides a thorough and practical coverage of design procedures, with numerous examples and case studies.

Warranty Data Collection and Analysis deals with warranty data collection and analysis and the problems associated with these activities.

This book is the second edition of Numerical methods for diffusion phenomena in building physics: a practical introduction originally published by PUCPRESS (2016).

This volume presents selected papers from the International Conference on Reliability, Safety, and Hazard.

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

For as long as concretes have been used as substrates there has been a need for upgrading the immediate working surface, in some instances nominally, in others substantially.

Understanding FIDIC explains in simple and practical terms what is often seen as a very complex range of international engineering and construction contracts.

This book explores construction digitalisation, particularly in developing countries.

Asthma is on the rise in a number of countries, in this volume Howieson asks what role the built environment has to play and what the construction industry can do to either slow the increase or reverse the trend.

A requirement for the safe design of thermoplastic parts is the ability to precisely predict mechanical behaviour by finite element simulations.

How do you design a landscape book suitable for its intended uses?

This book explores a number of important issues in the area of occupational safety and hygiene.

In recent years building failures and the resulting lawsuits and awards for damages have frequently been in the news.

This new handbook provides a platform to bring together multidisciplinary researchers focusing on greening high-density agglomerations from three perspectives: climate change, social implications, and people's health.

This volume is an initiative undertaken by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society's Task Force on Security, Surveillance and Defense to consolidate and disseminate the role of CI techniques in the design, development and deployment of security and defense solutions.

Un manual de valor ha de satisfacer desde muchos puntos de vista las máximas exigencias.

Aggregates are among the most common natural resource used in everyday's life, having enhanced life quality.

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

This book sheds light on environmental control in buildings from the 17th century onwards.

This book gathers selected contributions in the field of civil and construction engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 2nd International Scientific Conference on Socio-Technical Construction and Civil Engineering (STCCE), held in Kazan, Russia on April 21-28 2021.

This volume collects the proceedings from the International Congress of Polymers in Concrete 2018 (ICPIC), held under the theme "e;Polymers for Resilient and Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure.

This book covers the details of computer-aided tools & techniques for improving work culture and minimizing accidents.

Integrate the best building envelope construction methods, materials science, and structural principles in your work using this book as a resource to help you.

This companion to the bestselling Introduction to Health and Safety at Work will help you prepare for the written assessments on the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (2019 specification).

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

This handbook addresses problems facing the engineer when preparing to build, both during the contract bidding phase and after a contract has been concluded.