Building construction and materials

This book includes selected technical papers presented at the First Structural Integrity Conference and Exhibition (SICE-2016).

This unique publication provides the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Africa.

Packed with conceptual sketches and photos, real world case studies and green construction details, Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction provides a wealth of practical guidelines and essential insights that will facilitate the design of green buildings.

This book has been written by studying the knowledge management implementation at POWERGRID India, one of the largest power distribution companies in the world.

This book describes how reliability can be embedded into the product development using a design methodology that uses parametric accelerated lifecycle testing (ALT) .

This book presents critical information on the principles and operation of friction welding, friction stir welding, and friction stir processing enhanced with many robust illustrations.

Der erste und zweite Teil dieser "Vorlesungen über Massivbau" behandeln die Bemessung im Stahlbetonbau.

Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation of existing buildings and environments.

The 1960s and 1970s saw a marked change in the approach to built heritage conservation.

The Fire Safety and Risk Management Revision Guide: for the NEBOSH Fire Certificate is the perfect revision aid for students preparing to take their NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management.

This practical guide to cost studies of buildings has been updated and revised throughout for the 6th edition.

Niger is sand, light, and heat.

This textbook demonstrates theoretical principles and actual cases of structural mechanics.

Divided into four sections-public safety agencies, key issues like interoperability and cybercrime, management skills, and emerging trends like the transfer of military technologies to civilian agencies, Managing Public Safety Technology illustrates how essential managing technology is to the success of any project.

Definitive guide to mastering Design-BuildDesign-Build (D-B) -- the project delivery system in which one firm contracts to provide all of the architectural, engineering, and construction services on a project -- is expected to dominate the market by the year 2005.

Includes the proceedings from the 7th IAASS Conference, "e;Space Safety is No Accident,"e; held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in October 2014.

Construction, architecture and engineering projects are complex undertakings, involving a temporary grouping of people and companies, with different agendas and experience, coming together to achieve a project goal.

This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research.

R&D Investment and Impact in the Global Construction Industry brings together contributions from leading industry researchers in a diverse group of countries to investigate the role of research and development (R&D) in the construction industry.

This book addresses various aspects of knowledge management and technological advances that are driving the ongoing industrial revolution.

The book presents Slovenia's contemporary timber architecture.

The structural analysis of multi-storey buildings can be carried out using discrete (computer-based) models or creating continuum models that lead to much simpler albeit normally approximate results.

The housing and human settlement sector is fast changing, and technology is making it more complex than ever before.

This volume gives a broad overview of advanced technologies for detection and defence against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents.

Current issues and approaches in the reliability and safety analysis of dynamic process systems are the subject of this book.

From Book's ForewardWhat so strongly attracted me in Patrick Geddes when I came to know him in India was, not his scientific achievements, but, on the contrary, the rare fact of the fullness of his personality rising far above his science.

This book contains the proceedings of the fib Symposium "e;High Tech Concrete: Where Technology and Engineering Meet"e;, that was held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, in June 2017.

Construction Technology 1: House Construction offers a highly accessible introduction to the key stages of domestic house construction from planning to internal finishes.

This important new manual goes beyond the published NFPA standards on installation of standpipe systems to include the rules in the International Building Code, municipal fire codes, the National Fire Code of Canada, and information on inspection, testing, and maintenance of standpipe systems.

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area.

The classic guide to boiler operation and maintenance-revised to cover the latest technology and standardsQuickly and easily solve any boiler problem using the hands-on information contained in this fully updated, industry standard resource.

The world of steel is constantly evolving and has become astonishingly diverse, indeed so complex that it is not easy to keep track of it in practice.

Strong ground motion measuring and recording instruments play a major role in mitigation of seismic risk.

This book presents a diversity of innovative and impactful research in the field of industrial and systems engineering (ISE) led by women investigators.

This book tells the story of visionary urban experiments, shedding light on the theories that preceded their development and on the monsters that followed and might be the end of our cities.

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

This book presents solutions for optimizing sustainable concrete fabrication techniques.

This book examines an issue of constant concern in the construction industry, that of productivity.

This book addresses the societal aspects of harnessing geothermal resources for different uses, such as power production, heating and cooling.

Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'?

Piping and Pipeline Calculations Manual is a "e;no nonsense"e; guide to the principle intentions of the codes or standards and provides advice on compliance.

Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete is the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute text for students and instructors in civil and structural engineering, and for practising engineers requiring a full grasp of the latest Australian Concrete Structures Standard, AS3600-2009.

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

Winner of Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 Buildings account for over one third of global energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 5:  Proceedings of the 39th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2021, the fourth volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE) 2018.

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of recently developed scalable algorithms for solving multibody contact problems of linear elasticity.