Building construction and materials

In this volume, the author explains a generalized theory of radiation acoustic phenomena.

Church and Manor (1913) examines the unit of English territorial organisation known as the manor.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene II contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimar Portugal, 13-14 February 2014), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO).

The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years.

Since 1994, the European Conferences of Product and Process Modelling (www.

Much time is spent working out how to optimize the acoustics of large rooms, such as auditoria, but the acoustics of small rooms and environments can be just as vital.

This new edition of Spon's Irish Construction Price Book, edited by Franklin + Andrews, is the only complete, tailored and up-to-date source of cost data for the Irish construction industry.

Since the first edition of this book was published, most developments in welding construction have been within the quality assurance element of the process rather than in welding technology itself.

Spon's Quarry Guide provides complete and up-to-date information on all of Britain's hard rock quarrying industry.

Earthen architecture is widespread all over the world and demonstrates a significant richness of varieties both in application and in materials used.

Specifically written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Roofing contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

This is an essential guide for those taking either the RIBA Conservation Register Course or another building conservation course.

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This book addresses a potential radiation incident caused by the war in Ukraine, from an interdisciplinary approach of medical, nuclear safety and security, nuclear research, geostrategic and population's resilience perspectives.

Computer simulation proves to be a valuable tool for the analysis and prediction of compartment fires.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research, innovations, and practical applications in the field of sustainability, with a focus on construction materials and their use in building and civil engineering structures.

This edited book aims to provide a collection of scientific evidence on gender issues in the construction industry that contributes to discussions on equality, gender diversity, and inclusion in the built environment; it also provides baseline data for policy design and future research on women in the built environment.

This book provides an outline of the Ship-to-Ship transfer process, and how ship's masters and officers can conduct this inherently dangerous activity safely.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2023.

This book covers code development for structural analysis and includes topics from finite element methods such as modeling and analysis of continuum structures.

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

This book provides an outline of the Ship-to-Ship transfer process, and how ship's masters and officers can conduct this inherently dangerous activity safely.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2023.

The application of a new production philosophy, leading to "e;lean production"e; (using less space, less human effort, less product development time etc), is expected to change almost every industry and bring about radical changes in the organization of work.

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies on the highway bridge under collision and explosion.

This handbook provides a clear explanation of the commercial, contractual and statutory aspects of a capital project in the process industries from feasability studies, through commissioning/contract; to construction operation.

This book presents Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks, Hanoi, Vietnam, a collection of peer-reviewed articles accepted by ICISN 2024.

This book presents Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks, Hanoi, Vietnam, a collection of peer-reviewed articles accepted by ICISN 2024.

This monograph puts a focus on the fundamental role of timber, in the European industrialization process.

Concrete repair continues to be a subject of major interest to engineers and technologists worldwide.

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession.

This book explores the way people participate with the Oslo Opera House, Norway.

This book presents a systematic method of learning how to design perfect joints for steel buildings in industrial projects.

This book aims to provide insights into rethinking pathways in the transition to sustainable built environments in the wake of the pandemic and COP26.

This book examines the indoor acoustic environment of China's care homes.

Designing structures to withstand the effects of fire is challenging, and requires a series of complex design decisions.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022.