Building construction and materials

Challenged by the recent economic crisis, the building and construction industry is currently seeking new orientation and strategies.

The definitive guide to earthmoving and machines--fully updated"e;The most comprehensive source of basic excavation information available.

A veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other materials mixed with sand are beautiful building finishes.

The book presents original technologies developed by the authors and existing Russian experience in study and application of technogenic raw materials (such as burnt rocks of mine dumps and ash-slag waste) to R&D of road constructions with high-strength properties and long-life operation.

GRP and Buildings deals with the different aspects of GRP (Glass Reinforced Polyester) and tackles them in a sequential order, showing links which the designer should maintain in the design process.

As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user.

Southern Australia is one of the three most fire-prone areas on Earth.

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

Being a client on a construction project can be incredibly complex and demanding but ultimately rewarding once your ambitions are fulfilled.

The laws of thermodynamics-and their implications for architecture-have not been fully integrated into architectural design.

Buildings with load-bearing earth walls were once widespread throughout Britain and many thousands still survive, including some dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

This book is the inspirational story of one project that shows you how you can become involved in building and running your neighbourhood.

Managing the consumption and conservation of energy in buildings is the concern of both building managers and occupants and this use accounts for about half of UK energy consumption.

Introduction This book includes terms of reference and offers an augmented volume of relevant work initiated within the comprehensive concept of "e;Knowledge Management and Risk Governance"e;.

Back in print for the first time in years, the Watts Pocket Handbook renews its commitment to share industry knowledge by providing technical and legal information across a comprehensive spread of property and construction topics.

This is an overview of all the important issues involved in selecting suitable sites, design and construction methods for preparing repositories for hazardous waste in crystalline rock.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of lighting.

Examines key aspects of quantifying fire safety: property damage, performance of fire services/measures, fire safety modeling and verification, and stochastic modeling.

This book focuses on rethinking working and living spaces and understanding how "e;greening"e; can make them healthier and their occupants happier.

Keep it cool or heat things up This third volume of Audel's HVAC Library gives you a comprehensive, hands-on guide to installing, servicing, and repairing all basic air-conditioning systems in both new and older construction.

This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods for building occupant behavior.

This comprehensive treatment of the subject assesses the performance characteristics needed for application plus the preformance properties of generic sealants.

Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property is the first book to introduce the process of technical due diligence (TDD) and examine the role of the building surveyor within the commercial property sector.

Norway and Russia have been closely related through the ages, both geographically and historically, and have experienced similar problems relating to climate, building maintenance and national wooden architecture.

This book covers relevant synthesizing parameters, their interactions, and advantages of blending fly ash and blast furnace slag as source material, their relationship with mechanical properties and microstructure including guidelines to produce an optimal mix proportion.

This book offers a comprehensive and innovative exploration of maintenance technologies, blending fundamental theories with practical applications in modern engineering systems.

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction integrates insights from business and government leaders with contemporary research, to help built environment professionals turn serendipity to their own advantage by building greater innovative and adaptive capacity into their operations.

Real Estate: The Basics provides an easy-to-read introduction to the core concepts of the industry to students new to the subject or professionals changing direction within the sector.

The first textbook in sustainable construction bringing together the whole range of topics from planning through to facilities management in an accessible and engaging way, and complete with illustrations and photographs.

This book shares key insights into system performance and management analytics, demonstrating how the field of analytics is currently changing and how it is used to monitor companies' efforts to drive performance.

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 does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods and techniques to handle them relative to resource and environmental management.

This book offers a captivating discussion into the cutting-edge developments at the intersection of architecture, engineering, construction, and technology.

It's widely accepted that our environment is in crisis.

Compiled by AECOM, the 2025 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of higher inflation and labour shortages.

The new edition of the Building Regulations Pocket Book has been fully updated with recent changes to the UK Building Regulations and Planning Law.

PROVEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODSFully revised to cover the most current contract information and green building guidelines, Project Management in Construction, Sixth Edition provides project managers and general contractors with the skills necessary to run every phase of a construction job.

This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options.

Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is a relatively new building material.

UK construction supply chain firms face an array of risks going into 2021 as fallout from the COVID-19 crisis - not least the effect of social distancing rules on site productivity.

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

Tired of new software that doesn't seem to work in the field?

BIM (Building Information Modelling) is revolutionising architecture and construction, as more and more practices are realising the benefits it brings to design, sustainability, and construction.

Sandwich structures represent a special form of a laminated composite material or structural elements, where a relatively thick, lightweight and compliant core material separates thin stiff and strong face sheets.

The importance of facilities management to the effective operation of all businesses is now widely accepted.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

The aim of this book is to provide a single source of information to support continuing professional development (CPD) in the built environment sector.