Building construction and materials

This new edition provides a detailed reference source of the use in residential buildings of materials known or suspected to harm health and the environment.

Quality management has received much attention in recent years, not least in the construction industry.

This volume comprises select papers presented during the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018.

Building design is increasingly geared towards low energy consumption.

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

This book reviews the most powerful attack strategies and potential defense mechanisms, always approaching the interplay between the Fusion Center and the Byzantines from a game-theoretic perspective.

This book introduces researchers and practitioners to Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and its applications in the built environment.

This book presents select proceedings of the two-day conference titled Futuring Design Education (FDE 2024), and it examines the transformation of design knowledge, the evolving spaces of learning, and the ecosystems of teaching and learning.

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 38th MAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2020, the fifth volume of eight from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The tenth edition of Hall and Greeno's leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building, wiring and water regulations, new technology and new legislation.

Risk avoidance has to be addressed not only at the outset of any building project but throughout its lifespan and by all parties involved in the contract.

Sichtbeton und deren Bewertung erfordern umfangreiche Fachkenntnisse in Baukonstruktion, Bauchemie und Baustoffkunde.

This book includes topics in nanophysics, nanotechnology, nanomaterials, sensors, biosensors, security systems, and CBRN agents detection.

Die Grundlagen der Berechnung von Stahlbetonbauteilen werden in diesem Lehrbuch anhand der mechanischen Beziehungen erläutert.

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This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing effective enforcement options from across all parts of the UK.

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 discusses recent developments in dam engineering, covering theoretical as well as practical aspects.

The construction industry is undergoing great change particularly with the introduction of digital technologies and the increasing emphasis on sustainability and ethical practice.

This volume includes a unique group of chapters focusing on new advances in materials for infrastructure sustainability.

This book has been written by two experts in ventilation and indoor air quality with vast experience in the field of kitchen ventilation in both Asia and Europe.

This volume outlines a progressively staged process focused on fostering a more effective, more efficient, and greener global construction industry.

This book provides an exhaustive overview of a class of materials with distinct mechanical and corrosion resistance properties: superaustenitic stainless steels.

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of sustainable reuse of built heritage, as presented by international researchers at the conference "e;ReUSO - Documentation, Restoration and Reuse of Heritage"e;, held on November 2-4, 2022, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal.

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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.

Whole life costing is now integral to building procurement, both for new buildings and major refurbishments.

This book compiles papers presented during the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials (SCESCM) held virtually in December 2020.

This book is a collection of invited lectures including the 5th Nicholas Ambraseys distinguished lecture, four keynote lectures and twenty-two thematic lectures presented at the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2018.

This book collects the scientific proceedings presented during the "e;2022 The 2nd International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference"e; held in Singapore in March 2022 with the aim of showing the latest advancements in theoretical and applied research in the architecture, engineering, and construction sector (AEC).

This volume presents ahistory of heavy timber construction (HTC) in the United States, chroniclingnearly two centuries of building history, from inception to a detailed evaluationof one of the best surviving examples of the type, with an emphasis on fireresistance.

This book focuses on important mathematical considerations in describing the synthesis of original mechanisms for generating curves.

This book provides an accessible one-volume introduction to Lean Six Sigma and statistics in engineering for students and industry practitioners.

In spite of the increasing use and demand for lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC), there is still a lack of adequate explanations to understand the mechanisms responsible for the strength and durability properties of LWAC.

Introduction to Construction Management, Second Edition, is the beginner's guide to key concepts, terms, processes and practices associated with modern construction management.

Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9781119543923) was previously published as Building Chicken Coops For Dummies (9780470598962).

This book is the definitive reference source for professionals involved in the conception, design and specification stages of a construction project.

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

Building Surveys has been a trusted guide for both students and professionals for nearly 40 years, evolving throughout its nine editions to address the challenges and responsibilities of the building surveying role.

As the need for a circular construction industry becomes progressively more apparent, building practitioners are increasingly turning to salvaged building components to construct new projects.

This book discusses in detail the great historical and social significance of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Design-Tech is an indispensable, holistic approach to architectural technology that shows you in hundreds of drawings and tables the why as well as the how of building science, providing you with a comprehensive overview.

This book presents an introduction, a discussion of the concept of the design and the concrete's development, and the properties and testing of the concrete in fresh and hardened stages.

The cost of operating a building far exceeds the cost of constructing it, and yet until recently little attention was paid to the impact of solar radiation on the costs of heating, cooling and ventilation.

This book is unique in describing the history of post war reconstruction from an entirely new perspective by focusing on the changing relationship between architects and building workers.