Building construction and materials

This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on-site or in the studio.

John Ruskin's critical commentary on culture and society, transformative in his own time, established him as a leading critic of the 19th century.

This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on-site or in the studio.

John Ruskin's critical commentary on culture and society, transformative in his own time, established him as a leading critic of the 19th century.

The construction industry in developing economies is responsible for creating deliverables such as infrastructure and housing while providing a means of livelihood to an ever-increasing number of management and frontline workers.

SafeBook: the Fire Prevention and Information Booklet for Homes, which is your Family's resource for Fire Causes, Fire Safety, Fire Hazards and Fire Prevention.

Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology, and Health Effects offers a key text on the evolving information regarding asbestos and human health.

This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 5th International Scientific Conference "e;Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering"e;, ECCE 2022, held on September 26-28, 2022, in Opole, Poland.

This book provides a collection of recent research works related to building pathologies, in order to contribute to the systematization and dissemination of knowledge related to construction pathology, hygrothermal behavior of buildings, durability and diagnostic techniques and, simultaneously, show the most recent advances in this domain.

This book highlights recent findings in civil and environmental engineering and urban planning, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Global security threats have created a complex risk landscape that is challenging and transforming society.

Bamboo is considered one of the most sustainable and versatile building materials, driving the development of multiple techniques for its study and utilization.

Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) as a sustainable material is gaining increasing importance in the construction industry.

Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) as a sustainable material is gaining increasing importance in the construction industry.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of building design and construction, by focusing on new design solutions for buildings and new technologies creation for construction, as presented by researchers and engineers at the 4th International Conference Building Innovations (ICBI), held in Poltava - Baku, Ukraine - Azerbaijan, on May 19-20, 2022.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of sustainable construction materials and structures, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 75th RILEM Annual Week (75RW 2021), held in Merida, Mexico on August 29 - September 3, 2021.

This book highlights advances in Cyber Security, Cyber Situational Awareness (CyberSA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Social Media.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021.

This book provides readers with an insightful understanding of the various emerging issues in the construction industry, especially in the area associated with United Nations developmental goals, 4th Industrial Revolution, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Skills and Capacity development.

Worldwide growth and application of post-tensioning in recent years is one of the major developments in building construction.

Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society.

Worldwide growth and application of post-tensioning in recent years is one of the major developments in building construction.

Highly detailed and elaborate, this book is written explicitly for the purpose of professionals who work with gypsum in various technical and consumer-centric fields.

Highly detailed and elaborate, this book is written explicitly for the purpose of professionals who work with gypsum in various technical and consumer-centric fields.

This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for the present and future generations.

This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for the present and future generations.

This book provides readers with an insightful understanding of the various emerging issues in the construction industry, especially in the area associated with United Nations developmental goals, 4th Industrial Revolution, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Skills and Capacity development.

The third edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book continues to guide and educate readers on the broad range of essential skills required to be a successful construction project manager.

Dieses eBook: "Land aus Feuer und Wasser (Science-Fiction-Klassiker)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

People live in indoor environment about 90% of lifetime and an adult inhales about 15 kg air each day, over 75% of the human body's daily mass intake (air, food, water).

This book contains select proceedings of the 10th annual conference of Deep Foundations Institute of India, DFI India, 2021.

This book contains select proceedings of the 10th annual conference of Deep Foundations Institute of India, DFI India, 2021.

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.

This monograph discusses fire hazard and fire resistance in wooden structures with a long duration of operation.

Mit den richtigen Maßnahmen vor den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels schützenDer Klimawandel bringt viele unschöne Dinge mit sich.

Mit den richtigen Maßnahmen vor den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels schützenDer Klimawandel bringt viele unschöne Dinge mit sich.

When accidents occur in the oil and gas industry, the impacts can be profound.

This is the first book to conceptualise and develop a roadmap for the adoption of cyber-physical systems (CPS) for facilities management (FM) in developing countries.

This is the first book to conceptualise and develop a roadmap for the adoption of cyber-physical systems (CPS) for facilities management (FM) in developing countries.

This updated textbook is for courses in cyber security education that follow the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) framework which adopts the Competency- Based Education (CBE) method.

Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course.

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.

Part one looks at delay-tolerant network architectures and platforms including DTN for satellite communications and deep-space communications, underwater networks, networks in developing countries, vehicular networks and emergency communications.

The Definitive Guide to Large-Scale, Grid-Connected Solar Power System Design and ConstructionThis GreenSource book provides comprehensive engineering design and construction guidelines for large-scale solar power system projects.

Safety and environmental impact is of uppermost concern when dealing with the movement and storage of nuclear waste.

This timely book aims to address a significant challenge in contemporary design and architecture, i.

Buildings should not only be functional but aesthetically pleasing.

Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials reviews ways of assessing the environmental impact of construction and building materials.

Shield Tunnel Engineering: From Theory to Practice is a key technique that offers one of the most important ways to build tunnels in fast, relatively safe, and ecologically friendly ways.