Building construction and materials

Ever year, thousands of general contractors and subcontractors must grapple with whether to bid Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) projects, how much to charge for them, and how to manage the job.

This book comprises selected proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018), focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of ocean engineering and offshore structures.

Engineering, as a profession and business, is at the sharp end of the ethical practice.

Measurement of buildings is the core skill of the quantity surveyor.

This book sheds light on environmental control in buildings from the 17th century onwards.

Adapting Building for Changing Uses discusses the comprehensive refurbishment of buildings to enable them to be used for purposes different to those originally intended.

This book deals with the diagnosis, prognosis and repair issues associated with concrete buildings.

Assuming no prior experience of the trade, Roy Hughes details the underpinning knowledge of the materials, tools and techniques required for successful painting and decorating, and provides step-by-step guidance towards developing the essential skills required for anyone wishing to embark on a career in decorative occupations.

Originally published in 1948, A History of Cast Iron in Architecture is a comprehensive history of the part that has been played by cast iron in architecture and the allied arts in Britain.

In this completely updated and totally revised second edition, you will learn the essentials to becoming your own contractor, includinghow to choose a sitedraw up construction time line and flow chartsapply for construction loansobtain essential insurance information, buy plansfind and negotiate with subcontractorshow to comply with building code, inspection, and permit requirements.

Las empresas constructoras no pueden seguir dándose el lujo de operar con altos costos y tan bajos niveles de productividad amparándose en que la industria de la construcción es la más imperfecta y artesanal de las industrias.

This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK-12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students and leading the way towards becoming a green school.

The committee that prepared this report was charged with assessing the state of fire safety research and describing the potential role of the NSF in improving fire safety in the United States.

Bei der ersten Auflage des Buches ließen sich die Autoren von der Absicht leiten, allen in mittleren Ebenen des Bauwesens Tätigen, wie Meistern, Technikern, Kalkulatoren und Fach­ arbeitern, die vorwiegend mit Sanierungsarbeiten beschäftigt sind, aber auch Lehrern an Bau­ gewerkeschulen, Studenten, Auszubildenden, vor allem aber "Häuslebauern" ein Nachschlage­ werk in die Hand zu geben, welches über die Konstruktion, Bau- und Werkstoffe, vor allem aber über praktische Erfahrungen, Regeln und Lösungsmöglichkeiten in leicht verständlicher Form, Aufschluß zu geben.

This second edition of Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner provides a thorough and comprehensive guide to construction law by blending together black letter law and socio-legal approaches.

This book provides thoughtful and extensively researched perspectives, to improve understanding of risks and rewards, and to outline strategies for developing and implementing mature information management capabilities focused on core public safety and security outcomes.

This book focuses on Constructability, a project management tool and its effectiveness in promotion of sustainable development and architecture.

Use of the NEC4 suite of contracts continues to grow and the new edition of Understanding the NEC4 Term Service Contract includes significant additional materials and changes since its original publication immediately after the initial release of the NEC4 contracts.

The book presents the recent advances on testing and experimentation in civil engineering, especially in the branches of geotechnics, transportation, hydraulics, and natural resources.

This comprehensive textbook focuses on the torsion in thin walled structures, highlights the nuances of the problems faced and succinctly discusses warping, bimoment, etc.

* The authors are both established figures in the urban construction field The book will help contractors keep projects on time and within budget

This book offers a systemic introduction and summarization of nanoscale characterization techniques on cementitious materials.

Most of the work technicians routinely perform is in maintaining existing equipment as opposed to installing new systems.

This new edition of Civil Engineering: Supervision and Management updates and revises the best practical guide for on-site engineers.

Divided into four main chapters, this book covers the inception on through to the handover of a project and details the three main stages (study stage, design stage, and construction stage) involved with managing any type of project.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Structural Steel Conference (ISSC 2020).

This book describes an adaptable biothreat assessment process to complement overall biorisk management programs, incorporating threat management and the unique natures of biological assets.

The book takes time as the axis, selecting 98 bridges (or bridge groups) across the country and 7 representative bridges out of the country, reflecting the steps and development of China's bridge construction in related majors and engineering technicians in colleges and universities.

Urban planning practice will undergo significant changes in the upcoming decades, due to major changes and challenges the world has to deal with, such as loss of biodiversity loss, climate change impacts, agricultural transformation, water management issues and health.

This book provides a timely review on recent advancements in rock-filled concrete dam: a new type of dam originated from Tsinghua University in China.

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

This book addresses fire safety of combustible facade systems which has gained much attention in recent times due to several major fire accidents across the world where combustible facade systems had a significant role in enhancing the growth of fire.

This book introduces the subject of probabilistic analysis to engineers and can be used as a reference in applying this technology.

The value of mediation has been widely acknowledged worldwide, as shown by the number of jurisdictions in which the courts enforce obligations on parties to negotiate and adopt mediation to settle construction disputes.

This English translation of the successful French edition presents the conception and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges to cable supported structures.

Improve Your Ability to Read and Interpret All Types of Construction DrawingsBlueprint Reading is a step-by-step guide to reading and interpreting all types of construction drawings.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of FRP composites and structures, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 10th International Conference on Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE), held in Istanbul, Turkey on December 8-10, 2021.

The IUTAM Symposium on "e;Multiscale Modelling of Damage and Fracture Processes in Composite Materials"e; was held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland , 23 -27 May 2005.

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.

If you want an inexpensive, environmentally sound source of energy for your home, you need look no further than the sun.

Praxisnahe Forschungsarbeit, die sich mit den Potenzialen der Holzhybridbauweise für die Immobilienentwicklung beschäftig.

These proceedings showcase the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, and introduce readers to the latest research topics and developmental trends in the theory and application of MMESE.

This book presents original studies describing the latest research and developments in the area of reliability and systems engineering.

This volume contains papers of the 10th European Workshop on the Seismic Behaviour of Irregular and Complex Structures (10EWICS) held in Catania, Italy, in 2023.

This book proposes the formulation of an efficient methodology that estimates energy system uncertainty and predicts Remaining Useful Life (RUL) accurately with significantly reduced RUL prediction uncertainty.

The last two decades have seen enormous advances in the technology and application of building sealants.

The Whole Building Handbook is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society.

Ernst G.

Though much attention has been given to the prefabrication of architecture, there has been little discussion on the influence and importance of prefabrication within the interior environment.