Building construction and materials

This book outlines a cutting-edge form of program delivery which the authors term SIP-Form or Strategic Integrated Program delivery.

The conventional interpretation of safety, known as Safety-I, denotes a condition where as little as possible goes wrong, and the focus of practical efforts in management or analysis is on the occurrence of unacceptable outcomes and on how to reduce their number to an acceptable level, ideally zero.

Ob als transluzente Platten, weit gespannte Membranen, luftgefulltes Folienkissen oder in organisch geschwungener Gestalt: In den unterschiedlichsten Formen und Anwendungsbereichen finden Kunststoffe Verwendung in der Architektur.

Narrative Theory in Conservation engages with conservation, heritage studies, and architectural approaches to historic buildings, offering a synthesis of the best of each, and demonstrating that conservation is capable of developing a complementary, but distinct, theoretical position of its own.

Students setting out for a career in plumbing need a clear, concise and comprehensive textbook to help them study for their Technical Certificate and Level 2 NVQ - and this book meets all those needs.

This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), held in Kyoto, Japan, on September 12-15, 2023.

Electrical Safety and the Law describes the hazards and risks from the use of electricity, explaining with the help of case studies and accident statistics the types of accidents that occur and how they can be prevented by the use of safe installations, equipment and working practices.

Now in this fourth edition, the Facilities Management Handbook has been fully updated from the acclaimed previous editions, continuing its status as an invaluable resource to those working in facilities management, whether just starting out or as seasoned campaigners and practitioners.

The introduction of public key cryptography (PKC) was a critical advance in IT security.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2022.

This concise student edition of the most widely used dictionary for construction and design professionals offers clear explanations of essential construction-related terms and concepts.

This volume is the outcome of deliberations on formal methods in aerospace.

The scope of disasters ranges from man-made emergency to natural calamity, from a kitchen grease fire to a hurricane or volcanic eruption.

The Light Metals symposia are a key part of the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, presenting the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology.

Concrete is the second most used building material in the world after water.

This book captures the state of the art of the durability of fibre-reinforced strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) and the durability of structures or structural elements manufactured in full or in part with this class of modern construction materials.

This book reviews the active faults around nuclear power plants in Japan and recommends an optimal method of nuclear power regulation controlled by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan.

Enhancing Interoperability and Automation of Construction Waste Quantification outlines the construction waste quantification (CWQ) modelling that supports data-driven decision-making in the built environment.

This is the classic practical introduction to the broad principles of building management.

This book provides the new results in wavelet filter banks based feature extraction, and the classifier in the field of iris image recognition.

Innovative and novel, this book extends its coverage of the topic well beyond the conventional themes of project solicitation and proposal evaluation.

This book delves into the complexities of space governance, offering innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

The Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology.

From Book's ForewardWhat so strongly attracted me in Patrick Geddes when I came to know him in India was, not his scientific achievements, but, on the contrary, the rare fact of the fullness of his personality rising far above his science.

This book presents the proceedings of an international symposium which aimed to establish at the highest level the best practice and research in three important scientific and technical themes within the domain of residential buildings across the European Community: quality management and liability building economics construction management.

This is the first textbook to address quantified risk assessment (QRA) as specifically applied to offshore installations and operations.

ECPPM 2022 - eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction contains the papers presented at the 14th European Conference on Product & Process Modelling (ECPPM 2022, Trondheim, Norway, 14-16 September 2022), and builds on a long-standing history of excellence in product and process modelling in the construction industry, which is currently known as Building Information Modelling (BIM).

This book presents the latest research in the areas of development and application of risk-informed and risk-based technologies.

While there are several books on market that are designed to serve a company's daily shop-floor needs.

Aircraft noise has adverse impacts on passengers, airport staff and people living near airports, it thus limits the capacity of regional and international airports throughout the world.

This book presents select proceedings of the research symposium held as part of the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023 (UMI 2023).

This book presents papers submitted at 32nd International Conference on Organization and Technology of Maintenance (OTO 2023) held on December 12, 2023, at Osijek, Republic of Croatia.

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area.

Sick building syndrome is for many of us an enigma.

This book provides guidance on delay analysis, particularly in relation to extension of time submissions.

Die Zusammenstellung der gebräuchlichsten Formeln und Tabellen für den Stahlbau dient als Arbeitshilfe für alle, die sich mit dem Stahlbau befassen.

This book provides an overview of the current planning paradigms and technical strategies to cope with climatechange, specifically flooding.

This book focuses on the risk modeling, analysis and control of multi-energy systems considering cross-sectorial failure propagation.

 This book provides an opportunity for investigators, government officials, systems scientists, strategists, assurance researchers, owners, operators and maintainers of large, complex and advanced systems and infrastructures to update their knowledge with the state of best practice in the challenging domains whilst networking with the leading representatives, researchers and solution providers.

Advanced Applications in Acoustics, Noise and Vibration provides comprehensive and up-to-date overviews of knowledge, applications and research activities in a range of topics that are of current interest in the practice of engineering acoustics and vibration technology.

Accounting for Construction follows on from Measuring Construction, edited by the same team.

Fully updated home carpentry, construction, and remodeling instructionThis thoroughly revised, DIY guide takes you through every step of home construction.

The present book provides a new method to estimate elastic-plastic strains via a series of linear elastic analyses.

The energy used to build and operate buildings is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions.

This volume includes a collection of technical papers covering two important research topics in geotechnical engineering: (1) the behavior and treatment of expansive soils, and (2) the characterization of rock properties.

The aim of this book, by the Commission on Wall Structures of the International Council for Building (CIB), is to select certain countries or regions, and examine enclosure masonry walls which are perceived as being typical.

The most practical, up-to-date guide for turning Brownfields into Greenfields This ready-to-use, how-to manual--edited by active developers who have bought, remediated, and sold brownfields--gives you a commanding look at one of today's leading environmental issues.

Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting:Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies provides essential knowledge for civil engineers, architects, and other professionals working in the field of cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting.