Innovation in building design and construction depends on innovative strategies being developed by teachers and practitioners, made available to students and then professionally adopted.
This fully revised and updated book is the authoritative guide on how to look after your old house whether it is a timber-framed medieval cottage, an eighteenth-century town house or a Victorian or Edwardian terrace.
The aim of this book is to take the reader by the hand and show them exactly how to carry out various inspection techniques to identify the causes of damp in buildings.
Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment, and synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways.
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet einen Einstieg in die Themen der ökologischen Bausanierung, das heißt gesundheitsverträgliches Bauen hinsichtlich der Baustoffe, der Konstruktion und der Haustechnik.
Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 41st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2023, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.
Mandatory Competencies: APC Essentials is the first book in a new series designed to cover what any RICS APC (and AssocRICS) candidate or qualified surveyor needs to know about the mandatory competencies.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
This book presents the select proceedings of Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR 9) hosted by the ICE (I) under the aegis of ACECC at Goa, India, from 21-23 September, 2022.
Brickwork allows the reader to develop their understanding of key subjects by completing the numerous exercises and tests, including multiple choice questions.
Putting forward an innovative approach to solving current technological problems faced by human society, this book encompasses a holistic way of perceiving the potential of natural systems.
Long-Term Performance and Durability of Masonry Structures: Degradation Mechanisms, Health Monitoring and Service Life Design focuses on the long-term performance of masonry and historical structures.
In the past decade construction and engineering have changed dramatically, with an explosion of innovative new approaches to construction and new methodologies.
This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management.
This text provides training on the fundamental tools and methodologies used in active forensic laboratories for the complicated analysis of fire debris and explosives evidence.
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.
Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice contains the lectures and papers presented at IALCCE2020, the Seventh International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, held in Shanghai, China, October 27-30, 2020.
Architecture History, Theory and Preservation critically explores the historic development, theoretical underpinnings and conservation practices of architecture.
This book offers a selection of the best papers presented during the International conference on Mitigating and Adapting Built Environments for Climate Change in the Tropics, held at Tanri Abeng University (TAU), Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2015.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
This book presents a complete, in-depth analysis for on the impact of liquid sulfur dioxide and liquid sulfur trioxide to carry out complex and difficult sulfonations, as well as manufacture of sulfuric acid with a CAPEX requirement of less than half, an area requirement less than one-third, and no emission of sulfur dioxide.
'Practical Analog Electronics for Technicians' not only provides an accessible introduction to electronics, but also supplies all the problems and practical activities needed to gain hands-on knowledge and experience.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Drawing upon the smart experiences of "e;world class"e; cities in North America, Canada and Europe, this book provides the evidence to show how entrepreneurship-based and market-dependent representations of knowledge production are now being replaced with a community of policy makers, academic leaders, corporate strategists and growth management alliances, with the potential to liberate cities from the stagnation which they have previously been locked into by offering communities: the freedom to develop polices, with the leadership and strategies capable of reaching beyond the idea of "e;creative slack"e;; a process of reinvention, whereby cities become "e;smarter,"e; in using intellectual capital to not only meet the efficiency requirements of wealth creation, but to become centres of creative slack; the political leadership capable of not only being economically innovative, or culturally creative, but enterprising in opening-up, reflexively absorbing and discursively shaping the democratic governance of such developments; the democratic governance to sustain such developments.
This comprehensive volume, often called the "e;HVAC bible,"e; has been thoroughly updated to cover the latest code changes, equipment, and techniquesHVAC Equations, Data, and Rules of Thumb, 3e offers all of the information an HVAC student or professional needs in one resource.
A gap has long existed between construction professionals - such as architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and consultants - and the property development process.
Provides knowledge, understanding and guidance to the detailed and complex requirements of health and safety legislation as applied to the construction industry.
This book presents a selection of recent research works that provide best practice solutions, case studies and practical advice on the implementation of sustainable construction techniques.
This book explores various digital representation strategies that could change the future of wooden architectures by blending tradition and innovation.
The presented book deals with the use of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) as a means of stiffening and reinforcing free-form sheet metal as an application in facade.
This textbook introduces the topics and theories of process control step-by-step in increasing complexity, making the learning of detailed techniques and algorithms easier.
