Construction category: 2089 books
by A. Pinder
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
A new edition of a book widely regarded as a classic of landscape architecture, it deals with the 'bits' that go in between the different parts of the urban landscape. A completely updated text makes it suitable for both the professional and student.
Applications of Fire Engineering
Proceedings of the International Conference of Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), September 7-8, 2017, Manchester, United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This book holds the proceedings of the Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), held on September 7-8, 2017, in Manchester, UK. The ASFE’17 conference will be the next in a series (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) of successful conferences that aim to bring together experts...
Innovative Built Heritage Models
Edited contributions to the International Conference on Innovative Built Heritage Models and Preventive Systems (CHANGES 2017), February 6-8, 2017, Leuven, Belgium
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Several international and European institutions have given increasing importance to sustainable approaches to our existing building stock and the role of built heritage in this process. At the same time, preventive and planned conservation of built heritage has been increasingly recognised by researchers...
by Mike Billington
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed.
This...
by Swami Saran
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
The book offers a systematic analysis of footings (i.e. shallow foundations) in a realistic way, using constitutive relationships of the soil. The aim of the book is to deal with the theme holistically, involving the determination of the constitutive law of the soil, and then proportioning the footing...
Smart Business for Contractors
A Guide to Money and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
You are a contractor. You know your trade, and you're good at it. But what about the unique financial and legal concerns of running a construction business? Do you have the right tools for dealing with money and the law? Attorney Jim Kramon provides all the information you need to turn your hard work into greater financial security.
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2015
Innovation and Practice in Industrial Engineering and Management (Volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Being the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Industrial Engineering, IEEM 2015 aims to provide a high-level international forum for experts, scholars and entrepreneurs at home and abroad to present the recent advances, new techniques and applications...
Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design
A New Approach for the Design of Building Envelopes
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Optimization techniques offer immense potential for the improvement of performance-driven design, since they allow the adoption of an holistic approach. This can lead to great advantages: optimal design solutions can be properly identified only if all criteria are considered at the same time, rather...
Effective Daylighting with High-Performance Facades
Emerging Design Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The book explores advanced building-facade daylighting design practices based on diverse energy and human-factor performance metrics. It also defines effective daylighting by rethinking the simplified approach to glazing and facade systems to incorporate the local climate and the needs of building...
Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on 19 May 2010. For new buildings, the recast fixes 2020 as the deadline for all new buildings to be “nearly zero energy” (and even sooner for public...
by William Galvery
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
As a concise yet thorough introduction to the topic, this new edition of Welding Essentials makes welding easy for beginners and is a handy reference for professionals. Its unique, comprehensive question-and-answer format will allow readers to quickly find what they are looking for and fully understand...
by John Murdoch
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Since its first publication in 1975, John Murdoch’s Law of Estate Agency has been the leading work on this important subject. This new fifth edition offers authoritative guidance on all recent legal developments, both legislative and in the courts, of concern to practising estate agents.
Judicial...
by Vicente García Segura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Instruir al operador de la carretilla elevadora para una conducción correcta. Formar al operador en el manejo apropiado de la carga. Informar al operador sobre los procesos y condiciones básicas que se dan en las operaciones de carga y descarga de mercancía por medio de una carretilla elevadora....
by Jim Wild
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Managing building services contractors can prove to be a minefield. The most successful jobs will always be those where building site managers have first built teams focused on tackling issues that might cause adversarial attitudes later on and jeopardize the project. The author shows how a simple...