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9780191871061

A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering / Christopher Gorse , David Johnston , and Martin Pritchard

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 9780191871061

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Covers the key areas of civil and construction engineering, construction technology and practice, construction management techniques and processes, as well as legal aspects such as contracts and procurement. It has been updated with more than 600 new entries spanning subjects such as sustainability, new technologies, disaster management, and building software. New additions include terms such as Air source heat pump, hydraulic failure, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, off-site construction, predictive performance, sustainable development, and value engineering.


Subject: Civil engineering, Building, Building Dictionaries, Civil engineering Dictionaries, Dictionaries, Dictionary, Surveying, Surveying Dictionaries