Electronic Books

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Constructing Architecture

This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition ...

Construction Materials : Their Nature and Behaviour / Marios Soutsos, Peter Domone

Provides an understanding of materials’ behaviour through knowledge of their chemical and physical structure. It covers ...

Construction Materials Manual / Manfred Hegger, Volker Auch-Schwelk, Matthias Fuchs, Thorsten Rosenkranz

Until now, the few existing systematic texts on construction materials have primarily been directed at building engineers. ...

Construction Materials, Methods, and Techniques: Building for a Sustainable Future / Eva Kultermann, William P. Spence

Covers both traditional and contemporary materials, current industry standards and new and emerging technologies. The only ...

Construction materials, methods and techniques : building for a sustainable future / Eva Kultermann, William P. Spence

Explores the most up-to-date green and sustainable methods for residential and commercial building construction as well as ...

Designers' Guide to EN1991-1-2, EN1992-1-2, EN1993-1-2 and EN1994-1-2: Handbook for the Fire Design of Steel, Composite and Concrete Structures to the Eurocodes

The nature of the loading must first be understood before applying the structural engineering principles set out in the Eurocodes. ...

Designing with the Wind : Climate-Derived Architecture / Lenka Kabošová , Dušan Katunský , Stanislav Kmeť

This book explores wind-adaptive architectural design blending the parametric design with digital simulations and suggests ...

Development of Geopolymer from Pond Ash-Thermal Power Plant Waste: Novel Constructional Materials for Civil Engineers / Muktikanta Panigrahi, Ratan Indu Ganguly

Demonstrates how to utilize fly ash/pond ash (waste materials from thermal power plants) to produce a novel material called ...

Digital Technologies in Construction Engineering : Selected Papers / Sergey Vasil'yevich Klyuev

Includes the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of construction engineering, as presented by researchers ...

Drying and Wetting of Building Materials and Components / J.M.P.Q. Delgado

Discusses important topics of heat and mass transfer in particulate materials Includes a set of new developments in the science ...

Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials / Junaid Ahmad Malik, Shriram Marathe

Deals with the present adverse effects of using precarious building materials on the ecology and human health. Also, the ...

Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering II / Zbigniew Zembaty, Zbigniew Perkowski, Damian Beben

Rports on findings concerning structural material behavior, and new methods and technologies in constructions. A special ...

Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings : Engineering Guide / International Code Council

Provides information on special topics that affect the fire safety performance of very tall buildings, their occupants and ...

Flat Roof Construction Manual: Materials, Design, Applications / Klaus Sedlbauer, Eberhard Schunck, Rainer Barthel, Hartwig M. Kunzel

The flat roof is extremely popular with architects. Its essential task is to shelter the space beneath it from the elements. ...

Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods

Building Construction has been the go-to reference for thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, ...

Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods / Edward Allen, Joseph Iano

Reference for thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, and construction technology for over ...

Glass Construction Manual / Christian Schittich, Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow, Matthias Schuler, Werner Sobek

Presents the current state of the art on planning and building with glass, from the history through the technical foundations ...

Ground Improvement and Reinforced Soil Structures ; Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 Volume 2

This volume comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2020. The contents focus on recent ...

Handbook for Building Construction : Administration, Materials, Design, and Safety Authors:Clifford J. Schexnayder (Author), Christine M. Fiori

Shows, step-by-step, how to work through the many stages of a building construction project―from planning and material ...

Historic Construction and Conservation : Materials, Systems and Damage / Pere Roca, Paulo B. Lourenço, Angelo Gaetani

Takes a modern approach to the meaning of a heritage structure and its conservation. The historical evolution of conservation ...

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