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Bundle: High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction – 4 volume set
Author(s): High Speed Two
Publication date: 20 February 2023
ISBN: 9780727767004
£270.00
The main construction of HS2, Britain’s new zero carbon, high-speed railway, began in September 2020, when delivery activity on Phase One moved from enabling works, scheme design and preparatory work to full construction of the railway. The new railway will link London and the West Midlands and eventually extend services to the North and Scotland.
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High Speed Two (HS2): Infrastructure Design and Construction - Volume 4 Architecture, Digital Engineering, Environment and Heritage
Author(s): High Speed Two
Publication date: 14 February 2023
ISBN: 9780727766915
£75.00
This volume of High Speed Two: Infrastructure Design and Construction from the HS2 Project, contains a collection of papers submitted to HS2 Ltd’s Technical Papers Competition. It is divided into three sections: design and architecture, digital engineering and environmental heritage; and features contributions from consultants, contractors, supplie
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Crossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction - 6 volume set
Author(s): Crossrail
Publication date: 23 May 2022
ISBN: 9780727766601
£374.50
Across 6 volumes, Crossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction contains a collection of papers submitted to Crossrail’s Technical Papers Competition. Contributions have come from consultants, contractors, suppliers and third-party stakeholders all of whom have been involved in the Crossrail project. The papers cover a variety of discip
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Cities for Driverless Vehicles: Planning the future built environment with shared mobility
Author(s): Xu Zhang
Publication date: 25 October 2021
ISBN: 9780727764522
£93.75
Cities for Driverless Vehicles examines the relationship between autonomous vehicles, transport infrastructure requirements and urban forms, as well as explores ways to adopt autonomous vehicles into future cities. With insights drawn from urban planners and professionals across the world, the book informs you how our future cities will look, what
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Blue-Green Cities: Integrating urban flood risk management with green infrastructure
Author(s): Colin Thorne
Publication date: 03 August 2020
ISBN: 9780727764195
£59.00
In Blue-Green Cities, Colin Thorne and the team of authors, demonstrate how urban flood risk management based on Blue-Green approaches and infrastructure can deliver both sustainable flood risk management and multiple co-benefits that are valued by urban communities. Cities world-wide are seeking novel solutions to problems with aging 'grey' draina
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Reservoir Management
Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 20 September 2019
ISBN: 9780727763570
£110.50
Reservoir Management is the indispensable guide to managing all aspects of small to large reservoirs and dams. Reservoir managers now require a wealth of technical, environmental and legal knowledge alongside a background to key aspects of design, as well as safety know-how, in order to successfully manage their assets. There is also a need for res
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Smart Concrete (ICE Themes)
Author(s): Edited by Ravindra K Dhir OBE and Kevin Paine
Publication date: 19 September 2019
ISBN: 9780727764577
£138.25
Smart Concrete (ICE Themes) brings together fascinating insights into this new and evolving field of concrete. In defining smart concrete as concrete that is capable of responding automatically to the actions imposed upon it, research has sought to develop concrete that is stronger, more sustainable and resilient. This assists the construction indu
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Recommendations for the Inspection, Maintenance and Management of Car Park Structures, Second edition
Author(s): ICE, Chris Whapples and Leo McKibbins
Publication date: 22 January 2018
ISBN: 9780727758392
£63.00
Recommendations for the Inspection, Maintenance and Management of Car Park Structures, Second edition provides technical guidance, and establishes a benchmark for good practice for car park owners, operators, and engineering consultants. Against the background of new health and safety legislation, this second edition of the guidance has been extens
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Crossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction - Volume 4
Author(s): Crossrail, Rhys Vaughan Williams and Mike Black
Publication date: 12 September 2017
ISBN: 9780727763594
£89.25
The construction of the Crossrail project began at North Dock in Canary Wharf in May 2009. With the railway due to open in 2018, it is one of the largest single infrastructure investments undertaken in the UK to date. It consists of 21 kilometres of new twin-bore tunnels and 10 new world-class stations in central London connecting to upgraded lines
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Keating Construction Dispute Resolution Handbook, Third Edition
Author(s): Edited by Robert Gaitskell
Publication date: 22 November 2016
ISBN: 9780727761644
£88.25
Keating Construction Dispute Resolution Handbook provides straightforward and pragmatic advice on dealing with construction disputes, at all stages, using principles that are applicable internationally. The book covers the complete spectrum of dispute resolution expertise required by construction professionals. Written by a team of dual-qualified b
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Crossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction - Volume 3
Author(s): Edited by Mike Black
Publication date: 31 August 2016
ISBN: 9780727761293
£77.50
The construction of the Crossrail project began at North Dock in Canary Wharf in May 2009. Seven years on, it is the biggest railway construction project in Europe and is one of the largest single infrastructure investments undertaken in the UK. It consists of 21 km of new twin-bore tunnels under central London and 10 new world-class stations const
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Dams - Benefits and Disbenefits; Assets or Liabilities?
Author(s): Edited by Andrew Pepper
Publication date: 22 August 2016
ISBN: 9780727761330
£200.25
This book contains the proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the British Dam Society, Dams - Benefits or Disbenefits; Assets or Liabilities?
Work to reservoirs and dams today covers far more than engineering, and the papers in this book show how engineers integrate their work with other disciplines to minimise the adverse impacts of sch
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Transforming the Future of Infrastructure Through Smarter Information: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Author(s): RJ Mair, K Soga, Y Jin, AL Parlikad and JM Schooling
Publication date: 21 June 2016
ISBN: 9780727761279
£187.25
The International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) brings together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of infrastructure planning, asset management and sensing. Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information covers a wide range of topics of relevance to smart infrastructure and
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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geotechnique Symposium in Print
Author(s): Stuart Haigh (ed.)
Publication date: 16 November 2015
ISBN: 9780727761491
£78.75
The many large earthquakes of the last decade, including the series in Christchurch in 2010-2011 and the Tohoku earthquake in Japan, have focused even greater attention on the cyclic behaviour of soils during these events. Great advances have recently been made on all aspects of soil dynamics, from the prediction of liquefaction based on site inves
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Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Author(s): MG Winter, DM Smith, PJL Eldred and DG Toll
Publication date: 11 September 2015
ISBN: 9780727760678
£379.00
These volumes contain the proceedings of the XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE), Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development. Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development covers a wide range of topics which are of direct relevance to all who work within the broad field of g
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Crossrail Project: Infrastructure Design and Construction - Volume 2
Author(s): Mike Black, Christian Dodge and Jessica Yu (eds.)
Publication date: 07 September 2015
ISBN: 9780727761026
£97.50
The construction of the Crossrail project began at North Dock in Canary Wharf in May 2009. Six years on, it is the biggest railway construction project in Europe and is one of the largest single infrastructure investments undertaken in the UK. It consists of 21 km of new twin-bore tunnels under central London and 10 new world-class stations constru
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Stadium and Arena Design (Stadium Engineering, 2nd edition)
Author(s): Edited by Peter Culley and John Pascoe
Publication date: 08 June 2015
ISBN: 9780727757906
£125.75
Winner of the Washington DC - Baltimore Society for Technical Communication's 2015-2016 Award of Excellence
Stadium and Arena Design recognises the importance of the multidisciplinary approach required to design, build and run modern, international stadiums. Bringing together a broad range of knowledge from specialists in each of the key areas of
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The Shell Bitumen Handbook, 6th edition
Author(s): Robert N. Hunter (ed.)
Publication date: 28 January 2015
ISBN: 9780727758378
£142.50
Shell has been at the forefront of bitumen technology for over 90 years, and continues to play a leading role in global bitumen research and development. The Shell Bitumen Handbook is an authoritative source of information on bitumen use in road pavements around the world. The Shell Bitumen Handbook explores the very latest technical trends within
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Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Volume 3: 1890-1920
Author(s): Edited by R.C. McWilliam and M. Chrimes
Publication date: 27 August 2014
ISBN: 9780727758347
£265.25
The third volume of the authoritative source of information on the engineers who designed public works over the past 300 years.
Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland discusses the lives of the people who were concerned with awe-inspiring engineering feats between the years 1891-1920 including building harbours a
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Forensic Engineering: Informing the Future with Lessons from the Past
Author(s): Edited by John Carpenter
Publication date: 06 September 2013
ISBN: 9780727758224
£161.50
Forensic Engineering: Informing the Future with Lessons from the Past is the published proceedings from the Institution of Civil Engineers' Fifth International Conference on Forensic Engineering, held in London on 16-17 April 2013. The conference maintained a 150 year tradition pioneered by Telford, Brunel and Stephenson, where lessons learned from
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Intelligent Buildings, 2nd edition
Author(s): Edited by D. Clements-Croome
Publication date: 15 August 2013
ISBN: 9780727757340
£69.25
Intelligent Buildings is a comprehensive guide to the latest knowledge on the design, construction, management and technology of intelligent buildings and cities for sustainable developments that meet the needs of users now and in the future. Intelligent buildings are functional, economical, adaptable and sustainable, responding to the needs of the
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Partial Saturation in Compacted Soils
Author(s): Edited by Domenico Gallipoli
Publication date: 13 March 2013
ISBN: 9780727757753
£88.25
Compacted soils are relevant to many geotechnical applications, from earth dams to infrastructure embankments, nuclear waste disposal and rammed-earth buildings. Every geotechnical structure made of compacted soils will include sections that remain partly saturated at least for a period of its service life. Improved understanding of this fast growi
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Joint Ventures in Construction 2: Contract, governance, performance and risk
Author(s): Edited by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Masamitsu Onishi and Sharina Farihah Hasan
Publication date: 27 September 2012
ISBN: 9780727757838
£92.75
A collection of carefully selected papers from the International Conference on Multi-National Joint Ventures for Construction Works held in varying locations within the Asia Pacific region.;The book endeavours to report ongoing debates on the theory and practiceof contract and contract formation, governance, performance and risk in joint ventures,
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Flood Risk: Planning, Design and Management of Flood Defence Infrastructure
Author(s): Paul Sayers (Editor)
Publication date: 06 July 2012
ISBN: 9780727741561
£116.25
This uniquely comprehensive guide for engineers and scientists demonstrates the feasibility of an integrated approach that combines resilient infrastructure with adaptive flood risk management. The book offers practical guidance on managing existing flood defences and designing and planning new ones. Key legislation is discussed together with insig
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Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety, 2nd edition
Author(s): Alan Beard and Richard Carvel
Publication date: 31 October 2011
ISBN: 9780727741530
£154.25
Handbook of Tunnel Fire Safety is the first book to span the spectrum of state-of-the-art knowledge in tunnel fire safety science and engineering. The construction of longer and increasingly complex tunnels and rapid changes in processes, materials and technology mean it is more important than ever to stay up-to-date. Drawing on the latest research
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Bridge Design to Eurocodes: UK Implementation
Author(s): Edited by Steve Denton
Publication date: 05 October 2011
ISBN: 9780727741509
£154.25
As of April 2010, Eurocodes replaced British Standards as the principal design standards for bridges in the UK. In support of the transition the Bridge Design to Eurocodes: UK Implementation conference held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in November 2010 brought important background and explanatory information into the public domain. The pro
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Delivering London 2012: Planning and People - a Civil Engineering Special Issue
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 01 May 2011
ISBN: 9780727757159
£11.00
Winning and delivering the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to become one of the UK's most compelling stories of the early twenty-first century. In just 7 years a talented team of civil engineers and other professionals will have transformed one of the most derelict and neglected sites in Europe into a spectacular theatre for the wor
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The Middle East - a Civil Engineering special issue
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 06 November 2009
ISBN: 9780727740588
£21.75
This special issue of the highly respected Civil Engineering journal from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers focuses on the Middle East. Papers range from an outline of the history of development in the Middle East; to how principles of sustainability have been embraced and are currently being implemented in projects across the r
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Client Best Practice Guide
Author(s): ICE Best Practice Panel
Publication date: 13 October 2009
ISBN: 9780727736505
£57.25
Researched and written by the ICE Client Best Practice expert panel in cooperation with industry-leading construction clients and consultants, the Client Best Practice Guide offers definitive guidance to clients on the many ways in which they can positively influence the success of their projects - both during the planning, development and implemen
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Concrete Durability
Author(s): Edited by Marios Soutsos
Publication date: 06 October 2009
ISBN: 9780727735171
£220.25
Concrete Durability is a comprehensive, practical guide for engineers involved in designing concrete structures of all types. Featuring contributions from leading practitioners and academics in the field, it combines a thorough but accessible exposition of the principles of durable concrete design with a practical, hands-on approach to its applicat
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Forensic Engineering - a Civil Engineering special issue
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 11 May 2009
ISBN: 9780727736383
£17.50
Forensic engineering within civil engineering involves the investigation of failures of construction facilities and the built environment. While collapses are the most spectacular and potentially lethal type of failures - particularly when caused by criminal acts such as terrorism and arson - the discipline also includes investigation of failures i
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Learning from Failures - a Civil Engineering special issue
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 20 October 2008
ISBN: 9780727736048
£24.25
This special issue of the highly respected Civil Engineering journal from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers looks to study and learn from the catastrophes, collapses and failures that fascinate and horrify the civil engineering community.
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GEOTECHNIQUE Volume 1, Number 1 - Special 60th anniversary re-print
Author(s): Editors: R. GLOSSOP and H. Q. GOLDER
Publication date: 04 July 2008
ISBN: 9780727736000
£28.75
A unique opportunity to purchase a re-print of the first issue of the world renowned Géotechnique journal
Established for 60 years, Géotechnique is ICE's world-leading geotechnics journal, publishing the cream of the international community's output on all aspects of geotechnical engineering. As celebration of 60 years of Géotechnique Thomas Tel
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Thomas Telford: 250 Years of Inspiration
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 17 April 2007
ISBN: 9780727735003
£29.00
Thomas Telford is arguably the most influential civil engineer who ever lived. First president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, he has left an enduring legacy. From the 1790's for four decades, Telford's achievements were second to none in the application of engineering solutions, improved constructional materials and the use of technology. H
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Strategic Risk: A Guide for Directors
Author(s): Actuarial Profession and Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 05 May 2006
ISBN: 9780727734679
£76.00
"Reading this report will make company directors think hard - and few will decide to ignore its cogent and direct advice"- Dr Martin Barnes, Executive Director, The Major Projects Association and President, The Association for Project Management The success of enterprises can often be attributed to their successful management of strategic risk. Con
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Tables for the Hydraulic Design of Pipes Sewers and Channels: 8th edition (volume 1)
Author(s): HR Wallingford and D I H Barr
Publication date: 07 April 2006
ISBN: 9780727733559
£116.25
This book is the first of two self-supporting volumes that make up the 8th edition of Tables for the Hydraulic Design of Pipes, Sewers and Channels. It presents Tables A to provide a comprehensive range of solutions of the Colebrook-White equation, covering standard diameters from 20 mm to 4000 mm plus 4500 mm. These tables are in the format establ
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Use of Foamed Concrete in Construction
Author(s): Professor Ravindra K Dhir, Dr Moray D Newlands, Dr A McCarthy
Publication date: 28 July 2005
ISBN: 9780727734068
£100.00
Concrete is at something of a crossroads: there are many opportunities and some threats. For those opportunities to change into beneficial practice, engineers, material scientists, architects manufacturers and suppliers must focus on the changes that are required to champion concrete and maintain its dominance within the global construction indust
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Geoenvironmental Engineering
Author(s): Edited by R N Young and H R Thomas
Publication date: 30 June 2004
ISBN: 9780727732774
£88.25
This new book containing the proceedings of the 4th Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference, organised by the British Geotechnical Association and Cardiff University's School of Engineering, held in Stratford-Upon-Avon in June 2004. The theme of the conference was Integrated Management of Groundwater and Contaminated Land. This book is a compilatio
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Ground and Soil Improvement
Author(s): Edited by C. Raison, Chris Raison Associates
Publication date: 07 March 2004
ISBN: 9780727731708
£81.00
Methods for improving ground and soil have undergone significant developments in recent years, particularly in terms of application and usage, and many innovative techniques have been introduced. However, it is of significance that in many areas the design process still lacks a theoretical framework.
The papers included in this volume, written b
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Supply Chain Management for Refurbishment
Author(s): Professor Steven Male, Marcus Gronqvist, University of Leeds, John Kelly, Glasgow University, Leela Damodaran and Wendy Olphert, Loughborough University
Publication date: 12 November 2003
ISBN: 9780727732422
£76.25
This book is the outcome of EPARC supported three year research project involving seven major high-street retailing clients: Arcadia Group, Boots, Borders(UK), Halifax plc, Nationwid, Rubicon Retail Ltd, Pizza Express: and their supply chains. The book comprises two complementary parts. The first, the Good Practice Framework, is the 'what to do' fo
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Design of Linear Drainage Systems
Author(s): Dr Matin Naqvi, University of Bradford
Publication date: 26 September 2003
ISBN: 9780727732224
£88.25
This book guides the reader through the hydraulic design of drainage channels in which the volume of flow increases linearly from one end of the channel to the other. This situation is very common in roof gutters and highway drainage channels, both of which receive water from the adjoning surfaces at an almost uniform rate.
Design of Linear Drai
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Breakwaters, Coastal Structures and Coastlines
Author(s): ICE
Publication date: 20 February 2003
ISBN: 9780727730428
£128.50
This volume presents the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers' seventh internaional conference on coastlines, structures and breakwaters. The papers contained in the volume cover wide ranging advances in international research and experience in the field of coastal and harbour engineering.
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Challenges of Concrete Construction: Volume 1, Composite Materials in Concrete Construction
Author(s): Edited by R K Dhir, University of Dundee
Publication date: 28 August 2002
ISBN: 9780727731746
£109.25
Concrete is a global material that underwrites commercial wellbeing and social development. There is no substitute that can be used on the same engineering scale and its sustainability, expolitation and further development are imperatives to creating and maintaing a healthy economy and environment worldwide. The pressure for change and improvement
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Urban Design Guidance: Urban Design Frameworks, Development Briefs and Master Plans
Author(s): Robert Cowan/Urban Design Group
Publication date: 15 July 2002
ISBN: 9780727731357
£46.75
The publication of the Green Paper on Planning has magnified the significance of urban design frameworks, development briefs and master plans. Despite general recognition that making places socially, economically and environmentally successful depends on high standards of urban design, there is less understanding of how good design can be delivered
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Current and Future Trends in Bridge Design, Construction and Maintenance 2: Safety, Economy, Sustainability and Aesthetics
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers, Highways Agency and International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety
Publication date: 14 December 2001
ISBN: 9780727730916
£140.25
The Institution of Civil Engineers has organised a series of conferences to celebrate, at the start of the New Millennium, the enormous achievements made in the field of bridge engineering in recent years.
This volume of papers from the second of these conferences, held in Hong Kong, encompasses the state-of-the-art in bridge design, constructio
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FRP composites: Life Extension and Strengthening of Metallic Structures: ICE Design and Practice Guide
Author(s): Edited by S S J Moy
Publication date: 01 July 2001
ISBN: 9780727730091
£31.00
Fibre reinforced polymer composites have been used for many years in the aircraft and shipbuilding industries. They are now being used in a variety of construction applications where their light weight, high strength, stiffness, durability, and ease of installation makes them cost-effective. This is particularly the case in the repair and rehabilit
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Dynamics of Estuarine Muds
Author(s): R Whitehouse, R Soulsby, W Roberts and H Mitchener, HR Wallingford
Publication date: 03 November 2000
ISBN: 9780727728647
£92.75
The ability to predict the movement of cohesive sediment within coastal, estuarine or inland waters has a significant economic and ecological importance in the development of new engineering works and the maintenance of existing installations. Dynamics of estuarine muds clearly describes the most up-to-date developments in this field and contains i
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The Role of Cost Saving and Innovation in PFI Projects
Author(s): Construction Industry Council
Publication date: 02 June 2000
ISBN: 9780727728791
£88.25
As PFI matures, inevitably questions are being asked about the role of cost saving and innovation. This publication presents the findings of a study designed to test the proposition that PFI will yield value for money by stimulating innovation. It surveys people responsible for managing the purchasing, designing, building and operation of PFI proje
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The Diary of William Mackenzie
Author(s): Edited by David Brooke
Publication date: 11 May 2000
ISBN: 9780727728302
£38.25
History has not been kind to the memory of William Mackenzie. While the names of Telford and Stephenson continue to be well known today, that of William Mackenzie, one of the most important figures in the engineering world during the first half of the nineteenth century, has slipped from prominence.The Institution of Civil Engineers has now publish
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Integral bridges: A fundamental approach to the time temperature loading problem
Author(s): George England, Imperial College, Neil Tsang, University of Strathclyde, and David Bush, Highways Agency
Publication date: 18 February 2000
ISBN: 9780727735416
£46.75
In recent years, integral bridges have become increasingly popular in the UK. The Highways Agency standard now requires, where possible, that all new bridges with a length of less than sixty metres should be of integral form. In addition, it has been found that, due especially to the problems and costs associated with failed expansion joints, integ
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