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Core Principles of Soil Mechanics
Author(s): Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Publication date: 22 May 2014
ISBN: 9780727758477
£39.50
Core Principles of Soil Mechanics is a practical guide to the key concepts and latest developments in the field of soil mechanics. It explores the physical properties of soils and the behaviour of soil masses subjected to loads, as well as soil phases, classification and characteristics, stresses and fluid flow, consolidation, compressibility and c
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Hydraulics for Civil Engineers
Author(s): Peter Wynn
Publication date: 20 May 2014
ISBN: 9780727758453
£39.50
Hydraulics for Civil Engineers provides a thorough introduction to the principles of hydraulics and fluid mechanics. Combining core theories with the need for sustainable solutions, the book covers all the fundamental areas in hydraulics, including pressure in liquids, real flow in pipes, turbines and pumps, hydrology of surface water drainage, coa
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The Contractors: The British contractors who built the world’s infrastructure
Author(s): Hugh Ferguson and Mike Chrimes
Publication date: 09 December 2013
ISBN: 9780727758309
£48.00
Fully illustrated in colour, The Contractors, is the first history of the challenges and adventures faced by British civil engineering contractors from their emergence with canal construction in the late-eighteenth century to the present day. Extraordinarily ambitious, largely unrecognised men who built the world's infrastructure - its roads and ra
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Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice
Author(s): Charles Ainger and Richard Fenner
Publication date: 06 December 2013
ISBN: 9780727757548
£57.25
"The authors draw on their own experiences both in championing change within their organisations and also amongst peers in other organisations... There is little doubt that this will be a helpful reference for students, new entrants and practitioners." - The Environmentalist, August 2014
Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice is a pr
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Car Park Designers Handbook, 2nd edition
Author(s): J.D. Hill, Glynn Rhodes and Steve Vollar
Publication date: 27 November 2013
ISBN: 9780727758149
£123.50
The Car Park Designers' Handbook provides essential guidance on those aspects of planning and design that will enable car parks to function efficiently and economically whilst being user-friendly.
The new edition is a comprehensive reference tool which distils over 35 years of specialist knowledge and experience in car park design, repair and im
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Principles of Pavement Engineering, 2nd edition
Author(s): N. Thom
Publication date: 29 October 2013
ISBN: 9780727758538
£135.25
The new edition of Principles of Pavement Engineering is a crucial guide for those involved in the science of pavement design. It provides an in-depth analysis of the principles underlying material behaviour, pavement design and maintenance, making it essential reading for pavement engineers and infrastructure experts who are faced with practical d
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FIDIC Users’ Guide: 3rd edition: A Practical Guide to the Red, Yellow, MDB Harmonised and Subcontract Books
Author(s): B. Barr and L. Grutters (originally created by Brian Totterdill)
Publication date: 29 October 2013
ISBN: 9780727758569
£89.25
“This work of reference brings professional insights into and practical solutions for the more contentious and controversial issues when dealing with FIDIC contracts.” Dr. Cyril Chern, Barrister, Dispute Board Federation
FIDIC Users' Guide: A practical guide to the Red, Yellow, MDB Harmonised and Subcontract Books focuses on the practical admini
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Shock Transmission Units in Construction
Author(s): Dinesh J. Patel
Publication date: 17 October 2013
ISBN: 9780727757135
£78.75
Recent earthquakes around the world have confirmed the potential for a large seismic event to cause unprecedented levels of destruction. Shock transmission units (STUs) have been used in several projects as one of the most effective instruments in preventing widespread damage from seismic activities and structural movement. Shock Transmission Units
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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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Steel-concrete Composite Bridges, 2nd edition
Author(s): David Collings
Publication date: 23 August 2013
ISBN: 9780727758101
£109.25
Steel-concrete Composite Bridges is an essential guide to the latest methods in the design and construction of steel-concrete composite bridges. Containing precise data, in-depth examples and numerous illustrations, the second edition offers guidance from the first step in bridge design through to the construction process. From their historic roots
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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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Environmental Geotechnics, 2nd edition
Author(s): Robert W. Sarsby
Publication date: 19 July 2013
ISBN: 9780727741875
£140.25
Environmental Geotechnics is a forward-thinking guide to aid engineers in applying geotechnical principles, processes and techniques in a way that will not only reduce their environmental impact but should benefit the environment. The major construction-environment interface is geotechnical in nature. For engineers to be able to foresee environment
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Bridge Construction Equipment
Author(s): Marco Rosignoli
Publication date: 15 July 2013
ISBN: 9780727758088
£116.25
Bridge Construction Equipment provides exhaustive coverage of new and emerging bridge construction technology and modern construction methods for all bridge professionals looking to save time, labour and costs, reduce risk, and increase the value and quality of projects through mechanized bridge construction.
Bridge construction equipment is bec
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CESMM4: Carbon & Price Book 2013
Author(s): ICE, Mott MacDonald and BRE
Publication date: 24 June 2013
ISBN: 9780727758125
£227.25
CESMM4 Carbon and Price Book has been compiled using the the Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM4). The Price Book incorporates recent technologies without the limitations of the form of contract or National Standards. CESMM4 updates are reflected throughout each section within the Price Book. Additionally the extent, depth and
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Effective Site Investigation
Author(s): Site Investigation Steering Group
Publication date: 26 April 2013
ISBN: 9780727735058
£57.25
Effective Site Investigation provides an introductory guide to accepted best practice for site investigations, both for construction professionals such as civil and structural engineers, builders and architects, and for their clients. It has been prepared by the Site Investigation Steering Group, a multidisciplinary body representing those professi
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Designers' Guide to Eurocode 5: Design of Timber Buildings
Author(s): Jack Porteous and Peter Ross
Publication date: 26 April 2013
ISBN: 9780727731623
£78.75
This guide interprets and assists in the use of EN 1995-1-1 structural timber. Showing typical material properties and dimensions; modifiers, and structural reponses, it presents concise worked examples. Connections, an especially critical aspect of timber design, are thoroughly addressed.
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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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Designers’ Guide to Eurocode 8: Design of Bridges for Earthquake Resistance EN 1998-2
Author(s): Michael Fardis, Basil Kolias and Alain Pecker (series editor Haig Gulvanessian)
Publication date: 23 November 2012
ISBN: 9780727757357
£109.25
Designers' Guide to Eurocode 8: Design of Bridges for Earthquake Resistance covers Part 2 Bridges of EN 1998 Design of structures for earthquake resistance which is the standard for use in the seismic design of bridges in which horizontal seismic actions are mainly resisted through bending of the piers or at the abutments, and the seismic design of
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Civil Engineering Special Issue: Infrastructure Resilience
Author(s): Editor: Simon Fullalove
Publication date: 01 November 2012
ISBN: 9780727758514
£11.00
This special issue of Civil Engineering, containing nine papers, explores the resilience for a number of different types of infrastructures, geographical locations and perspectives - all with a view to helping improve serviceability levels and expectations, with occurrences of lowered-performance experiences reduced still further.
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ICE Manual of Structural Design: Buildings
Author(s): John Bull (Ed)
Publication date: 23 October 2012
ISBN: 9780727741448
£197.00
Part of the ICE manuals series, ICE Manual of Structural Design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The manual takes a project oriented approach, covering key issues that design professionals face at the outset of a project such as sustainability, risk management and how
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