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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This Civil Engineering special issue showcases the recent innovative work in Hong Kong and how the technical problems presented by a densely populated modern city can be overcome by the ingenuity of civil engineers. As can be seen from the eight papers, the challenges vary significantly, but ultimately they come down to how civil engineers can meet
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Author(s): Jo Strange, Nick Langdon and Alex Large
Publication date: 24 October 2016
ISBN: 9780727761064
£50.25
Contaminated Land Guidance provides authoritative guidance and up to date information to on the challenges associated with contamination on brownfield developments.
This fully updated edition summarises the key elements of current regulations and good practice as published in existing authoritative guidance documents prepared by key organisation
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Geotechnical Finite Element Analysis provides the latest practical guidance and comprehensive explanations of applying finite element analysis (FEA) in geotechnical design – from planning and analysis, determining how the FEA relates to the design process and explaining the decisions that need to be made at each stage through to validation of resul
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Author(s): Desmond ND Hartford, Gregory B Baecher, P Andy Zielinski, Robert C Patev, Romanas Ascila and Karl Rytters
Publication date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9780727761217
£119.00
Operational Safety of Dams and Reservoirs brings together a broad range of knowledge from key areas in dam and reservoir safety, spillways and flow-control to provide new analytical tools to better understand operating risk in hydropower and dam safety. This book is an essential reference for all professionals and practitioners who specialise in da
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Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities offers practical, engineering-focused coverage of the legislation relating to water management, flood risk and drainage. Owing to increasingly erratic weather patterns and the effects of climate change, the topics of drainage and flood are becoming ever more important for policymakers and the enginee
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BIM in Healthcare Infrastructure explores the application and implementation of BIM technology in the planning, design and construction of healthcare infrastructure.
Incorporating BIM within an internationally-applicable framework, this highly-illustrated reference guide uses case study organisations to navigate the key challenges to implementin
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Written by experts at the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), this 4-book set comprises:
Bridge Monitoring
Provides practical guidance on the monitoring of bridges, with a particular focus on the use of sensor technologies and bridge monitoring systems.
Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing for Monitoring Civi
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Guidance on Public Procurement for SMEs provides practical advice in the public procurement framework for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The obligations of EU member states are discussed in respect of the free movement of goods, freedom of establishment, and the freedom to provide services – despite Brexit, the UK will still have to tak
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Author(s): C Kechavarzi, K Soga, N de Battista, L Pelecanos, M Elshafie, RJ Mair
Publication date: 06 September 2016
ISBN: 9780727760555
£83.25
Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing for Monitoring Civil Infrastructure offers comprehensive guidance in the current developments of distributed optical fibre sensing applied to the field of civil engineering. The book discusses the concepts and practice of fibre optic monitoring of infrastructure and construction within the underground and geot
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