Civil engineering, surveying & building books

The leading resource for professional kitchen designers, Kitchen Planning is the definitive, one-stop reference...  Read More >>

Provides engineers and designers with a quick reference guide to calculations, codes, and standards applicable to...  Read More >>

The Precast technology dates as far back as the Roman civilization, where it was commonly employed in building complex...  Read More >>

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The complete introduction and reference guide for students and practitioners of air conditioning design, installation...  Read More >>

This book presents Ulrich Beck, one of the world’s leading sociologists and social thinkers, as a Pioneer in Cosmopolitan...  Read More >>

The reader will find here a timely update on new THz sources and detection schemes as well as concrete applications...  Read More >>

The seventh edition of Chapra and Canale's Numerical Methods for Engineers retains the instructional techniques...  Read More >>

This book elucidates the principles of agile risk management and describes how these relate to individual projects....  Read More >>

Volume 1 will describe sensing hardware and data collection covering a variety of sensors, including fiber optic...  Read More >>

This work aims to provide a first point of entry to the literature for the researchers in any field relating to...  Read More >>

Provides a history of construction and examines the theories on its architectural expression, focussing on the determining...  Read More >>

This book provides an inventory of organic materials and products, the major components of all civil engineering...  Read More >>

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The middle Georgia area is a vast living museum of classic southern architecture. First published in 1972, this...  Read More >>

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Life-Cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium...  Read More >>

Since 1994, the European Conferences of Product and Process Modelling (www.ecppm.org) have provided a review of...  Read More >>

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In 1969 Ian McHarg laid out a new approach to land-use planning. His seminal work, Design by Nature, blazed the...  Read More >>

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Compared to diesel or gasoline, using compressed natural gas as a fuel allows for significantly decreased carbon...  Read More >>

This book presents a unified qualitative and quantitative account of the physical mechanisms and characteristics...  Read More >>

This bestselling In Detail volume examines the use of materials, lighting and color in creating ambiance.  Read More >>