Model Number: BBT0203645235DLDA
Author: Ming Sun / Rob Howard
The construction industry has been slow to utilize information technology effectively, and slower still to grasp the ways in which the multitude of design, calculation, specification and project management software applications relate to each other. This text provides an overview of the range of IT applications ...more »
Model Number: BBT0203215931DLDA
Author: Joao Bau / J.P.Lobo Ferreira / Jose Duarte Henriques / Jose de Oliveira Raposo
Papers presented at the International Symposium of Integrated Approaches to Water Pollution Problems [SISIPPA 89], Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisbon, Portugal, June 1989. more » more »
Model Number: BBT020301121XDLDA
Author: Bryan Spain
... on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. This is the first book to include typical project costs for: * Slating and tiling * Sheeting, cladding and other coverings * Rooflights * Underfelt and battens * Repairs and alterations * Different sized houses. More than ...more »
Model Number: BBT0203024087DLDA
Author: Hiroshi Yamagata
This book introduces the science and technology of materials in automotive engines. It focuses on reciprocating engines with particular emphasis on their characteristics and the materials used in their construction. The book considers the engine in terms of each specific part: the piston, cylinder, camshaft ...more »
Model Number: BBM0071381333DLDA
Author: Zweiger, Gary
In this important book, a scientist gives us an inside account of the historic paradigm shift underway in the life sciences as a result of The Human Genome Project, and provides a philosophical framework in which to understand biology and medicine as information sciences. In a story told on many fascinating ...more »
Model Number: BBT0203973623DLDA
Author: Piers Venmore-Rowland / PETER BRANDON / Trevor Mole
The proceedings of a major conference on the built environment ran by the RICS to examine recent research and development in: investment; building procurement and construction; and building performance analysis. more »
Model Number: BBT0203012429DLDA
Author: Jose Liria Montanes
Few up-to-date books exist on the hydraulics of canals, and indeed very few which deal with the design, construction, management and modernization of canals. This new book is written for engineers with a good grounding in hydraulic engineering who want a practical reference and guide. It provides in ...more »
This reference demonstrates the correct methodology to conduct successful failure analyses. The book builds the background necessary for these investigations and discusses procedures to reduce the occurrence of component failures due to errors in material selection, design, and manufacturing, as well ...more »
Model Number: BBT0203362136DLDA
Author: R.P.C.Morgan / R.J.Rickson
This book is an up-to-date review of research and practice on the use of vegetation for slope stabilization and control of surface erosion caused by water and wind. From a basic understanding of the principles and practices of vegetation growth and establishment, it describes how vegetation can be treated ...more »
