TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction

Spon's architects' and builders' price book

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Construction prices rose over the last year by 5%, according to AECOM's tender price index, with construction price inflation continuing to run above the long-run average. The main drivers are rising input costs. Producer price indices have moved up at a clip in recent quarters,…

Steel design

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"Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension elements, flexural elements, shear and torsion, compression elements, connections, and lateral design. As part of the Architect's Guidebooks to Structures series it provides a comprehens…

Principles of heating, ventilation and air conditioning with worked examples

by Wijeysundera, Nihal E.

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"This book presents the most current design procedures in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), available in handbooks, like the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Handbook-2013 Fundamentals, in a way that is easier for…

Principles of heating, ventilation and air conditioning with worked examples

by Wijeysundera, Nihal E.

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"This book presents the most current design procedures in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), available in handbooks, like the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Handbook-2013 Fundamentals, in a way that is easier for…

Handbook of Integrated and Sustainable Buildings Equipment and Systems, Volume I: Energy Systems

by American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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This Handbook is a direct result of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) initiative on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems (ISBES), with the objective of filling voids in the literature and motivating advances on integrated mechanical systems for…

Modern residential construction practices

by Madsen, David A., Madsen, David P.

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"Modern Residential Construction Practices provides easy-to-read, comprehensive and highly illustrated coverage of residential building construction practices that conform to industry standards in the United States and Canada.Each chapter provides complete descriptions, real-wor…

Building services handbook

by Greeno, Roger, Hall, F., (Fred), Hall, F., (Fred)

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"The ninth edition of Hall and Greeno's leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building and water regulations, new technology, and new legislation. For this edition, new updates includes: the reappraisal of CO2 emissions targets, updates to sect…

Building structures: understanding the basics

by Millais, Malcolm

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"This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals.follow the history of structural understanding;grasp the concepts of structura…

Construction project management: an integrated approach

by Fewings, Peter

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"The role of the project manager continues to evolve, presenting new challenges to established practitioners and those entering the field for the first time. This fully revised second edition of Peter Fewings' groundbreaking textbook now includes topical chapters addressing lean…

Neue Holzbautechnologien: Materialien, Konstruktionen, Bautechnik, Projekte

by Jeska, Simone, Pascha, Khaled Saleh

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Water transport in brick, stone, and concrete

by Hall, Christopher, (Materials scientist), Hoff, William D.

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This book provides a unified description of transport processes involving saturated and unsaturated flow in inorganic building materials and structures. It emphasizes fundamental physics and materials science, mathematical description, and experimental measurement as a basis for…

Buildings are for people: human ecological design

by Caplan, Bill

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"Buildings Are for People: Human Ecological Design offers a new approach to the process of conceiving architectural design, one that considers the interactions of the built environment with people and the natural environment. The book exposes our visceral and experiential connec…