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Contract Strategies for Major Projects
Author Edward W. Merrow
Major Projects are Delayed by Months or Years, and Cost Millions More Than Budgeted, Because of Common Mistakes Made at the Contracting StageOrganizations that invest huge amounts of capital in major building/industrial projects almost never do the engineering and building themselves. They hire engi....
Release Date 2022/12 -
Getting Smarter About Smart Buildings
Author Ethan Bernstein
If we think big enough, smart buildings can play a key role in helping us figure out what work will look like in the coming months and years. They should promote productive collaboration; improve virtual as well as physical work; yield data that’s visible to employees, no....
Release Date 2020/08 -
BIM for Construction Health and Safety
Author Stefan Mordue , Roland Finch
What is BIM and how does it affect the health and safety professional? How are BIM technologies used on a practical level? What opportunities are there for the use of BIM in the health and safety arena?This concise and practical guide aims to answer all these questions an....
Release Date 2019/08 -
101 Rules of Thumb for Low Energy Architecture
Author Huw Heywood
101 Rules of Thumb sets out the essential elements of low energy architecture in a fresh, intuitive way. In an area where ever-changing technology and complex legislation and can cloud the designer’s thought-processes, this book encourages the designer to think clearly an....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author David Clark
Defining and reducing the carbon footprint of a new or refurbished building can be a daunting task. There are lots of tools to measure the environmental impact of buildings, but they all measure energy and CO2 in different ways, and they do not measure the whole carbon fo....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Shock of the New: The Challenge and Promise of Emerging Technologies
Author Gary Woodill , Chad Udell
Find the Leading Edge in a Disrupted World.Planning our response to disruption seems impossible. Most new and emerging technologies have been in development for decades, but as soon as they land on our doorstep, they inspire “the shock of the new.” How do you, as a....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings, 4th Edition
Author Stephen Emmitt
The updated edition of the authoritative and comprehensive guide to construction practiceThe revised fourth edition of Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings expands on the resource that has become a standard text on the construction of buildings. The fourth ed....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Barry's Introduction to Construction of Buildings, 4th Edition
Author Stephen Emmitt
An authoritative, well-established, comprehensive, practical, and highly illustrated guide to construction practiceBased mainly on domestic and residential buildings—and filled with extensive illustrations throughout—this concise text is the ideal introduction to t....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Sustainable Environmental Engineering
Author Mika Sillanpää , Walter Z. Tang
The important resource that explores the twelve design principles of sustainable environmental engineeringSustainable Environmental Engineering (SEE) is to research, design, and build Environmental Engineering Infrastructure System (EEIS) in harmony with nature usi....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Author Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain , Myalowenkosi I. Sabela , Shakeel Ahmed , Suvardhan Ka
This timely volume on nanomaterials and their biomedical and environmental applications includes the fundamentals of nanoparticles, and state-of-the-art properties, characterization, and the synthesis methods as well as the applications. The main thrust of the book....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Behaviors and Persistence of Nanomaterials in Biomedical Applications
Author Valerio Voliani , Domenico Cassano
In the last two decades, several promising engineered nanomaterials that combine therapeutic features and imaging functionalities have been presented, but very few have arrived on the market.The purpose of this book is to collect and comprehensively dis....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, 2 Volumes
Author Ajay Kumar Mishra , Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
An overview of the current state of nanotechnology-based devices with applications in environmental science, focusing on nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites. The handbook pays special attention to those nanotechnology-based approaches that promise....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Emerging Areas in Bioengineering
Author Gregory Stephanopoulos , Jens Nielsen , Sang Yup Lee , Ho Nam Chang
With more than 40 contributions from expert authors, this is an extensive overview of all important research topics in the field of bioengineering, including metabolic engineering, biotransformations and biomedical applications. Alongside several chapt....
Release Date 2018/03 -
Author Sherron Sparks
No longer the hidden genius of scientists, nanotechnology is now appearing in products manufactured for everyday life—products that can heal, save lives, be more durable, and last longer. It is also attracting the attention of investors interested in participating i....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Microfluidics and Nanotechnology
Author Eric Lagally
An increasing number of technologies are being used to detect minute quantities of biomolecules and cells. However, it can be difficult to determine which technologies show the most promise for high-sensitivity and low-limit detection in different applications. Micr....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Anand Harindran , Vinod Chandra
This book offers a standardized approach for research aspirants working in the various areas. At the same time, all the major topics in social research have also been detailed thoroughly which makes this book a very good frame of study for students and researchers ....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author Juzer Jangbarwala
The world of nanomaterials is complex; there is dubiety as well as unrealistic optimism about costs, practicality, timing for the availability of, and the true capabilities of products featured in the news. The progress of the industry is being affected from the in....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Intelligent Vibration Control in Civil Engineering Structures
Author Fei-Hong Xu , Jun-Tao Zhu , Ying-Qing Guo , Zhao-Dong Xu
Intelligent Vibration Control in Civil Engineering Structures provides readers with an all-encompassing view of the theoretical studies, design methods, real-world implementations, and applications relevant to the topicThe book focuses on design and property tests ....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Internal Security for Civil Services Main Examinations - GS Paper III
Author M Karthikeyan
This volume is written purely based on the requirement of UPSC Civil Services Main Examination. This will cater collectively to all the topics included under Internal Security Syllabus. The author has taken utmost care to keep the language of the contents very luci....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Orientalism, Gender, and the Jews
Author Axel Stähler , Anna-Dorothea Ludewig , Ulrike Brunotte
Originating in the collaboration of the international Research Network “Gender in Antisemitism, Orientalism and Occidentalism” (RENGOO), this collection of essays proposes to intervene in current debates about historical constructions of Jewish identity in relation ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Membrane Technology and Engineering for Water Purification, 2nd Edition
Author Rajindar Singh
Membrane Technology and Engineering for Water Purification, Second Edition is written in a practical style with emphasis on: process description; key unit operations; systems design and costs; plant equipment description; equipment installation; safety and maintenan....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures, Volume 2
Author Hoon Sohn , Jerome P. Lynch , Ming L. Wang
Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies. Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure Volume II provides an overview of sensor data ana....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures, Volume 1
Author Hoon Sohn , Jerome P. Lynch , Ming L. Wang
Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through developments in materials and methodologies. Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure Volume I provides an overview of sensor hardware ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Wind Tunnel Testing of High-Rise Buildings
Author David Scott , Roy Denoon , Peter Irwin
Since the 1960s, wind tunnel testing has become a commonly used tool in the design of tall buildings. It was pioneered, in large part, during the design of the World Trade Center Towers in New York. Since those early days of wind engineering, wind tunnel testing tec....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author John A. Hall
Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands ....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Nanotechnology in Eco-Efficient Construction
Author M Diamanti , C Goran-Granqvist , A Nazari , Fernando Pacheco-Torgal
As the environmental impact of existing construction and building materials comes under increasing scrutiny, the search for more eco-efficient solutions has intensified. Nanotechnology offers great potential in this area and is already being widely used to great suc....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Nanotechnology in the Food, Beverage and Nutraceutical Industries
Author Q Huang
Nanotechnology has the potential to impact on food processing significantly. This important book summarises current research in this area and provides an overview of both current and possible future applications of nanotechnologies in the food industry. Issues such ....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Introduction to Infrastructure: An Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
Author Philip J. Parker , Michael R. Penn
Penn and Parker's Introduction to Infrastructure is comprehensive, balanced coverage of different aspects of civil engineering that shows interconnectedness of the different civil engineering disciplines. This 1st Edition covers a broad coverage of engineering disc....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Emerging Nanotechnologies in Dentistry
Author Waqar Ahmed , Karthikeyan Subramani
New nanomaterials are leading to a range of emerging dental treatments that utilize more biomimetic materials that more closely duplicate natural tooth structure (or bone, in the case of implants). The use of nanostructures that will work in harmony with the body’s ....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Antibiotic Resistance: Understanding and Responding to an Emerging Crisis
Author David S. Perlin , Karl Drlica
Authored by two leading investigators, this book presents a thorough and authoritative overview of this multifaceted field of science. Pathogenic bacteria have been evolving and spreading resistance to diverse classes of antibiotics. As a result, we risk losing our ....
Release Date 2011/02