Construction and Engineering

Engineering Project Management provides a clear description of the aims of project management, based on best practice, and discusses the theory and practice in relation to multi-disciplinary engineering projects, both large and small, in the UK and overseas.

This highly illustrated manual provides practical guidance on structural steelwork detailing. Examples of structures include single and multi-storey buildings, towers and bridges. The detailing shown will be suitable in principle for fabrication and erection in many countries, and the sizes shown will act as a guide to preliminary design.

"First published 1978 as Reinforced concrete: design theory and examples, by E&FN Spon ... 1978 [written by] T.J. MacGinley"--Title page verso.

This book addresses the problem of ageing infrastructure and reduction of service life. Infrastructure needs to be safe and durable, financially and environmentally sustainable over itslifecycle. The book concludes by discussing the key impacting factors and is a resource for academics and practitioners.

This popular text refers to both Eurocodes and British Standards. New and revised examples are included, and sections on the meaning, purpose, and limits of structural design, sustainable steel buildings, and energy savings have been updated.

"This book features a detailed introduction to progressive collapse and the use of FE programs such as ABAQUS in modeling. Case studies based on various types of structures such as multi-story buildings, long-span space structures, and bridges demonstrate failure mechanisms and effective mitigation methods in practice"--