Construction

The Design and Construction of Pitched Roofing is the definitive guide to obtaining successful results in pitched roofing construction. Written by a team of experts from the NFRC and the RTA, the representative groups in industry for roofing construction.

The book overviews and analyses the most important steps that transformed initial design intentions into a defined proposal, passing through different solutions, changes, debates, and negotiations among the different stakeholders called into action along the whole process.

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection.

This presents the Finite Element Method, outlining nonlinearities in computational terms. It advises the material properties to be adopted in the analyses, and is illustrated with cases studies of existing buildings. For students with a background in structural engineering, and professionals.

This book tells you everything you need to know about international construction: the companies, their markets, the types of projects they build, how they compete and operate, and how it affects us all.

This is the first publication of its kind to survey the long and rich histories of women and gender non-conforming persons who work in wood. This book provides an accessible and insightful entry into the histories, practices, and lived experiences of women and non-binary makers in woodworking.