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The most important resource for any company in the construction industry today is its workforce. To develop employees' talents to their maximum potential, as quickly as possible requires quality mentoring, and mentors need to be carefully chosen and better trained to undertake this vital role.

This book investigates best practice across sectors of the economy and their transfers into the context of construction. It examines the development and diffusion of innovation to address adversarial relationships, and the fragmented processes and lack of customer focus, which still characterises much of the industry.It explains how construction must respond to the raft of new management processes expounded throughout the last decade systematically in a bid to acheive a more appropriate approach for business innovation in construction.

The cable stayed bridge is an elegant, economical and efficient structure. Virtually unknown 40 years ago, these bridges have become increasingly important as their properties have been more fully understood. They have recently proved to be highly cost-effective for short to medium spans. The second edition of this extremely popular book has been updated and enhanced to cover the rapid technological progress in this field. Exceptionally well illustrated, the book examines all aspects of the design of cable stayed bridges.

Changes in vehicle weight limits and revisions to safety standards inevitably increase the demands placed on bridges. Following from the very successful Bridge Modification conference in 1994, this volume contains papers describing the issues, thinking and technology behind the assessment and improvement of existing bridges.

This book provides guidance on appraisal and repair of reinforced concrete building structures. It addresses the problems related to reinforced concrete, corrosion of reinforcement, cracking, cathodic protection and protective coatings, and it highlights the advantages and/or problems of each.

This report has been written with the specific aim of opening up the subject presented by the Secretary of State to consider the interaction between engineering, the environment, economics and politics.

Masonry walls are not isotropic, they have less strength in bending in the vertical direction than in the horizontal.The design of 2-way spanning masonry panels under lateral loads is complicated, the design tables in this book present a practical approach to the design of rectangular lateral loaded panels under uniformly distributed loads.

Dredging is not only vital to maintain navigation, and therefore to international commerce, but also pays an important role in offshore engineering, the obtaining of aggregates for the construction industry, and in coastal defence works.This guide highlights the particular problems of excavating from underwater sites and describes the methods and equipment developed to overcome them. All the stages of dredging are considered, from project design specification and site investigation, through production estimation and contractual issues, to supervision and management.

Space frames provide a lightweight solution to the problem of creating large span enclosures free from obstructions. They are employed in many major constrcution projects across the world, as documented in this authoritatively written volume.This is the first in-depth book to present all instances and applications of space frames in various engineering schemes. It uses case studies and numerous illustrations to examine steel space frames from their design to their structural engineering performance.

This book guides the reader through the hydraulic design of drainage channels in which the volume of flow increases linearly from one end of the channel to the other. This situation is very common in roof gutters and highway drainage channels, both of which receive water from the adjoning surfaces at an almost uniform rate.Design of Linear Drainage Systems begins with an introduction of the basic hydraulic parameters, covering topics required in channel flow theory.

"This book fills an important gap in construction literature and makes a positive contributon to improving buildability and hence efficiency. I am sure it will benefit its readers and the construction industry generally."Sir Frank GibbBuildability demonstrates that projects that go well and leave satisfied clients and contractors are based on thorough planning and design. However, there are many factors to consider in order to achieve a successful outcome. These include the implementation of guidance on fair practice, better management and improved techniques.

Providing a set of contrasting accounts of the creation of the motorway system, the problems encountered, the solutions adopted and the lessons learned for motorway development, this volume comprises eight chapters, each of which was compiled by a leading contributor to the motorway programme.

This special issue of Civil Engineering is the first about Russia and in particular a Russian city; not just any city but 'The Venice of the North' - Saint Petersburg

In the only book to provide independent, nonproprietary information on the design and application of STUs, the author offers information on a wide range of different applications, including new and existing highway and railway bridges, as well as nonbridge structures such as nuclear power plants. Illustrated case studies included throughout, Shock Transmission Units in Construction is written by a proven expert in STUs and the only world authority on the subject.

Projects need to achieve strategic goals and to that end must work in different levels of uncertainty. Engineers must be aware of methods to operate in ambiguous situations. Project promoters, project managers and consultants should understand the formative stages of each project and the risk and value decisions that have to be made. This book offers one of the first integrated approaches to these three topics based on the views of experts in these disciplines.

Written by experts at Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), this 4-book set comprises: Bridge Monitoring; Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing for Monitoring Civil Infrastructure; Whole-Life Value-Based Decision-Making in Asset Management; Wireless Sensor Networks for Civil Infrastructure Monitoring

Part of the ICE manuals series, ICE manual of structural design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The manual takes a project oriented approach, covering key issues that design professionals face at the outset of a project such as sustainability, risk management and how to understand the clients needs, before going on to cover the core issues of concept design and the detailed design of structural components.

A clear, jargon free guide to the principles and practice of cost benefit analysis written by a non-economist primarily for non-economists.

Waterborne transport remains fundamental to the global economy. Offering the most sustainable option for meeting the world's ever increasing demand for transport capacity, extensive new port and channel infrastructures are being planned and built by civil engineers throughout the world.

This book is a specially published section of the larger work ICE manual of construction materials. ICE manual of construction materials is an invaluable resource for practising civil and structural engineers in consulting firms, government agencies, research institutes, universities and colleges. Its highly practical approach will guide and train readers towards achieving expertise in the use of major and emerging construction materials. Edited by Wei Sha, the Metals and Alloys section of the two-volume manual covers: the nature and behaviour of alloys; ferrous metals; aluminium; copper; zinc; titanium; and structural steel.

This special issue of the highly respected Civil Engineering journal from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers focuses on the Middle East.

Offers guidance to clients on the many ways in which they can positively influence the success of their projects - both during the planning, development and implementation stages, as well as during operation and final decommissioning. This guide presents the examples of good client practice and practice initiatives in the UK construction industry.

The use of risk assessment in dam safety management as advocated by the International Commission On Large Dams (ICOLD) will be greatly enhanced by Risk and Uncertainty in Dam Safety, an authoritative, comprehensive and valuable contribution to dam safety practices.

The papers in this special issue report on the forensic investigation of everything from collapse to cracks in a diverse range of structures from around the world, with causes including blast, fire, storm, flood, erosion and corrosion.

Highly illustrated, this history of the various headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers traces the journey from the first meetings of a group of young engineers in Kendal's Coffee House, Fleet Street to the grandeur of the present headquarters at Great George Street.

This book is a comprehensive study which provides practical advice and guidance on the important role played by ground engineering in the construction of railway track, the use of which will result in optimum quality with the minimum maintenance effort and the most economical use of resources.

This third and final special issue of Civil Engineering on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games covers the infrastructure legacy of the games, the delivery of which was fundamental to the success of the UK bid.

This book presents a unified approach for the available mathematical models of concrete, linking them to finite element analysis and to computer programs in which special provisions are made for concrete plasticity, cracking and crushing with and without concrete aggregate interlocking.

The data discussed in this report represents the opinions of informed and expert respondents, from all parts of the PFI industry, including both private and pubilc sectors.

This work deals with the civil engineering heritage of London and the Thames Valley. The development of London has attracted the design and construction skills of a range of eminent civil engineers and contractors.