Building Construction & Materials

In addition to architects, engineers, and design professionals, fire fighters also need to understand fire protection systems in order to manage th...

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).This monumental five-volume set, comprising 821 peer-reviewed papers, brings together the latest ...

Based on the National Fire Academy's Fire Behavior and Combustion model curriculum. Without a comprehensive grasp of how fires start and spread, in...

Strategic and tactical decision-making is easy with the Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident Field Operations Guide. In order to minimize th...

Trench Rescue: Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670 is the most comprehensive trench rescue resource on the market, delivering updated inf...

Each new print copy of Hazardous Materials: Awareness and Operations also includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a complete eBook, Study...

Packed with precise, step-by-step checklists, detailed illustrations, and informative chapter explanations, the Electrical Inspection Manual, 2014 ...

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technolo...

Principles of Fire Prevention, Fourth Edition meets and exceeds the FESHE Associate Core level course called Fire Prevention (C0286). It will provi...

This book provides an analysis of the origin and effect of human errors in engineering. Using cases from everyday construction and large-scale acci...

Archaeoseismic research provides data and information on past earthquakes but is limited by the lack of ongoing discussions about methodology. This...

A jewel of Japanese residential architecture, presented through stunning immersive photographs and detailed fold-out plans One of the great exampl...

This book mainly focuses on the multi-media energy prediction technology and optimization methods of iron and steel enterprises. The technical meth...

This textbook presents applicative examples of the main methods of structural analysis of statically indeterminate frame structures. It begins with...

HVAC Fundamentals, System Design, Operation, Selection, and Optimization fully covers the full range of HVAC systems used in todays facilities and ...

Of interest to engineers from civil, military, nuclear, offshore, aeronautical, transportation and other backgrounds, this book contains the procee...

This book highlights the latest knowledge and innovations in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry striving for a sustainable b...

For a long time, urban agriculture initiatives have been explored and novel policy and planning practices have been investigated. With the global f...