Building Construction & Materials

This book investigates the creation of healthy and thermally comfortable built environments in a low-carbon manner with advanced air distribution, ...

Heating and Cooling with Ground-Source Heat Pumps in Cold and Moderate Climates: Design Principles, Potential Applications and Case Studies focuses...

This book gathers the proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Ar.Tec. (Scientific Society of Architectural Engineering), Colloqui.AT.e,...

This book takes a deep dive into the design and planning, and unique challenges of settlements in the European Arctic. Attractive Arctic Cities req...

This book takes a deep dive into the design and planning, and unique challenges of settlements in the European Arctic. Attractive Arctic Cities req...

The book presents the select proceedings of 13th Structural Engineering Convention. It covers the latest research in multidisciplinary areas within...

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in t...

The ever evolving technology of waterproofing presents challenges and risks for architects and engineers who do not specialize in the field. The re...

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resou...

Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per...

Buildings have a long lifetime, and so they are a major target for any structural changes in consumption patterns. Conversely, long lifetimes come ...

The Dictionary of Construction Terms offers clear and concise explanations of the most commonly encountered legal and technical terms, phrases and ...

Are you unsure about: the current US legal environment with respect to BIM and VDC? the evolving standards of care for design and construction prof...

Considering the increased need to test and develop ventilation both for normobaric and hyperbaric use in underwater technology industries (diving e...

This book covers theoretical foundations of the Natural Gas (NG) installations and networks as a part of building logistic system, illustrated with...

A unique publication, this set of book and CD-ROM is a handy tool for the design and operation of cement plants. Operation requires many calculatio...

Construction Contract Administration for Project Owners is aimed at public and private owners of real estate and construction projects. The book is...

This book comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022. The contents focus on recent developments in geotechni...

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in biomaterials for road pavements, as presented by leading international...

The book presents the select proceedings of 13th Structural Engineering Convention. It covers the latest research in multidisciplinary areas within...

This book contains selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Systems (EEMODS'22),...