Building Construction & Materials

This book provides a comprehensive overview of hazardous areas containing explosive gases, vapors, and combustible dust. It also discusses about th...

This volume provides the information and methodology needed to predict the thermal boundary condition for a fire over time. The methods contained h...

This book highlights the utilization of biomaterials as emerging suitable and effective flame retardants (FRs) to replace most of the conventional ...

This book offers the basics of embodied and operational carbon while discussing the inclusion of carbon emission in the GBRS at global and national...

Now in its 44th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2025 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed exter...

The general purpose of ventilation in buildings is to provide healthy air for breathing by both diluting the pollutants originating in the building...

LED lighting is a fast-developing technology with many advantages over filament and gas discharge lighting systems. However, inappropriate design, ...

Cybersecurity has become a critical area to focus after recent hack attacks to key infrastructure and personal systems. This book reviews the build...

The book presents select proceedings of the 9th Conference on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM 2023). It broadly covers are...

This book is the first in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials...

This book is the third in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials...

This book provides guidance on building survey work for typical residential, commercial and industrial buildings, with advice on how to diagnose a ...

This book gathers proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Türkiye on November 6-10, 2023. Organize...

Pressure on space and changes in planning law mean that loft conversions are now at the forefront in the race to improve the performance of Britain...

This book gathers the proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6-10, 2023. Orga...

Wood in Construction How to Avoid Costly Mistakes focuses on the basic principles and appropriate use of wood in construction and illustrates how ...

A guide to effective corporate and project management in the construction industry with a focus on the role that people play in the process Global ...

Explores and brings together the existent body of knowledge on building performance analysisShortlisted in the CIBSE 2020 Building Performance Awar...

Construction is a highly practical subject. Students on all built environment degree programmes are expected to know and understand building techno...

Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) informs and enhances the usability and sustainability of building designs with lessons learned from evaluatio...