Building Construction & Materials

Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response, Fourth Edition provides the complete Fire Fighter I and Fire Fighter II train...

Editors Opinion is a compilation of columns Bobby Halton wrote for Fire Engineering magazine. Bobby penned the column for 18 years while serving as...

Command presence refers to the perceived credibility of an incident commander on an incident scene. Frank Ricci, lead plaintiff in the landmark Sup...

Materiality is a recurring and central issue in architecture. This book explains how materials are constructed, how they become cultural substances...

Authors Jerry Tracy, Jack J. Murphy and James J. Murtagh invite fire chiefs, fire officers, firefighters, fire protection engineers, building manag...

This guide is for local authorities, owners and others involved in the conservation of Georgian and Victorian / early 20th century terraced housing...

Fibrous plaster is a form of decorative plasterwork composed of plaster of Paris, reinforced with layers of hessian and secured within a timber fra...

Prepared by the Stainless Steel Specification Committee of the Codes and Standards Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of A...

The geology of the Thames Valley provides little good building stone, so the towns are made very largely of local brick. Reading is particularly re...

What do we mean by net zero energy? Zero operating energy? Zero energy costs? Zero emissions? There is no one answer: approaches to net zero buildi...

Preserving the Vanishing City considers the unique challenges, conditions, and opportunities facing Clevelands historic preservation community duri...

Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development provides a concise summary of the real estate development process, allowing the reader to lear...

Brickwork has long dominated architecture in almost every country in the world. And no wonder, it can be found virtually everywhere, considering th...

Local heritage whether buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas, historic parks and gardens or other designed landscapes plays an essential rol...

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields includes the contributions to the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads,...

This exceptionally produced trainee guide features a highly illustrated design, technical hints and tips from industry experts, review questions an...

In the later 20th century ever-larger, and sometimes architecturally ambitious, commercial office buildings proliferated in many cities. The dereg...

This guidance note provides advice on the principles, risks, materials and methods for insulating solid masonry walls. Traditional solid wall const...

The drive towards environmentally friendly buildings and infrastructure has led to a growing interest in providing design solutions underpinned by ...

Mike Rubins conversational style and self-deprecating humor appeal to healthcare providers and patients, educators and students, employers, and emp...

Prepared by the Task Committee for the Design and Performance of Tall Buildings of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCEDesign and Performan...

Since it is now clear that in the future many raw materials will only be available to us in limited quantities, scientists have for some time been ...

The Atlas of Fantastic infrastructures deals with the characterization of architecture, media and digital infrastructure. In concrete terms, it dea...

Build your own unique backyard playhouse. In this inspiring guide, Lee Mothes shows you how easy it is to construct the hideout of your kids dreams...

From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at home building from the perspective of twelve hou...

Prepared by the Committee on Forensic Investigations of the Forensic Engineering Division of ASCEInvestigation of Constructed Facilities: Sampling ...

The escalating interdependecy of nations drives global geopolitics to shift ever more quickly. Societies seem unable to control any change that aff...

For one- or two-semester courses in Construction Methods and Materials and Design in Architecture.   Promoting comprehensive understanding in gener...

For graduate and undergraduate courses in Foundation Engineering   Understanding and Practicing Foundation Design Principles Foundation Design: Pri...

Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society. People often seek protection fro...

Daylight is the most important element determining the mood and appearance of architecture, more so than all construction materials. In office buil...

Route 66 is a beloved and much studied symbol of twentieth-century America. But until now, no book has focused on the bridges that spanned the rive...

A journey through Europes old towns, exploring why we treasure thembut also what they hide about a continents fraught history  [A] fascinating chro...