Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building

Clays and clay minerals are the most abundant natural reactive solids on the Earth's surface. This comprehensive review considers clay science in t...

By nature, competent decisions by emergency responders are challenging because incidents are fluid and dynamic. In Critical Decision Making, Chief ...

Fire Investigation for the Company Officer is intended to supplement the approach to the challenges faced by company commanders on the fireground. ...

The Lower Danubethe stretch of Europes second longest river between the Romanian-Serbian border and the confluence to the Black Seawas effectively ...

Infrastructure forms the economic backbone of modern society. It is a key determinant of economic competitiveness, social well-being and environmen...

This book will change the way you think about problems. It focuses on creating solutions to all sorts of complex problems by taking a practical, pr...

Learn how fire ground size-up can make your operations efficient, effective, and safe.Fire officers have many decisions to make when they approach ...

The Dynamic Fire Chief: Principles for Organizational Management seeks to bridge the gap between service delivery (management of street level opera...

Since the 1960s, wind tunnel testing has become a commonly used tool in the design of tall buildings. It was pioneered, in large part, during the d...

In this book on Fundamentals of Mass Determination, the definition and dissemination of units of mass is explained, starting with an introduction t...

This set of 26 volumes gathers the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2017) and the Affi...

Terahertz (THz) and Mid-Infrared (MIR) radiation (TERA-MIR) can be transmitted through nearly any material without causing biological harm. Novel a...

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

This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market. Dubai is fast becoming one of the worlds most attracti...

La razionalizzazione delle scienze ha avuto un grande impulso con lavvento e il consolidarsi dei concetti dellAnalisi Dimensionale, accanto alla qu...

Il testo fornisce le conoscenze necessarie per affrontare, con un approccio quantitativo, i molteplici aspetti connessi al flusso delle risorse idr...

This illustrated reference takes readers on a revealing tour of a vital, underappreciated piece of our nations infrastructure.Imagine Washington, D...