Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building

Waste is one of the planets last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, ...

Sir Nigel Thompson walked to school around the bomb craters of the London Blitzit made him want to build things, rather than knock them down. After...

Basic Water Treatment, now in its sixth edition, is an accessible and practical guide to all aspects of potable water quality and treatment. Focusi...

This volume addresses the multi-disciplinary topic of engineering geology and the environment, one of the fastest growing, most relevant and applie...

A comprehensive text to the non-destructive evaluation of degradation of materials due to environment that takes an interdisciplinary approach Non-...

This revised, updated and expanded colour edition of a book first published in 2011 under the title ''Design Primer for Hot Climates, has an additi...

The castles and other properties owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland are precious jewels in the crown of the nations heritage. Ens...

In his time Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the world's greatest engineer. His list of achievements is truly breathtaking: the Thames Tunnel, the first...

Although 3D printing promises a revolution in many industries, primarily industrial manufacturing, nowhere are the possibilities greater than in th...

The combination of cheap, easily available materials, margin for error, suitability for amateurs and flexibility in terms of size and shape, make f...

Research studies on the preparation for and mitigation of future earthquakes, an area of increasing importance to many countries around the world, ...