Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building

Safety or the effects of its absence are often attributed to fate and loosely termed as acts of God. In reality, incidents occur when one or more ...

A guide to how positive energy living can be achieved, through homes that power themselves and empower their occupants.Positive energy homes enable...

There is a regular call for UK housing statistics to compare them with international countries. However, statistics in the UK are compiled from the...

A veritable cookbook of natural plaster recipes and techniques for beautiful, durable finishes Natural plasters made of clay, lime, and other mater...

Helps developers provide an appropriate level of airtightness within the fabric of commerical buildings to satisfy the requirements of the 2010 Bu...

An authoritative guide to using timber culled from the UKs urban timber resource (street, park and urban woodland trees). This BRE Trust report pro...

Prepared by the Wind Tunnel Testing for Buildings and Other Structures Standards Committee of the Codes and Standards Activities Division of the St...

The student workbook/lab manual is designed to help your students retain key chapter content. Included within this resource are chapter objective q...

Approved Document J of the Building Regulations covers the requirements with respect to heat producing appliances. This document is the 2013 edi...

This is the designers essential guide to implementing the new CDM 2015 regulations. It provides both a straightforward overview of the key changes ...