Author: Davis Langdon and Everest
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482267667
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
New for 2001: A free CD ROM containing Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data is included in the back of this book and will allow you to: *View the book 'on screen' *Cut and paste prices into other tender documents *Produce other tender documents *Export to other major packages *Adjust rates and data *Perform simple calculations New
Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2001
Author: Davis Langdon and Everest
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482267667
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
New for 2001: A free CD ROM containing Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data is included in the back of this book and will allow you to: *View the book 'on screen' *Cut and paste prices into other tender documents *Produce other tender documents *Export to other major packages *Adjust rates and data *Perform simple calculations New
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482267667
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
New for 2001: A free CD ROM containing Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data is included in the back of this book and will allow you to: *View the book 'on screen' *Cut and paste prices into other tender documents *Produce other tender documents *Export to other major packages *Adjust rates and data *Perform simple calculations New
Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price
Author: Davis Langdon and Everest
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415242819
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
New for 2001: A free CD ROM containing Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data is included in the back of this book and will allow you to: *View the book 'on screen' *Cut and paste prices into other tender documents *Produce other tender documents *Export to other major packages *Adjust rates and data *Perform simple calculations New features in this 15th edition of Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book include: *An in-depth review of drainage section labour and plant resources *A detailed re-working of the highways and other approximate estimate data *Revision of the plant resources section to conform with the CECA Schedules of Dayworks. *Free updates available on the web www.pricebooks.co.uk
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415242819
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
New for 2001: A free CD ROM containing Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data is included in the back of this book and will allow you to: *View the book 'on screen' *Cut and paste prices into other tender documents *Produce other tender documents *Export to other major packages *Adjust rates and data *Perform simple calculations New features in this 15th edition of Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book include: *An in-depth review of drainage section labour and plant resources *A detailed re-working of the highways and other approximate estimate data *Revision of the plant resources section to conform with the CECA Schedules of Dayworks. *Free updates available on the web www.pricebooks.co.uk
Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price
Author: Davis Langdon
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415552583
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Materials prices are still rising for most products, subcontract prices are volatile, tender prices falling... What’s happening in detail and where are things heading in this demanding market? Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2010 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual that many in the civil engineering, surveying and construction business will find it hard to work without. It gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with the latest CIJC wage agreement. This 24th edition, in its easy to read format, incorporates a comprehensive review throughout Assumptions on overheads and profits have been revised downwards Preliminaries have been cut, on a lower cost base Labour rates have been adjusted to reflect today’s economic climate Tunnelling rates are too volatile this year and have been removed from this edition Structured to comply with CESMM3 and MMHW, the book includes prices and rates covering everything from ladders to lighting systems and canal dredging to cycle stands. In a time when it is essential to gain 'competitive advantage' in an increasingly congested market, this price book provides instant-access cost information and is a one-stop reference containing tables, formulae, technical information and professional advice. Buyers of this 2010 edition can make a free internet download of Spon’s Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data, which will run to the end of 2010 and: produce estimate and tender documents generate priced or unpriced schedules adjust rates and data and enter rogue items export schedules into Excel carry out an index search This year, for the first time, the download includes a versatile and powerful ebook. Plus the standard features you have come to expect from Spon’s Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book: For budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges For resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices For rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices For plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants For detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs For incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice Updated, free of charge, every four months – see enclosed card to register. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0415552583
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Materials prices are still rising for most products, subcontract prices are volatile, tender prices falling... What’s happening in detail and where are things heading in this demanding market? Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2010 is more than just a price book. It provides a comprehensive work manual that many in the civil engineering, surveying and construction business will find it hard to work without. It gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated in line with the latest CIJC wage agreement. This 24th edition, in its easy to read format, incorporates a comprehensive review throughout Assumptions on overheads and profits have been revised downwards Preliminaries have been cut, on a lower cost base Labour rates have been adjusted to reflect today’s economic climate Tunnelling rates are too volatile this year and have been removed from this edition Structured to comply with CESMM3 and MMHW, the book includes prices and rates covering everything from ladders to lighting systems and canal dredging to cycle stands. In a time when it is essential to gain 'competitive advantage' in an increasingly congested market, this price book provides instant-access cost information and is a one-stop reference containing tables, formulae, technical information and professional advice. Buyers of this 2010 edition can make a free internet download of Spon’s Civil Engineering and Highway Works price data, which will run to the end of 2010 and: produce estimate and tender documents generate priced or unpriced schedules adjust rates and data and enter rogue items export schedules into Excel carry out an index search This year, for the first time, the download includes a versatile and powerful ebook. Plus the standard features you have come to expect from Spon’s Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book: For budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges For resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices For rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices For plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants For detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs For incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice Updated, free of charge, every four months – see enclosed card to register. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk
Polymer Modified Bitumen
Author: Tony McNally
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 085709372X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The addition of polymers to bitumen allows the modification of certain physical properties, such as softening point, brittleness and ductility, of the bitumen. Polymer modified bitumen: Properties and characterisation provides a valuable and in-depth coverage of the science and technology of polymer modified bitumen.After an initial introduction to bitumen and polymer modified bitumen, the book is divided into two parts. Chapters in part one focus on the preparation and properties of a range of polymer modified bitumen, including polymer bitumen emulsions, modification of bitumen with poly (urethanes), waste rubber and plastic and polypropylene fibres. Part two addresses the characterisation and properties of polymer modified bitumen. Chapter topics covered include rheology, simulated and actual long term ageing studies; the solubility of bituminous binders in fuels and the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to study ageing/oxidation of polymer modified bitumen.Polymer modified bitumen is an essential reference for scientists and engineers, from both academia and the civil engineering and transport industries, interested in the properties and characterisation of polymer modified bitumen. - Provides a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the science and technology of polymer modified bitumen - Focuses on the preparation and properties of a range of polymer modified bitumen, including emulsions, modification of bitumen with poly(urethanes), waste rubber and plastic as well as polypropylene fibres - Addresses the characterization and properties of polymer modified bitumen, including rheology, simulated and actual long term ageing studies, and the solubility of bituminous binders in fuels
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 085709372X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
The addition of polymers to bitumen allows the modification of certain physical properties, such as softening point, brittleness and ductility, of the bitumen. Polymer modified bitumen: Properties and characterisation provides a valuable and in-depth coverage of the science and technology of polymer modified bitumen.After an initial introduction to bitumen and polymer modified bitumen, the book is divided into two parts. Chapters in part one focus on the preparation and properties of a range of polymer modified bitumen, including polymer bitumen emulsions, modification of bitumen with poly (urethanes), waste rubber and plastic and polypropylene fibres. Part two addresses the characterisation and properties of polymer modified bitumen. Chapter topics covered include rheology, simulated and actual long term ageing studies; the solubility of bituminous binders in fuels and the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to study ageing/oxidation of polymer modified bitumen.Polymer modified bitumen is an essential reference for scientists and engineers, from both academia and the civil engineering and transport industries, interested in the properties and characterisation of polymer modified bitumen. - Provides a comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the science and technology of polymer modified bitumen - Focuses on the preparation and properties of a range of polymer modified bitumen, including emulsions, modification of bitumen with poly(urethanes), waste rubber and plastic as well as polypropylene fibres - Addresses the characterization and properties of polymer modified bitumen, including rheology, simulated and actual long term ageing studies, and the solubility of bituminous binders in fuels
Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering
Author: Saeed Moaveni
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781439062081
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Specifically designed as an introduction to the exciting world of engineering, ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING encourages students to become engineers and prepares them with a solid foundation in the fundamental principles and physical laws. The book begins with a discovery of what engineers do as well as an inside look into the various areas of specialization. An explanation on good study habits and what it takes to succeed is included as well as an introduction to design and problem solving, communication, and ethics. Once this foundation is established, the book moves on to the basic physical concepts and laws that students will encounter regularly. The framework of this text teaches students that engineers apply physical and chemical laws and principles as well as mathematics to design, test, and supervise the production of millions of parts, products, and services that people use every day. By gaining problem solving skills and an understanding of fundamental principles, students are on their way to becoming analytical, detail-oriented, and creative engineers. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781439062081
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Specifically designed as an introduction to the exciting world of engineering, ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING encourages students to become engineers and prepares them with a solid foundation in the fundamental principles and physical laws. The book begins with a discovery of what engineers do as well as an inside look into the various areas of specialization. An explanation on good study habits and what it takes to succeed is included as well as an introduction to design and problem solving, communication, and ethics. Once this foundation is established, the book moves on to the basic physical concepts and laws that students will encounter regularly. The framework of this text teaches students that engineers apply physical and chemical laws and principles as well as mathematics to design, test, and supervise the production of millions of parts, products, and services that people use every day. By gaining problem solving skills and an understanding of fundamental principles, students are on their way to becoming analytical, detail-oriented, and creative engineers. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The Test of Our Progress
Author: Corrine M. Yu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The first part of this report consists of the findings of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights on the record of the Clinton administration on civil rights. Six years into President Clinton's term, he continues to speak with understanding and empathy about the plight of people trapped in racial and ethnic isolation, but his administration has yet to provide clear direction with respect to civil rights. Some recommendations are made for policy to support equal opportunity. These include policies to renew the national commitment to civil rights and to address basic and critical needs such as nutrition, job training, and education. Major efforts are urged to ensure equal education, with re-examination of school segregation and attention to the needs of children of Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The second part of the report contains working papers prepared for this report by leading civil rights and public interest experts. Of the 22 chapters within part 2, there are 5 which concentrate on education. These chapters are: (1) "The Clinton Administration's Record on Equal Educational Opportunity in Elementary and Secondary Education" (Dennis Parker); (2) "Inclusion of Limited English Proficient Students in Title I: An Assessment of Current Practice" (Diane August, Dianne Piche, and Roger Rice); (3) "Federal Title VI Policy and LEP Pupils" (Peter D. Roos); (4) "Minority Access to Higher Education" (Deborah J. Wilds and Diane C. Hampton); and (5) "The Continuing Challenge: Gender Equity in Education and the Clinton Administration" (Verna L. Williams, Leslie T. Annexstein, and Needa Chaudhry). (SLD)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The first part of this report consists of the findings of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights on the record of the Clinton administration on civil rights. Six years into President Clinton's term, he continues to speak with understanding and empathy about the plight of people trapped in racial and ethnic isolation, but his administration has yet to provide clear direction with respect to civil rights. Some recommendations are made for policy to support equal opportunity. These include policies to renew the national commitment to civil rights and to address basic and critical needs such as nutrition, job training, and education. Major efforts are urged to ensure equal education, with re-examination of school segregation and attention to the needs of children of Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The second part of the report contains working papers prepared for this report by leading civil rights and public interest experts. Of the 22 chapters within part 2, there are 5 which concentrate on education. These chapters are: (1) "The Clinton Administration's Record on Equal Educational Opportunity in Elementary and Secondary Education" (Dennis Parker); (2) "Inclusion of Limited English Proficient Students in Title I: An Assessment of Current Practice" (Diane August, Dianne Piche, and Roger Rice); (3) "Federal Title VI Policy and LEP Pupils" (Peter D. Roos); (4) "Minority Access to Higher Education" (Deborah J. Wilds and Diane C. Hampton); and (5) "The Continuing Challenge: Gender Equity in Education and the Clinton Administration" (Verna L. Williams, Leslie T. Annexstein, and Needa Chaudhry). (SLD)
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Author: Andreas H. Schumann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048199174
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Flood catastrophes which happened world-wide have shown that it is not sufficient to characterize the hazard caused by the natural phenomenon "flood" with the well-known 3M-approach (measuring, mapping and modelling). Due to the recent shift in paradigms from a safety oriented approach to risk based planning it became necessary to consider the harmful impacts of hazards. The planning tasks changed from attempts to minimise hazards towards interventions to reduce exposure or susceptibility and nowadays to enhance the capacities to increase resilience. Scientific interest shifts more and more towards interdisciplinary approaches, which are needed to avoid disaster. This book deals with many aspects of flood risk management in a comprehensive way. As risks depend on hazard and vulnerabilities, not only geophysical tools for flood forecasting and planning are presented, but also socio-economic problems of flood management are discussed. Starting with precipitation and meteorological tools to its forecasting, hydrological models are described in their applications for operational flood forecasts, considering model uncertainties and their interactions with hydraulic and groundwater models. With regard to flood risk planning, regionalization aspects and the options to utilize historic floods are discussed. New hydrological tools for flood risk assessments for dams and reservoirs are presented. Problems and options to quantify socio-economic risks and how to consider them in multi-criteria assessments of flood risk planning are discussed. This book contributes to the contemporary efforts to reduce flood risk at the European scale. Using many real-world examples, it is useful for scientists and practitioners at different levels and with different interests.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048199174
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Flood catastrophes which happened world-wide have shown that it is not sufficient to characterize the hazard caused by the natural phenomenon "flood" with the well-known 3M-approach (measuring, mapping and modelling). Due to the recent shift in paradigms from a safety oriented approach to risk based planning it became necessary to consider the harmful impacts of hazards. The planning tasks changed from attempts to minimise hazards towards interventions to reduce exposure or susceptibility and nowadays to enhance the capacities to increase resilience. Scientific interest shifts more and more towards interdisciplinary approaches, which are needed to avoid disaster. This book deals with many aspects of flood risk management in a comprehensive way. As risks depend on hazard and vulnerabilities, not only geophysical tools for flood forecasting and planning are presented, but also socio-economic problems of flood management are discussed. Starting with precipitation and meteorological tools to its forecasting, hydrological models are described in their applications for operational flood forecasts, considering model uncertainties and their interactions with hydraulic and groundwater models. With regard to flood risk planning, regionalization aspects and the options to utilize historic floods are discussed. New hydrological tools for flood risk assessments for dams and reservoirs are presented. Problems and options to quantify socio-economic risks and how to consider them in multi-criteria assessments of flood risk planning are discussed. This book contributes to the contemporary efforts to reduce flood risk at the European scale. Using many real-world examples, it is useful for scientists and practitioners at different levels and with different interests.
To Act as a Unit
Author: John D. Clough
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596240001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Tracing the history of the Cleveland Clinic from its start as a small not-for-profit group practice to being the world's second largest private academic medical center, this medical history tells one of the most dramatic stories in modern medicine. Starting on the battlefield hospitals of World War I, this details how the clinic achieved medical firsts, such as the discovery of coronary angiography and the world's first successful larynx transplant, improved hospital safety, and met the challenges of the 21st century to be ranked among the top five hospitals in America. This text not only recounts the history of the clinic but presents a model for other not-for-profit organizations on how to endure and thrive.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596240001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Tracing the history of the Cleveland Clinic from its start as a small not-for-profit group practice to being the world's second largest private academic medical center, this medical history tells one of the most dramatic stories in modern medicine. Starting on the battlefield hospitals of World War I, this details how the clinic achieved medical firsts, such as the discovery of coronary angiography and the world's first successful larynx transplant, improved hospital safety, and met the challenges of the 21st century to be ranked among the top five hospitals in America. This text not only recounts the history of the clinic but presents a model for other not-for-profit organizations on how to endure and thrive.
The Mass Retrofitting of an Energy Efficient—Low Carbon Zone
Author: Mark Deakin
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1447166213
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Maximizing reader insights into the strategic value of mass retrofits in the residential property sector through a detailed case study analysis of the ‘Hackbridge project’, this book uses this development to broaden understanding of how planners may perform urban regeneration in accordance with a centralized plan. This book demonstrates how urban morphology matters, not only with respect to either the geometry of design and construction systems, or occupational behaviours, but with regards to the potential with which the planning, (re)development, design, construction, use and occupation of buildings, has to not only lower levels of energy consumption and rates of carbon emission, but also to reduce global warming associated with climate change. Delivering a critique of the state-of-the-art on urban morphology, the geometry of design typologies, construction systems and occupational behaviours and armed with the critical insights this offers, this book offers a context-specific analysis of how institutions can begin to actively plan for, integrate and sustain the development of energy efficient-low carbon zones.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1447166213
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Maximizing reader insights into the strategic value of mass retrofits in the residential property sector through a detailed case study analysis of the ‘Hackbridge project’, this book uses this development to broaden understanding of how planners may perform urban regeneration in accordance with a centralized plan. This book demonstrates how urban morphology matters, not only with respect to either the geometry of design and construction systems, or occupational behaviours, but with regards to the potential with which the planning, (re)development, design, construction, use and occupation of buildings, has to not only lower levels of energy consumption and rates of carbon emission, but also to reduce global warming associated with climate change. Delivering a critique of the state-of-the-art on urban morphology, the geometry of design typologies, construction systems and occupational behaviours and armed with the critical insights this offers, this book offers a context-specific analysis of how institutions can begin to actively plan for, integrate and sustain the development of energy efficient-low carbon zones.
Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions
Author: Jiri Marsalek
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203932463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Effective management of urban water should be based on a scientific understanding of the impact of human activity on both the urban hydrological cycle – including its processes and interactions – and the environment itself. Such anthropogenic impacts, which vary broadly in time and space, need to be quantified with respect to local climate, urban development, cultural, environmental and religious practices, and other socio-economic factors. Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions represents the fruit of a project by UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme on this topic. The volume begins by introducing the urban water cycle concept and the need for integrated or total management. It then explores in detail the manifold hydrological components of the cycle, the diverse elements of urban infrastructure and water services, and the various effects of urbanization on the environment – from the atmosphere and surface waters to wetlands, soils and groundwater, as well as biodiversity. A concluding series of recommendations for effective urban water management summarize the important findings set forth here. Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP Volumes Following from the Sixth Phase of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (2002–2007), the Urban Water Series – UNESCO-IHP addresses fundamental issues related to the role of water in cities and the effects of urbanization on the hydrological cycle and water resources. Focusing on the development of integrated approaches to sustainable urban water management, the Series should inform the work of urban water management practitioners, policy-makers and educators throughout the world.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203932463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Effective management of urban water should be based on a scientific understanding of the impact of human activity on both the urban hydrological cycle – including its processes and interactions – and the environment itself. Such anthropogenic impacts, which vary broadly in time and space, need to be quantified with respect to local climate, urban development, cultural, environmental and religious practices, and other socio-economic factors. Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions represents the fruit of a project by UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme on this topic. The volume begins by introducing the urban water cycle concept and the need for integrated or total management. It then explores in detail the manifold hydrological components of the cycle, the diverse elements of urban infrastructure and water services, and the various effects of urbanization on the environment – from the atmosphere and surface waters to wetlands, soils and groundwater, as well as biodiversity. A concluding series of recommendations for effective urban water management summarize the important findings set forth here. Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP Volumes Following from the Sixth Phase of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (2002–2007), the Urban Water Series – UNESCO-IHP addresses fundamental issues related to the role of water in cities and the effects of urbanization on the hydrological cycle and water resources. Focusing on the development of integrated approaches to sustainable urban water management, the Series should inform the work of urban water management practitioners, policy-makers and educators throughout the world.