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Dynamics of Marine Sands

Author: Richard Soulsby
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: sands, marine, dynamics
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 072772584X
ISBN-13: 9780727725844

The practical engineer looking for an urgent solution to a sediment-related project often finds that the results of the relevant academic research are published in unfamiliar language in publications that are not easily available. Dynamics of marine sands bridges the gap between academic research and practical applications by summarising the research results in a unified form, backed up with worked examples and case studies.

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Graphics For Urban Design & Planning

Authors:B. Meeda, N. Parkyn, the late D. S. Walton,
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: planning, amp, design, urban, graphics
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0727733990
ISBN-13: 9780727733993

This is a practical guide to producing graphics for urban design projects and planning. Through illustration and narrative, the authors demonstrate how urban regeneration has inspired a growth and mixture of graphic techniques for communicating a projects vision.

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Port Designers Handbook

Author: Carl A Thoresen
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: handbook, designers, port
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 0727732285
ISBN-13: 9780727732286

The book provides an evaluation of different designs and construction methods for port and berth structures, and recommendations given by the different international harbour standards and recommendations. Practising harbour and port engineers and students will find the handbook an invaluable source of information.

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Steel Concrete Composite Bridges

Author: David Collings
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: bridges, composite, concrete, steel
Number of Pages: 198
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 0727733427
ISBN-13: 9780727733429

Steel Concrete Composite Bridges outlines the various forms that modern steel-concrete composite bridges take, from simple beam bridges through to arches and trusses and modern cable stay forms. It brings together a wide variety of steel-concrete composite bridge types, many of which have not been covered in any existing book or design guide. It outlines design rules for composite action and provides examples of their use in a wide variety of practical applications.

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The Value Management Benchmark: Framework document

Authors:Steven Male, John Kelly, Marcus Grongvist, Scott Fern
Publisher: Institution of Civil Engineers Publishing
Keywords: document, framework, benchmark, management, value
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 072772729X
ISBN-13: 9780727727299

Value management (VM) is a structured, team-oriented approach to problem solving that can be applied to the concept, design, construction and on-going management phases of a project. The primary reasons for any client or consultant to commission a VM study is to achieve value improvements and/or monetary savings. The Framework documentThis has been developed from an international benchmarking exercise of VM processes, procedures, tools and techniques used in construction and manufacturing. It presents clear, step-by-step procedures for undertaking the VM process on construction projects.