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Geophysical and Geotechnical Methods for Diagnosing Flood Protection Dikes

by Cyrille Fauchard & Patrice Mériaux

This book presents a three-phase methodology for the efficient diagnosis of “dry dikes”. It is invaluable for anyone involved in dike safety; notably owners, managers, engineers and contractors, and provides...

Water Quality & Treatment : A Handbook on Drinking Water: A Handbook on Drinking Water

by American Water Works Association & James K. Edzwald

The definitive water quality and treatment resource--fully revised and updatedComprehensive, current, and written by leading experts, Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition covers...

Riding the High Wire

by Robert A. Trennert

Riding the High Wire is the first comprehensive history of aerial mine tramways in the American West, describing their place in the evolution of mining after 1870. Robert A. Trennert shows how the mid-nineteenth...

Ores to Metals

by James Fell

This comprehensive treatment of the smelting industry of Colorado, originally published in 1979, is now back in print with a new preface by the author. Packed with fascinating statistics and mining data, Ores...

The Forgotten Heroes

by Brian Herbert

The United States Merchant Marine has a tradition of being in the forefront of every American military action and has served with distinction in every conflict. New York Times bestselling author Brian Herbert...

Dawn Over Kitty Hawk

by Walter J. Boyne

The names Wilbur and Orville Wright stand out in history as the inventors of the airplane, but lost in history are those who in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth...

On Glorious Wings

by Stephen Coonts, Ralph Peters, Jack Hunter & Richard Bach et al.

Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect of how we live today....

Surveillance, Maintenance and Diagnosis of Flood Protection Dikes

by Paul Royet & Patrice Mériaux

This technical guide is intended for personnel within services or structures involved in managing dikes that protect against floods in the case of a rise in river levels. It is intended for an audience of technicians...

Predictive and Optimised Life Cycle Management

by Asko Sarja

Predictive and Optimised Life-Cycle Management sets out methodologies to meet the demands of the current trend towards sustainable civil engineering and building.

Encompassing all aspects of construction practice,...

Aircraft Noise

by Keith Attenborough, Oleksandr Zaporozhets & Vadim Tokarev

Aircraft noise has adverse impacts on passengers, airport staff and people living near airports, it thus limits the capacity of regional and international airports throughout the world. Reducing perceived noise...

In Situ Testing in Geomechanics

by Fernando Schnaid

• Standard Penetration Tests
• Cone Penetration Tests
• Vane Test
• Pressuremeter Tests
• Dilatometer Tests

If you use or need to know how to use any or all of these tests, then this is the book for you.

Fernando Schnaid takes...

Understanding the Building Regulations

by No Contributor

Praise for previous editions:

'Covers all the requirements of the Building Regulations as we know them today. It is clear and concise in its explanations ... A good book.' - Clerk of Works Journal

'A clear and...