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Structural engineering

December 2013

Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice (Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure series)

by Charles Ainger (Author)

Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice is a practical and accessible handbook which addresses the key principles of sustainability for engineers and built environment professionals. It outlines the critical changes needed to deliver more sustainable solutions and offers techniques to embed these changes as best practice in order to deliver high quality, economical and sustainable infrastructure across the globe. With many years of engineering knowledge and practical experience between them, the authors identify key sustainability issues in engineering and a set of common principles which can be applied across all types of infrastructure at each stage of a project, from planning and development through to the implementation, in-use and end-of-life phases. The book provides readers with a set of tools to help define, test and measure sustainability, encouraging them to be champions of change and take full advantage of sustainable opportunities. Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice provides readers with: • A comprehensive set of fundamental principles and tools to guide engineering decision making for sustainable infrastructure delivery • Real life case studies and practical examples from across the world, including the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA. • An understanding of the concepts and current debates around the need for sustainability • Advice on what questions to ask and when at each stage of project delivery Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice serves as an introduction to subsequent volumes in the Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure series which apply these principles to sector-specific contexts, including water, transport and buildings.

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Environmental science, engineering & technology

February 2015

Sustainable Buildings (Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure series)

by Alan Yates, Elisabeth Green and Tristram Hope (Author)

Sustainable Buildings is an indispensable handbook that combines a summary of good practice and sources of information helpful to practitioners involved in the design and procurement of buildings. This book illustrates the need for inter-disciplinary integration and an understanding of environmental physics as early as possible in the design process in order to deliver high-quality, economical and sustainable infrastructure across the globe. With many years of knowledge related to the sustainability of buildings, the authors aim to provide a balanced view of current best practice and a vision of the way forward in a rapidly changing sector, the demands placed on its outputs and the solutions that are available. Sustainable Buildings provides readers with: • time-limited and output-driven perspectives of practical infrastructure practitioners • real-life examples and case studies from a range of UK and worldwide projects • a comparison of RIBA, ACE, French, Russian and US design processes • a framework that allows engineers, architects, surveyors, constructors and others to work together as a team • real-world advice on how, when and what professionals involved in infrastructure-related businesses need to consider. Sustainable Buildings is part of the Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure series of handbooks aimed at providing engineers with an understanding of sustainability principles and solutions. To be useful for practitioners, the series sets sustainability concepts within well-known engineering management processes of planning, designing and delivering infrastructure.

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Civil engineering, surveying & building

June 2014

Structural Engineering of Transmission Lines

by Peter Catchpolewith, Buck Fife (Author)

Structural Engineering of Transmission Lines provides practicing engineers with a comprehensive guide to the structural behaviour of transmission lines and the successful management of transmission line projects. The authors bring together technical knowledge and industry advice to offer extensive practical guidance on the design, construction and management of transmission lines. Taking an international approach, the book details the considerations, methods and outcomes of projects in different parts of the world where the constraints and opportunities of resources, climate and culture are unique. An invaluable resource Structural Engineering of Transmission Lines: • provides observations, calculations and technical solutions to problems facing structural engineers • discusses variables in terrain and weather conditions when approaching each project • considers the balance of components in each structure to ensure the longevity of the line • outlines issues such as restricted access, jurisdictional constraints and natural hazards which may hinder a project and advises for cost-effective solutions. The Structural Engineering of Transmission Lines combines technical details and practical examples into one essential resource to help structural engineers, contractors, consultants, facility owners, operators and managers understand, navigate and build upon the current methods in the transmission line industry.

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Marine engineering

June 2014

Port Designer's Handbook, Third edition

by Carl A. Thoresen (Author)

The Port Designer’s Handbook, Third Edition provides practising port and harbour consulting engineers with essential guidance and recommendations for the layout, design and construction of modern harbour and port structures. The third edition is extensively revised and discusses various factors to consider when designing efficient container terminals. Water depth, berth structure, and environmental forces are discussed in line with PIANC recommendations and considerations. The latest developments in navigation safety, site selection, layout, cargo handling, and mooring principles are outlined and evaluated, and operational conditions for ships in channels and harbour basins are discussed. Drawing on PIANC specifications, international harbour standards and recommendations are thoroughly explored. This handbook is an invaluable resource to practising port and harbour consulting engineers as well as contractors involved in the layout, design and construction of berth and harbour structures. The Port Designer’s Handbook, Third Edition: • provides revised calculations for wind, current and wave forces according to the PIANC and international specification and recommendations • demonstrates safety considerations, calculations, evaluations and recommendations in line with PIANC and Eurocode specifications • outlines design considerations relating to loadings, berth structures, cargo handling equipment and berthing forces • details open berth structures including larger type of vessels e.g. large oil and LNG tankers which need increased water depth for berthing • discusses new container handling equipment and the demand for more efficient container terminals based on the new PIANC recommendations.

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Civil engineering, surveying & building

June 2011

The Civil Engineers

by Hugh Ferguson , Mike Chimes (Author)

Many Victorian engineers have become household names, now, in the 21st century, with high speed rail, sky-reaching buildings and clean water on-demand we take civil engineers’ skills for granted. This is the story of the oldest professional engineering institution, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), and the people who made it; the men and women that have shaped the world around us with the projects they design, build and maintain and in doing do so have helped to improve the lives of millions of people. Opening the doors on the ICE’s extensive archives, this highly illustrated colour history looks at the development of the profession over nearly 200 years, charting the successes of construction from the great engineering advances of Victorian times to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the growth of the ICE into a global knowledge network with a membership of more than 80,000. With biographies of some of the great engineers who made these changes possible, including ICE past presidents: Thomas Telford, the first president and, for many, the greatest civil engineer of all time; George and Robert Stephenson, father and son pioneers of the British railway revolution; Sir John Fowler, responsible for the world’s first underground railway; Sir Joseph Bazalgette, creator of London’s sewer system; Sir Benjamin Baker, creator of the Forth Railway Bridge and the Aswan Dam; and Basil Mott, designer and engineer of the Mersey Road Tunnel. Explore the colourful history of the development of civil engineering and its professional institution in this informative and interesting account from authors with extensive knowledge of the ICE. The Civil Engineers is a fascinating read for all those interested in the civil engineering industry and its impact on the world, as well as an overview of the ICE and its key players for civil engineers working towards ICE membership.

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Structural engineering

March 2012

Temporary Works

Principles of Design and Construction

by Murray Grant (Author)

Temporary Works: Principles of Design and Construction is the first reference book to deliver authoritative and comprehensive guidance on temporary works for practising engineers. The practicalities of temporary works are an essential, cost-and-safety-critical aspect of all construction projects, but receive minimum coverage in training and remain poorly understood by many engineers. Covering all sub-specialties of this wide-ranging topic in a single resource, this book is invaluable for permanent works designers, engineers, technicians and contractors looking to minimise costs, maximise efficiency and ensure the safety of those working on-site. Temporary Works is • the only reference book to provide complete coverage of temporary works sub-specialties in a single volume • written by more than twenty industry experts established in specific fields, from falsework to floating plant • informed by the latest European codes – complete with the explanatory detail needed to use them – and up to date with current safety standards • a source of immediate, practical solutions to common problems and extensive references for readers to build on existing knowledge. Drawing on years of collective experience of temporary works in practice, this book is a key reference for temporary and permanent works designers alike, a useful training aid for new engineers, and a timely and relevant contribution to furthering knowledge in this often-overlooked field.

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Construction & engineering law

April 2015

NEC3: Practical Solutions

by Robert Alan Gerrard, Stuart Kings (Author)

NEC3 Practical Solutions navigates the contractual issues faced by users of the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). Based on real queries posed to the NEC Users’ Group Helpdesk, this concise reference guide is a helpful problem-solving tool, providing hints, tips and answers to 245 common questions. With a focus on implementing good practice, this invaluable tool guides the reader through common project pitfalls, and offers helpful advice to ensure the delivery of successful, effective and efficient projects. NEC3 Practical Solutions: • covers real queries received by the NEC Users’ Group Helpdesk over the last 10 years • includes the clause number for each query so that information can be found quickly • provides top tips for the successful use of NEC3 ECC at the end of each chapter • is written by NEC consultants with extensive practical experience. Written for construction professionals by NEC3 consultants who have been actively involved in writing NEC documents for nearly 20 years, this practical guide to the NEC3 ECC is an ideal companion for engineers, surveyors, architects, project managers, supervisors, consultants, contractors, subcontractors and anyone else working with or interested in working successfully with the NEC3 ECC.

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Employment & labour law

April 2015

Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015

Teamwork not Paperwork

by Tony Putsman (Author)

Although the CDM Regulations first came into effect in 1995, there is still widespread misunderstanding regarding how project teams should perform in order to satisfy their legal obligations. Addressing the latest revisions to the CDM Regulations, Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015: Teamwork not Paperwork unpicks the common misunderstandings and provides clear examples of how the regulations can be applied to real-life cases. Practical Guide to Using the CDM Regulations 2015: Teamwork not Paperwork examines the key principles of delivering quality projects, safely and within reasonable financial limits, and how to apply these principles in practice. This succinct guide summarises the key features of the legislation and explains the best practice behaviours that will enable project teams to work more effectively, and at the same time satisfy the requirement of the law. Reflecting the new CDM 2015 Regulations, this edition: • outlines Health and Safety legislation, culminating in the CDM Regulations, and demonstrates a management framework for managing risk with the intention of preventing death, injury and ill health in construction. • provides an appreciation of legal requirements and best practice guidance to satisfy legal standards • emphasises the importance of structured development of the team, establishing purpose and promoting a collaborative culture • includes case studies demonstrating the application of the CDM 2015 Regulations to real-life projects • demonstrates the fundamental management principles required to ensure quality service can meet the schedule, the budget and the legal requirements of a project.

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Employment & labour law

April 2015

CDM Regulations 2015 Explained

by Raymond Joyce (Author)

CDM Regulations 2015 Explained provides a straightforward, independent and authoritative assessment and analysis of the new 2015 CDM Regulations. The individual roles of each party involved in a construction project are detailed in light of the latest updates to the Regulations. The book navigates through the radical changes from the previous CDM Regulations and includes helpful checklists to assist each of the duty holders to comply with their obligations and avoid the penalties of non-compliance. CDM Regulations 2015 Explained will be an invaluable source of information for those responsible for the procurement or management of construction projects or anyone wishing to master the latest developments in construction law and health and safety law. CDM Regulations 2015 Explained • offers clear, straightforward guidance to the new Regulations in an established format • sets out a checklist for each duty holder to ensure quick and easy assimilation of its legal responsibilities • provides step-by-step practical advice and guidance on each clause contained within the regulations and insight as to how they are likely to affect professional and business interests • assists duty holders in complying with their obligations and helps them to avoid the potential pitfalls, and associated penalties, of non-compliance • includes a complete copy of the 2015 CDM Regulations

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Construction & engineering law

December 2014

FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Red Book

by Brian Barr, Leo Grutters (originally created by Brian Totterdill) (Author)

The FIDIC (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils) forms of contract are used extensively throughout the world to further the aims of the construction industry at large. In both the developed and the developing world they play a crucial role in ensuring that project objectives are satisfactorily achieved. In a perfect world, projects are completed on time and on budget, affording the beneficiaries the advantages of the designed project. As long as contracting is the modus operandi, such a scenario can only occur through efficient and effective use of those contracts. Quality contract administration is of paramount importance. Numerous books have been written on this subject with the aftermath of contractual conflict in mind. Such books dwell on the methods by which disputes can be resolved, with emphasis placed on the legal aspects of contract administration. The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide takes a different approach. Rather than solving a problem after the conflict has occurred, this series of books and associated electronic aids set out how to prevent the problem from occurring in the first place.The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide series: • concentrates on two issues: what to do and when to act • establishes a simple sub-clause by sub-clause format to enable easy referencing • designed to be used alongside the project’s contract form • provides a quick overview of the actions to be taken and the time in which to take such actions. FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Red Book provides a valuable tool for practitioners who are either preparing or using the contract form, as it directs the user through this minefield of directly, or often implied, cross-referenced sub-clauses.

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Construction & engineering law

December 2014

FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Silver Book

by Brian Barr, Leo Grutters (originally created by Brian Totterdill) (Author)

The FIDIC (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils) forms of contract are used extensively throughout the world to further the aims of the construction industry at large. In both the developed and the developing world they play a crucial role in ensuring that project objectives are satisfactorily achieved. In a perfect world, projects are completed on time and on budget, affording the beneficiaries the advantages of the designed project. As long as contracting is the modus operandi, such a scenario can only occur through efficient and effective use of those contracts. Quality contract administration is of paramount importance. Numerous books have been written on this subject with the aftermath of contractual conflict in mind. Such books dwell on the methods by which disputes can be resolved, with emphasis placed on the legal aspects of contract administration. The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide takes a different approach. Rather than solving a problem after the conflict has occurred, this series of books and associated electronic aids set out how to prevent the problem from occurring in the first place.The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide series: • concentrates on two issues: what to do and when to act • establishes a simple sub-clause by sub-clause format to enable easy referencing • designed to be used alongside the project’s contract form • provides a quick overview of the actions to be taken and the time in which to take such actions. FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Red Book provides a valuable tool for practitioners who are either preparing or using the contract form, as it directs the user through this minefield of directly, or often implied, cross-referenced sub-clauses.

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Construction & engineering law

December 2014

FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Pink Book

by Brian Barr, Leo Grutters (originally created by Brian Totterdill) (Author)

The FIDIC (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils) forms of contract are used extensively throughout the world to further the aims of the construction industry at large. In both the developed and the developing world they play a crucial role in ensuring that project objectives are satisfactorily achieved. In a perfect world, projects are completed on time and on budget, affording the beneficiaries the advantages of the designed project. As long as contracting is the modus operandi, such a scenario can only occur through efficient and effective use of those contracts. Quality contract administration is of paramount importance. Numerous books have been written on this subject with the aftermath of contractual conflict in mind. Such books dwell on the methods by which disputes can be resolved, with emphasis placed on the legal aspects of contract administration. The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide takes a different approach. Rather than solving a problem after the conflict has occurred, this series of books and associated electronic aids set out how to prevent the problem from occurring in the first place.The FIDIC Quick Reference Guide series: • concentrates on two issues: what to do and when to act • establishes a simple sub-clause by sub-clause format to enable easy referencing • designed to be used alongside the project’s contract form • provides a quick overview of the actions to be taken and the time in which to take such actions. FIDIC Quick Reference Guide: Red Book provides a valuable tool for practitioners who are either preparing or using the contract form, as it directs the user through this minefield of directly, or often implied, cross-referenced sub-clauses.

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Technology, Engineering & Agriculture

November 2014

CESMM4: Examples

by N/A

This new edition of CESMM4 Examples provides a comprehensive range of examples of diagrams and bills of quantities, based on Section 8, Work Classification, of the updated CESMM4: Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement. The numerous examples of bills of quantities illustrate the application of the rules of measurement in all 26 classes of CESMM4. The diagrams include a selection of helpful short cuts for engineers and surveyors preparing bills of quantities. CESMM4 does not require any new learning or changes to business practices. The latest update to CESMM incorporates all the newest technologies and is contract neutral for the first time. It can be used across contract suites including with NEC, FIDIC and ICC contracts. The diagrams within CESMM4 Examples include some helpful shortcuts for engineers and surveyors preparing bills of quantities. This edition has been published in a larger format to enable the diagrams to be more easily interpreted. CESMM4 Examples builds upon the success of previous editions in providing quick easy reference examples of the usage of CESMM3.

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Höttlland

by Keith Lowry

How and why an educated man became and remained a Nazi Why them? Why there? What caused a nation of ‘Dichter und Denker' to be transformed into one of ‘Richter und Henker’? Höttlland attempts to answer those questions by examining the life and times of Wilhelm Georg Höttl, a former high ranking member of the Austrian SS. The trail begins in Vienna in 1915, moving up through a culture of envy, past people and events that influenced a young man to make a fateful leap aboard the Nazi bandwagon at the age of 19. Tracing his rapid advance within the ‘seething ranks’ of the SS, which saw him emerge as a heeded advisor in the SD intelligence apparatus at 24, Höttlland documents Höttl’s involvement in various wartime intrigues that included everything from a counterfeiting operation, the kidnapping of Mussolini, the rescue of Hitler’s art treasure, and the occupation of Hungary, to name just a few. With priorities shifting in late 1944, the book follows Höttl as he dons the mantel of peacemaker to confer with American officials about a separate peace and the sabotaging of the much feared ‘Alpenfestung’. Arrested at war’s end, Höttl diligently polishes his past to salvage a future, evading post-war justice by supplying interrogators at Nuremberg with detailed information on the inner workings of the Nazi intelligence apparatus, portions of which later help incriminate such former colleagues as Ernst Kaltenbrunner and Adolf Eichmann. Part I concludes as Höttl resurfaces in Austria in late 1947, ready to resume plying his wares with various agencies clamouring for intelligence under the gathering clouds of the Cold War.

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Höttlland, Part II, A Life After Deaths

by Keith Lowry

“ He was a very dangerous person….He only looked out for his own advantage. He was very crafty and impenetrable. You couldn’t pin anything on him. But he was a swindler nonetheless.” Edith Frischmuth (former member of the Austrian Resistance) Unlike many Nazi colleagues whose careers finished at the end of a rope or in exile, the former Austrian SS officer and SD operative returns to Austria in late 1947, ready to embark on a series of equally opaque activities. Taking advantage of the rivalry created by the growing Cold War, Höttl resumes plying his wares, initially with the American Counter Intelligence Agency (CIC), and German based Organization Gehlen, and later with whomever happened to show interest. Eventually outed as a dubious source and cast back into the cold, he returns to his academic roots, founding a school and assuming its directorship, while managing to publish three stylized versions of his wartime recollections. Despite suspected involvement in the ‘Ratlines’, a mechanism set up to aid Nazi fugitives flee to safer havens, entanglement in a Soviet-American spy scandal, a death sentence handed down by a Hungarian court, and numerous demands to testify at the trials of former colleagues, including that of Adolf Eichmann, Höttl nevertheless slithers through the jaws of justice to emerge as a ‘qualified Zeitzeuge’, catering to an enduring media circus willing to pay for his flawed reflections right up until his final breath. *****

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Business, Economics & Law

November 2019

Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous

How to power up your profile and get known for what you do

by Penny Haslam

In today’s noisy marketplace, it’s crucial you find ways to get noticed. But do you shy away from the spotlight for fear of feeling like an idiot or looking like a show-off? Do you see others out there, attracting the kind of attention you wish you could get? If so, you need to Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous! Jam-packed with stories, advice, case studies and encouragement, Penny shares pro-tips on: Getting on TV and radio and acing your appearances. Bossing it as a speaker and when you present to people. Shining when you take part in or chair a panel discussion. If you want to be a best-kept secret, then step away from this book. But if you recognise the value of raising your profile for your business or career, then step up – because now is the right time for you to make yourself a little bit famous.

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May 2012

Lamy of Santa Fe

by Paul Horgan

The extraordinary biography of a pioneer hero of the frontier Southwest.

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Combat sports & self-defence

June 2010

Wrestling's 101 Strangest Matches

by Oliver Hurley

There’s nothing else in the world of sport or pantomime to compare with the manic mat mayhem of pro wrestling, which amalgamates high-flying stunts with melodrama, spandex, bodybuilding and blood – and sometimes it gets really weird. Wrestling’s 101 Strangest Matches scours 100 years of history to reveal bouts that bordered on the unbelievable. Take the grappler who lost his foot in the middle of a match, the bout that took place in an exploding swimming pool, or the baroque carnage of ultraviolent deathmatches – and then sprinkle liberally with double-crosses, drunkenness, riots, time travel, broken rings and broken bones. Boasting an impressive breadth of coverage which takes in old-school British wrestling and present-day WWE, the bill features Hulk Hogan, Kendo Nagasaki, Muhammad Ali, a wrestling robot and a monkey. Many of the stars and bizarre attractions submit to revealing interviews in a celebration of the grap game at its very strangest.

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