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Civil Engineering: Books & eBooks

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Useful call numbers for Civil Engineering include the following:

  • Civil Engineering: 624

 

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Recommended Print Books

CESMM4 : civil engineering standard method of measurement - shelved at 624.0287 CES

The Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement - CESMM is the established standard for the perparation for bills of quantities in civil engineering work. This edition brings the method into line with changes with industry practices. Essential for civil engineers.

Civil engineering materials - shelved at 624.18 SOM

This book deals with properties, applications and analysis of important materials of construction/civil engineering. It offers full coverage of how materials are made or obtained, their physical properties, their mechanical properties, how they are used in construction, how they are tested in the lab, and their strength characteristics--information that is essential for material selection and elementary design. 

Spon's civil engineering and highway works price book 2010 - shelved at 692.5 SPONS

This book provides a work manual of those working in the civil engineering, surveying and the construction business. It provides cost for both general and civil engineering works and highway works, and shows a breakdown of labour, plant and materials.

Tendering for civil engineering contracts recommended for use with the ICE Conditions of Contract in the United Kingdom. - shelved at 346.02 ICE

This box set contains one copy of each of: ICE Conditions of Contract Measurement Version, 7th edition; Guidance Notes; ICE Design and Construct Conditions of Contract, 2nd edition; ICE Conditions of Contract for Minor Works; and Tendering for Civil Engineering Contracts.

Civil engineering quantities - shelved at 692.5 SEE

Aimed at civil engineers and quantity surveyors and students of these disciplines in the preparation of bills and quantities.

Hydraulics in civil and environmental engineering - shelved at 627 CHA

Focuses on hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, pipe and open channel flow, wave theory, physical modeling, hydrology, and sediment transport. Also illustrates the engineering applications of these fundamental principles to pipeline system design; hydraulic structures; and river, canal, and coastal engineering - including up-to-date environmental implications.

Rock slope engineering : civil and mining - shelved at 624.15132 WYL

For both civil and mining engineering. On civil projects, rock cuts must be safe from rock falls and large-scale slope instability  during both construction and operation. This updated version deals comprehensively with the investigation, design and operation of rock slopes. Investigation includes the collection and interpretation of geological and groundwater data and the determination of rock strength properties.

CESMM4 : Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement ; examples - shelved at 624.0287 CES

This book provides a comprehensive range of examples of diagrams and bills of quantities based on Section 8, works classification, of CESMM4. The example bill pages illustrate the application of the rules of measurement in all classes of CESMM4, and compare the different approaches required with specific contracts. The diagrams include some helpful short-cuts for engineers and surveyors preparing bills of quantities. 

ICE manual of bridge engineering - shelved at 624.2 PAR

This book addresses key topics within bridge engineering, from history and aesthetics to design, construction and maintenance issues.

Sustainability guidelines for the structural engineer - shelved at 624 KES

Guidelines from the Sustainability Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE SEI) prepared these guidelines to advance the understanding of sustainability in the structural community and to incorporate concepts of sustainability into structural engineering standards and practices. Aims to educate structural engineers as they meet the challenge to design and construct a sustainable built environment.

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