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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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Finding eBooks

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Recommended Print Books

The new Penguin dictionary of civil engineering - shelved at 624.03 BLO (Reference)

This book is aimed at anyone who has contact with the construction industry. Features topics such as; sustainability and the environment, hazard, vulnerability and uncertainty management, together with business and finance and water and transport. Designed for students of civil engineering.

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.

BTEC national construction : building services engineering & civil engineering - shelved at 690 TOP

This book covers all compulsory core units of the award, certificate and diploma for students. 

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.

Construction equipment management for engineers, estimators, and owners - shelved at 624.0682 GRA

This book takes an approach that combines analytical and practical results, this is a valuable reference for a wide range of individuals and organizations within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.

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.

Recommended eBooks

Basic Civil and Mechanical Engineering

This book is for undergraduate students of civil engineering and mechanical engineering. The civil engineering topics include surveying, civil engineering materials, building components and structures, bridges and dams, landscape and interior design etc.

Developments in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Civil Engineering

This books outlines particular types of fiber-reinforced polymers and covers their use in a wise range of civil engineering and structural applications, including their use in disaster-resistance buildings, strengthening steel structures and bridge sytructures.

Life Cycle Costing for the Analysis, Management and Maintenance of Civil Engineering Infrastructure

This book provides practical examples of the application of life cycle cost analysis.

Spon's civil engineering and highway works price book 2010

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.

Higher engineering mathematics

This book examines mathematical theories in the simplest of terms, supported by practical examples and applications from a wide variety of engineering disciplines, to ensure that the reader can apply theory to practice. This extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this an ideal book for a range of university degree modules.

Language of Architecture and Civil Engineering

This book includes plenty of examples and practical exercises. It contains an updated bibliography that offers  a wide perspective on this subject matter. 

Basic Civil and Environmental Engineering

This book examines topics focusing on environment engineering and civil engineering.

 

A Practical Approach to Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works

This book describes the practical application of Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works.

Modelling Flows in Environmental and Civil Engineering

This book was written to help civil and environmental engineers who make frequent use of mathematical models to handle free-surface hydraulics problems as simulation of river and channel flow, flood prediction, assessment of sediment and pollutant transport, evaluation of air-water interaction. 

Trigonometry for Engineering Technology : With Mechanical, Civil, and Architectural Applications

This book uses mechanical, civil and architectural applications to enhance its explanation of real-world scenarios. In addition to its treatment of right-angle trigonometry, the book includes oblique triangle calculations and graphing of trigonometric functions.

 

Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice

This book provides invaluable practical guidance in carrying out engineering geological logging of soil and rock samples and exposures in the field. 

Engineering Rock Mass Classification : Tunnelling, Foundations and Landslides

This book provides construction engineers, construction managers and mining engineers with the tools and methods to gather geotechnical data, either from rock cuts, drifts or core, and process the information for subsequent analysis. The goal is to use effective mapping techniques to obtain data that can be used as input for any of the established rock classification systems. The book covers all of the commonly used classification methods.

Note:

Note:

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  • If the item you are searching for is unavailable at LIT Library, try our inter library loans service. We may be able to borrow the books or journal articles that you want from another library for you. Request forms are available online or at the library desk.

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