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Wind Loading: A Practical Guide to BS 6399-2
Author(s): Nicholas Cook, Wind Engineering Consultant
Publication date: 22 October 1999
ISBN: 9780727727558
£81.00
All buildings in the UK must now adhere to the recently published wind code BS 6399-2. The introduction of a new code is often traumatic, especially so in this case,as the previous code has been in place for 25 years.
The author's considerable practical knowledge of wind engineering, together with his involvement in drafting this standard and hi
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River and Channel Revetments: A Design Manual
Author(s): Manuela Escarameia, HR Wallingford
Publication date: 01 April 1998
ISBN: 9780727726919
£88.25
This comprehensive manual provides extensive information on the types of revetment available and provides guidance on the choice and design of these systems. With regard to natural and artificial watercourses information is included on revetments that incorporate some form of structural protection and revetments which combine this protection with v
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Highway Maintenance Handbook, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Edited by Ken Atkinson, Consulting Engineer
Publication date: 10 April 1997
ISBN: 9780727725318
£140.25
In recent years, highway maintenance has become a high profile topic, owning to the greater travel potential of the general public and to the impact of roadworks on commerce following the swing away from rail transport. Highway maintenance was once a low-key activity, but it is now being treated as an important consideration in the overall cost of
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Dredging: ICE design and practice guide
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 06 October 1995
ISBN: 9780727720498
£38.25
Dredging is not only vital to maintain navigation, and therefore to international commerce, but also pays an important role in offshore engineering, the obtaining of aggregates for the construction industry, and in coastal defence works.This guide highlights the particular problems of excavating from underwater sites and describes the methods and e
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