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Practical Builders Estimating" is a comprehensive guide designed for builders, contractors, and construction professionals to develop accurate and efficient estimating skills. The book covers essen…
The cooperation between the Swedish Council for Building Research and the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection (MURCEP) was initiated in 1980. Agreed Minutes signed…
As all engineering sciences, building physics is oriented towards application, which is why, after a first book on fundamentals, this second volume examines the performance rationale and performanc…
LRFD Steel Design is a basic textbook in structural steel design for undergraduate civil engineering students at the junior or senior level. Its primary function is that of a textbook, although pra…
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I have chosen to emphasize use of the USGBC's LEED-EB rating system, for three reasons. First, it is the longest established and most widely used of the existing building rating systems, having fir…
Lee's Building Maintenance Management, 4th Edition provides an authoritative and detailed guide to building maintenance management, offering essential insights into the management and operational a…
The objectives of the Conference are (1) to seek for solutions on building construction problems for the upcoming multi-dimensional changes of the world society in the upcoming third millennium, (2…
Published in cooperation with ICC, NFPA, and SFPE, the Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering provides authoritative, comprehensive guidance on the latest in smoke control practice, incorporating th…