Books in Built environment

Built Environment coverage includes comprehensive titles on all the major research and technological developments in civil and structural engineering, construction materials, and a variety of related fields (environmental engineering, transportation engineering, urban planning, etc.) that contribute to make design, construction, maintenance, and operations of buildings, cities, and infrastructure smarter, more efficient, sustainable, and resilient.

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Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings

1st Edition
October 29, 2020
I.M. Chethana S. Illankoon + 2 more
English
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Life-Cycle Cost Models for Green Buildings: With Optimal Green Star Credits illustrates the tools and methods for developing a life-cycle cost model that incorporates developer constraints while maximizing the number of credit points achieved. The book identifies the interdependencies among various credits in the Green Star environmental rating system. Afterwards, life-cycle cost is calculated by considering six main central business districts (CBDs) of Australia. The net present value (NPV) technique is used to calculate life-cycle costs. Further, a sensitivity analysis is also carried out for selected credits to identify the changes to life-cycle cost to the changes in discount rate. Once all the life-cycle cost data is calculated, this book illustrates the development of the proposed model using a Java application which allows users to evaluate each key criterion of green buildings separately. The book is designed to provide ample knowledge of the various options available to get green building certification and the further implications in-terms of life-cycle.

AutoCAD for Architects

1st Edition
September 24, 2020
Roger Cusson
English

Being a successful architect means being able to get the most out of your design tools, from the drawing board through to the latest CAD software.AutoCAD 2007 is the world's best selling software design tool, and mastering its 2D and 3D elements is essential for students and professionals alike.Using a mixture of practical guidance, tutorials and projects, backed up with video footage to recreate a classroom environment, this book means that mastering AutoCAD has never been easier!

Green Building Technology Guide: Emerging Technologies

1st Edition
August 1, 2020
Fred Andreas
English

Green Building Technology Guide: Emerging Technologies provides users with a comprehensive set of tools to understand, evaluate, design, and execute green building strategies. Expert authors share clear and concise steps to achieve high-performance building solutions at multiple levels, from basic LEED projects, to advanced Zero Net Energy Buildings (ZNEB), exploring all aspects of green building design. Materials, equipment, systems, methods, and resources are all broken down by CSI format and aligned with USGBC LEED categories, as well as Enterprise Green Communities criteria. The book focuses on emerging green building technologies, discussing materials (plastics, shape-memory alloys, metallic foams, thin-film technology), building systems (magnetic systems and nanotechnology), and energy systems (gasification, anaerobic digestion, renewable ocean technology, and more). Users will find valuable information on how to confidently incorporate these cutting-edge concepts into their designs and projects.

Green Building Technology Guide: Commercial

1st Edition
August 1, 2020
Fred Andreas
English

Green Building Technology Guide: Commercial presents users with a comprehensive set of tools that allow them to understand, evaluate, design, and execute green building strategies.The book includes commentary from expert authors who share clear- and-concise best practices for achieving high-performance building solutions at multiple levels, from basic LEED projects to advanced Zero Net Energy Buildings (ZNEB), exploring all aspects of green building design.Materials, equipment, systems, methods, and resources are all broken down by CSI format and aligned with USGBC LEED categories, as well as Enterprise Green Communities criteria.Materials discussed include concrete/fly ash, structural steel, building systems such as green roofs and translucent walls, and energy systems, like building-mounted wind turbines, photovoltaics, and active building envelopes. The green and sustainable technologies presented in this volume showcase newly available and soon-to-be released prototype products and systems.

Revitalizing Urban Historic Quarters

2nd Edition
June 16, 2020
Steve Tiesdell + 2 more
English

Successful regeneration means bringing social, economic and environmental life back to an area, it transforms places, strengthens communities and creates attractive places which encourage sustained inward investment. This book examines the revitalization of a number of historic urban quarters, focusing on areas with significant concentrations of historic buildings. Examples from North America and Europe illustrate a variety of approaches, each with their own observations and lessons to be learned. The book will be of interest to students on Town Planning, Urban Design, Built Environment and Architecture courses. It will be essential reading for postgraduate students specialising in this area on Urban Design and Regeneration courses. Professional architects, planners and building conservators working on regeneration projects will find the case studies extremely informative.

Landmark Housing

1st Edition
June 15, 2020
Jingmin Zhou + 1 more
English

This study of landmark housing offers many lessons for housing design in general to architects and developers, not least, the importance of quality design. Most are high density in form, which is vital where land is a scarce finite resource. They illustrate ways of creating compact urban living. Furthermore, many of the sites could not have been developed using traditional forms of low-rise housing. Their designs have also contributed much to the advancement of modern technology and construction.Some of the greatest opportunities to the imaginative architect have come from exploiting landmark sites to their fullest potential. All over the world, sites fronting water, hillsides, sites in landscape settings, in historic cities and in urban locations with strong architectural character have given scope for innovation. The design proposals reflect the uniqueness of the location whilst still recognising that there is a social context for the new housing and a need to integrate it physically and socially within its surroundings and patterns of movement.

Structure and Architecture

3rd Edition
January 1, 2020
ANGUS J MACDONALD
English

Structure and Architecture discusses the relationship between architecture and structural engineering. The book presents the key elements of structure in architectural design, including materials, structural requirements and basic structural calculations. In addition, overviews of the cultural and philosophical issues surrounding design and structural forms give the reader a complete basis for understanding the foundations of form and structure.Structure and Architecture provides a comprehensive introduction to structural engineering and architecture for students and professionals in both disciplines, and is ideal for the beginning student. New to this edition:* Full colour photographs provide a visual guide to structure and architectural design* Glossary of key terms in architecture and structural engineering, enabling easy cross-referencing* Boxed case studies and end of chapter questions to reinforce learning* New chapter on aesthetic structure and design issues gives a cultural and specifically design based view of the crossover between architecture and structural engineering for architecture students* Historic overview of the influence of the great structural engineers on architectural design provides further background knowledge

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams

1st Edition
October 18, 2019
Xiaoshan Lin + 2 more
English
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Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Composite and Reinforced Concrete Beams presents advanced methods and techniques for the analysis of composite and FRP reinforced concrete beams. The title introduces detailed numerical modeling methods and the modeling of the structural behavior of composite beams, including critical interfacial bond-slip behavior. It covers a new family of composite beam elements developed by the authors. Other sections cover nonlinear finite element analysis procedures and the numerical modeling techniques used in commercial finite element software that will be of particular interest to engineers and researchers executing numerical simulations.

Using the Building Regulations: Part A Structure

1st Edition
October 7, 2019
Mike Billington
English

As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed.This series of books on individual Documents goes far beyond analysis of the Regulations and Documents themselves, and offers practical advice on using not just the traditional routes to compliance but also on the alternative approaches suggested but not explained in the Approved Documents. The advantages and disadvantages of each form of compliance are analysed in depth.This book examines in detail Part A on Structures and takes the user through all the key stages of preparation, compliance, inspection and enforcement.

Construction Project Management

1st Edition
October 1, 2019
Graham Bailey + 1 more
English

In recent years, contractors have strived to improve efficiency by forging partnerships with their subcontractors rather than appointing them on a one-by-one basis, based only on lowest bids. The construction industry as a whole is moving to this new way of working. Management in construction now involves new approaches to procurement and management of projects, and an increasing emphasis on cooperative relationships between the client and the contractor. This new book outlines these new ways of managing. It takes the reader through all the key steps in construction project management and the management of the entire construction firm. Each stage is illustrated with case studies and practical examples.