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Proven Strategies to Pass the LEED(R) AP HOMES Exam

Here is the ideal study guide for understanding and preparing for the LEED(R) AP Homes exam. Written by an expert who is a LEED consultant and partner at Green Education Services--a premier LEED exam preparation provider--Guide to the LEED AP Homes Exam engages readers by breaking down difficult concepts in sustainable design and engineering in a clearly organized, straightforward manner that helps streamline the learning process for those seeking participation in the responsible design and construction of sustainable...

Unlike similar titles providing general information on ground improvement, Jet Grouting: Technology, Design and Control is entirely devoted to the role of jet grouting its methods and equipment, as well as its applications. It discusses the possible effects of jet grouting on different soils and examines common drawbacks, failures and disadvantages, recent advances, critical reviews, and the range of applications, illustrated with relevant case studies.

The book addresses several topics involving this popular worldwide practice including technology issues,...

This proceedings volume consists of papers focusing on repairing, maintaining, rehabilitating, and retrofitting of existing infrastructures to extend their life and maximize economic return. Moreover, structural performance and material durability are discussed. Contributions fall under the following headings: (i) Concrete durability aspects, (ii) Condition assessment of concrete structures, (iii) Modern materials technology, (iv) Concrete repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting, (v) Performance and health monitoring, and (vi) Education, research and specifications. Major attention is paid...

Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering, and planning and emphasizing the importance of community perspectives in the post-disaster reconstruction process. Effective results in community recovery mandate that we holistically examine the complex interrelationship between physical and social dimensions.

Through a series of case studies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change: Communities' Perspectives explores community viewpoints on post-disaster aid provided by external...

This book is a collective work and its richness lies in the diversity of the perspectives, all historical, focussed on the science of building. Its aim is to counter-balance the picture of architecture provided by art historians who, in general, study the evolution of buildings. In this book, the authors look into what is related to the actual act of building, to the means of assuring building stability. While historians of art are principally concerned with the esthetics of a monument, here the accent is put on the development of the physico- mathematical theories of mechanics to which...

Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction integrates insights from business and government leaders with contemporary research, to help built environment professionals turn serendipity to their own advantage by building greater innovative and adaptive capacity into their operations. Accessible and full of practical examples, the book argues that traditional business strategies which seek to systematise innovation and eliminate uncertainty need to be balanced with more flexible approaches which acknowledge and harness uncertainty.

The missing key to innovation, it is...

Construction Mathematics is an introductory level mathematics text, written specifically for students of construction and related disciplines.

• Learn by tackling exercises based on real-life construction maths. Examples include: costing calculations, labour costs, cost of materials and setting out of building components.
• Suitable for beginners and easy to follow throughout.
• Learn the essential basic theory along with the practical necessities.

The second edition of this popular textbook is fully updated to match new curricula, and...

Fire safety is a fundamental requirement of any building, and is of concern to several professions which contribute to the construction process. Following on from the success of the previous three editions, Paul Stollard has returned to update and expand this classic introduction to the theoretical basis of fire-safety engineering and risk assessment.

Avoiding complex calculations and specifications, "Fire From First Principles" is written with architects, building control officers and other construction professionals without fire engineering backgrounds in mind. By tackling an overview...

Kunststoffe sind hochleistungsfahige Werkstoffe, die seit geraumer Zeit Anwendung in der Architektur finden. Sie faszinieren durch vielfaltige technische Eigenschaften. Neben diesen macht ein breites Spektrum an Formgebungs- und Bearbeitungsmethoden das Material interessant fur komplexe Geometrien in Verbindung mit digitalen Planungsprozessen. Nach den Pionierbauten der 1970er Jahre hat in jungster Zeit eine Reihe von aufsehenerregenden Bauwerken erneut den Fokus auf das technische und asthetische Potential von Kunststoffen gelenkt.
Bislang fehlte allerdings eine umfassende...

Der Gebaudesockel und der Ubergangsbereich zu den Auenanlagen sind typische Schnittstellen, an denen verschiedene Gewerke koordiniert und Beanspruchungen aus dem Erdreich, dem anschlieenden Gelande und der aufgehenden Fassade berucksichtigt werden mussen. Die Regelwerke behandeln diese Gebaudezonen nur am Rande und man gewinnt bei Begutachtungen nicht selten den Eindruck, dass sich hier niemand zustandig fuhlt. Die 38. Aachener Bausachverstandigentage beschaftigen sich mit dem Themenkomplex der dort haufig auftretenden Schaden und Mangelstreitigkeiten.

Als aktuelles Streitthema...