Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering: New Books and eBooks 2017-18

Provides structural designers with a systematic approach to anticipate and solve issues for tall buildings and complex structures.

Offers readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology.

Intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability

This book offers a theoretical background on the development of the environment as a major business concern. It also deals with management theory and practice with regard to environmental issues.

This easy-to-use guide gives the building components required to develop accurate assemblies-level cost estimates, evaluate trade-off costs and verify unit price estimates.

This compact, easy-access guide to ISO 14001 interpretation, implementation, auditing, and training offers you a complete "how-to" approach for setting up an environmental management system (EMS) in your company.

Provides e a roadmap for preserving biodiversity despite the threats of energy sprawl by bringing together companies, communities, and governments to craft blueprints for sustainable land development.

Important concepts such as rights and obligations; conflict of interest; professionalism and mentoring; confidentiality; whistleblowing; bribery, fraud, and corruption; and ethical communication with the public in a social media world are discussed in practical and approachable terms.

Shows how the engineering curriculum can be a site for rendering social justice visible in engineering, for exploring complex socio-technical interplays inherent in engineering practice, and for enhancing teaching and learning

This book explores the nature and role of environmental management, covering key principles, practices, tools, strategies and policies, offers a thorough yet understandable introduction, and points to further in-depth coverage.

Presents the most current and relevant Environmental Science issues and research along with new Concept Check questions and Understand the Data questions.

A systems-level approach to reducing liability through process improvement. Presents a systematic framework for uncovering and resolving problematic process failures.

Introduces the fundamentals of ethics, including the relevance of design, safety, and professionalism in cross-cultural and global contexts.

Explains the computational tools, methods and procedures used to design steel and composite structures.

Describes various non-destructive techniques and their combination for the evaluation of indicators.

Takes readers step by step through the process of preparing for a presentation, covering speech planning, design, and delivery and emphasizing the importance of understanding your audience.

Introduces valuable techniques for weighing and evaluating alternatives in decision making with a focus on risk analysis for identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risks associated with construction projects.

Covers the fundamental theory of structural mechanics and the modelling and analysis of frame and truss structures