Product Description: Life-Cycle Civil Engineering contains the papers presented at the First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE’08), held in Villa Monastero, Varenna, Lake Como, Italy, 10-14 June, 2008. It consists of a book and a CD-ROM containing 150 papers, including eight keynote papers and 142 technical contributions from 28 countries...read more

Product Description: Contains 150 papers that were presented during ISEC-03, the 3rd International Conference on Structural and Construction Engineering, that was held in Tokuyama College of Technology, Shunan, Japan, from September 20 to 23, 2005. The theme of the conference was Collaboration and Harmony of Creative Systems...read more

Product Description: Civil Engineering in the Oceans VI is a collection of 42 technical papers presented at the specialty conference held in Baltimore, Maryland on October 20-22, 2004. With the theme “Meeting the New Challenges of the 21st Century”, this proceedings is designed to be a comprehensive handbook of state-of-the-art coastal and offshore engineering in the fields of waves and wave forces, harbor and marine transportation systems, and education...read more

Product Description: The present work contains 150 papers that were presented during ISEC-03, the 3rd International Conference on Structural and Construction Engineering, that was held in Tokuyama College of Technology, Shunan, Japan, from September 20th to 23rd, 2005...read more

Product Description: The International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering has gained worldwide recognition in the civil engineering scientific society since it was organised for the first time in Budapest in 1996. The later Symposia in Budapest (1998), Vienna (2000) and Munich (2002) definitely contributed to its reputation...read more

Product Description: In this edited book various novel approaches to problems of current interest in civil engineering are demonstrated. The topics range from dynamic band seismic problems to the analysis of long-span structures and ancient buildings...read more

Product Description: This book comprises most of the papers presented at the First US/Japan Workshop on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis and Design of Civil Infrastructure Systems, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 7-8, 2000, and several invited contributions, mostly from Europe...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Construction Congress VI: Building Together for a Better Tomorrow in an Increasingly Complex World" is a collection of papers presented at the sixth Construction Congress in Orlando, Florida, February 20-22, 2000. These papers on the state-of-the-art and practice in construction cover a variety of topics including: construction modeling and simulation; electronic communications; quality of design and construction; sustainable development; business and management strategies; design-build delivery; safety in construction; lean construction; construction of foundations and earthwork; productivity; residential and specialty construction; build-operate-transfer; construction education; and engineering performance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This collection of papers includes many innovative educational techniques and guides that civil engineering students, educators, and practitioners will find very useful. The topics covered include: national engineering education development and challenges; models for engineering education; ABET EC2000 accreditation/assessment methods; use of multimedia tools for innovative teaching; national engineering technology issues; engineering student team competition tips; practitioner education partnering; innovative curriculum structures for civil engineering undergraduates; guiding minority students towards engineering; history of North Carolina civil engineering; and the Cape Hatteras lighthouse relocation project...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This proceedings contains over 130 papers presented at ASCE's Construction Congress V held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5-7, 1997. This publication is divided into seven major topic areas that present both practice- and research-oriented papers...read more

Product Description: Here, the state-of-the-art is presented with respect to analytical and design methods incorporating uncertainty in the geologic environment. Particular emphasis is placed on practical applications where quantifying uncertainty and risk associated with the geologic environment plays an important, if not dominant, role in analysis and design...read more

Product Description: This proceedings, Construction Congress, consists of papers presented at the 1995 Conference held in San Diego, California from October 22-26, 1995. State-of-the practice and state-of-the-art ideas and presentations are assembled in this volume...read more

Product Description: This proceeding, "Preparing for Construction in the 21st Century", consists of papers presented at the specialty conference Construction Congress '91 held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 13-16, 1991. It provides a forum for active practitioners who are involved in research and development to exchange ideas and present new information...read more