The Observational Method In Civil Engineering

Author : Alan Powderham
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000164853
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Observational Method in Civil Engineering written by Alan Powderham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Observational Method (OM) is a natural and powerful technique that maximises economy while assuring safety. Its key features are highlighted in The Observational Method in Civil Engineering through twelve case histories from major infrastructure projects. They cover protection of adjacent structures including buildings and railway systems, bored and jacked tunnels, shafts and cofferdams, retaining walls, embankments, deep foundations, ground improvement and groundwater control. They illustrate how the OM can achieve more effective collaboration between the client and the design and construction teams, as well as how it can enhance the industry’s ability to learn from experience, thus improving future practice and stimulating innovation. Despite these advantages, the OM is significantly underused. The book demonstrates how the full potential of the OM can overcome a wide range of concerns and constraints. Other chapters address the advantages and limitations of the OM, the key role of progressive modification, the art of achieving agreement and the commercial and contractual environment. The book will appeal to a range of construction professionals, including civil, structural and geotechnical engineers, contractors and owners. It will also be of interest to students and researchers.

Author : Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher : Thomas Telford Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Observational Method in Geotechnical Engineering written by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) and published by Thomas Telford Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The observational method can produce savings in cost and time whilst maintaining safety, providing the design can be reviewed and modified appropriately as the work progresses. This book provides the reader with guidance on the observational method, its pitfalls and benefits - and is a useful reference work for ground engineers.

Author : Shunsuke Sakurai
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 131534954X
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back Analysis in Rock Engineering written by Shunsuke Sakurai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides practicing engineers working in the field of design, construction and monitoring of rock structures such as tunnels and slopes with technical information on how to design, how to excavate and how to monitor the structures during their construction. Based on the long-term engineering experiences of the author, field measurements together with back analyses are presented as the most powerful tools in rock engineering practice. One of the purposes of field measurements is to assess the stability of the rock structures during their construction. However, field measurement results are only numbers unless they are quantitatively interpreted, a process in which back analyses play an important role. The author has developed both the concepts of “critical strain” and of the “anisotropic parameter” of rocks, which can make it possible not only to assess the stability of the structures during their construction, but also to verify the validity of design parameters by the back analysis of field measurement results during the constructions. Based on the back analysis results, the design parameters used at a design stage could be modified if necessary. This procedure is called an “Observational method”, a concept that is entirely different from that of other structures such as bridges and buildings. It is noted that in general, technical books written for practicing engineers mainly focus on empirical approaches which are based on engineers’ experiences. In this book, however, no empirical approaches will be described, instead, all the approaches are based on simple rock mechanics theory. This book is the first to describe an observational method in rock engineering practice, which implies that the potential readers of this book must be practicing engineers working on rock engineering projects.

Author : Duncan Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860174974
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Observational Method in Ground Engineering written by Duncan Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Observational Method in ground engineering is a continuous, managed, integrated process of design, construction control, monitoring and review which enables previously defined modifications to be incorporated during or after construction as appropriate.

Author : Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher : J. Ross Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1604270160
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineering written by Nagaratnam Sivakugan and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geotechnical Engineering: A Practical Problem Solving Approach covers all of the major geotechnical topics in the simplest possible way adopting a hands-on approach with a very strong practical bias. You will learn the material through worked examples that are representative of realistic field situations whereby geotechnical engineering principles are applied to solve real-life problems.

Author : AECOM
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000479536
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2022 written by AECOM and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures real material, plant and labour costs from the UK’s major live rail, civils and highways projects. SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2022 from AECOM gives a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated. Cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general functional costs to detailed resource costing; and in conformity with CESMM4 and the Highways Method of Measurement, and updated to the CIJC wage agreement. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with an ebook of this 2022 edition on the VitalSource® Bookshelf platform, available for access and use until the end of December 2022. As well as a general update and review of prices, this edition includes extra details on output rates for tunnelling and associated works and additional prices for tunnelling works, cross passages, precast concrete tunnel linings, insitu sprayed concrete lining to tunnel walls and viaducts. ... along with the standard features you have come to expect from SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK: for budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges for resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices for rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices for plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants for detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs for incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice updates, free of charge, twice a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

Author : AECOM
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000205118
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2021 written by AECOM and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures real material, plant and labour costs from the UK’s major live rail, civils and highways projects. SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2021 from AECOM gives a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated. Cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general functional costs to detailed resource costing; and in conformity with CESMM4 and the Highways Method of Measurement, and updated to the CIJC wage agreement. This 35th edition gives more items on shafts, tunnelling, drainage and water proofing – covering some brand new materials and methods. Notes have been added to tunnelling, viaducts, D-walls and piling under the output section. The book partially reflects costs and new ways of working resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with an ebook of this 2021 edition on the VitalSource® Bookshelf platform, available for access and use until the end of December 2021. ... along with the standard features you have come to expect from SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK: for budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges for resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices for rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices for plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants for detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs for incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice updates, free of charge, twice a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

Author : AECOM
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000799921
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2023 written by AECOM and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2023 from AECOM gives a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated. Cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general functional costs to detailed resource costing; and in conformity with CESMM4 and the Highways Method of Measurement, and updated to the CIJC wage agreement. Use the access code inside the front cover of the book to get set up with an ebook of this 2023 edition on the VitalSource® Bookshelf platform, available for access and use until the end of December 2023. ... along with the standard features you have come to expect from SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK: for budgeting: estimating principles, on-cost advice, method-related charges for resource costings: labour costs, plant costs, material prices for rapid cost information: approximate estimates, dayworks, cost indices for plant and labour allowances: production rates, outputs, man hour constants for detailed pricing: unit costs with full breakdown, or specialist prices, with advice on item coverage, waste allowances and comparative costs for incidental advice: tables and formulae, technical information, professional advice updates, free of charge, twice a year – see inside for registration details. Updates are available online at www.pricebooks.co.uk

Author : James E. Laier
Publisher : ASCE Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Research to Practice in Geotechnical Engineering written by James E. Laier and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Research to Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, GSP 180, honors Dr. John H. Schmertmann, Professor Emeritus and P.E., for his contributions to civil engineering. It begins with his biography, a list of his students and writings, followed by reprints of his selection of 16 representative papers from his career. Twenty-eight new, mostly invited papers follow on a great variety of subjects, including: the installation and testing of piles; pile-structure interaction; liquefaction and its mitigation; case histories of settlement and landslide mitigation and capping a superfund landfill; and computer modeling. The authors include six members of the National Academy of Engineering. This GSP concludes with a paper by one of these, Dr. Schmertmann, which itself concludes with a suggestion for improving your technical writing. Everyone working in the geotechnical profession will find something interesting and useful herein.

Author : Edward M. Mikhail
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Observations and Least Squares written by Edward M. Mikhail and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: