This authoritative guide promotes safe, healthy and non-exploitative working conditions for the construction industry. It combines theoretical analysis and case-studies from around the world, offering recommendations for best practice.
The book results from a project funded by the Geneva International Academic Network, with staff from the International Labour Office and the University of Geneva. It presents and discusses the challenges and potential of local authorities to promote decent work in construction.
Existing literature on decent work focuses mainly on the roles and responsibilities of actors in the private sector but the contribution of the public sector should not be ignored. Local authorities play a crucial role in economic development through a range of policies and programmes in the construction sector and related services.
Labour Conditions for Construction: decent work, building cities & the role of local authorities includes a methodology that combines quantitative and qualitative information. It defines and validates a set of criteria to evaluate the capacity of local authorities, combining criteria about decent work, the construction sector and the policies and programmes of the local authority in each case study city.
The book fills an important gap in focussing on the role of local authorities in creating and promoting decent work and will be of interest to managers and policy-makers in construction, health and safety and labour relations as well as to researchers and students in construction management.
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Book Description
Structural Analysis : A Matrix Approach
Meant for the undergraduate students of civil engineering, this text on "Structural Analysis" has been updated with units in the SI system. It has been written in a clear lucid style which presents the complex concepts of matrix analysis in an easy-to-understand manner.
Key Features:
It assumes only an elementary knowledge of structural mechanics, briefly but lucidly discusses fundamental concepts of structural analysis.
A unique feature is the combined discussion of the two methods i.e. the force method and the displacement method for each category of structure. This enables their critical comparison and provides an understanding of their merits and demerits .
Before discussing the matrix methods in detail, sufficient information on matrix algebra and a preview of the two main methods is given.
It assumes only an elementary knowledge of structural mechanics, briefly but lucidly discusses fundamental concepts of structural analysis.
A unique feature is the combined discussion of the two methods i.e. the force method and the displacement method for each category of structure. This enables their critical comparison and provides an understanding of their merits and demerits .
Before discussing the matrix methods in detail, sufficient information on matrix algebra and a preview of the two main methods is given.
Table of Content:
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts
Chapter 2. Basic Methods of Structural Analysis
Chapter 3. Determinants and Matrices
Chapter 4. Flexibility and Stiffness Matrices
Chapter 5. Continuous Beams
Chapter 6. Rigid-Jointed Plane Frames
Chapter 7. Pin-Jointed Frames
Chapter 8. Rigid-Jointed Space Frames
Chapter 9. Pin-Jointed Space Frames
Chapter 10. Comparison of Force and Displacement Methods
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Drift optimization of high-rise buildings in earthquake zones
Author: Mohammed Al-Ansar, Ahmed Senouci | Size: 0.99 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Original preprint | Publisher: The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, Volume 20, Issue 2 | Year: March 2011 | pages: 208–222 | ISSN: 1541-7808
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I'm looking for the following standards:
1. BS EN 12390-6:2009 Testing hardened concrete. Tensile splitting strength of test specimens
2. DD CEN/TS 12390-9:2006 Testing hardened concrete. Freeze-thaw resistance. Scaling
3. DD CEN/TS 12390-11:2010 Testing hardened concrete. Determination of the chloride resistance of concrete, unidirectional diffusion
4. PD CEN/TR 15177:2006 Testing the freeze-thaw resistance of concrete. Internal structural damage
5. BS EN 14629:2007 Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures. Test methods. Determination of chloride content in hardened concrete.
If you have any of the standards mentioned above, please share it.
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1)Borges, JL. 2004. Three-dimensional analysis of embankments on soft soils incorporating vertical drains by
finite element method. Computers and Geotechnics, 31(8): 665–676, Elsevier.
2)Borges, J.L, Cardoso, A.S. 2001. Structural behaviour and parametric study of reinforced embankments on
soft clays. Computers and Geotechnics, 28(3): 209–233.
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model for overconsolidated clay. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 4(4): 296–309.
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WHAT IS AUTOCAD?
AutoCAD is a drafting and design software package developed and marketed by Autodesk®, Inc. As of 2011, it has been around for approximately 29 years—several lifetimes in the software industry. It has grown from modest beginnings to an industry standard, often imitated, sometimes exceeded, but never equaled. The basic premise of its design is simple and is the main reason for AutoCAD’s success. Anything you can think of, you can draw quickly and easily. For many years, AutoCAD remained a superb 2D electronic drafting board, replacing the pencil and paper for an entire generation of technical professionals. In recent releases, its 3D capabilities finally matured, and AutoCAD is now also considered an excellent 3D visualization tool, especially for architecture and interior design.
The software has a rather steep learning curve to become an expert but a surprisingly easy one to just get started. Most important, it is well worth learning. This is truly global software that has been adopted by millions of architects, designers, and engineers worldwide. Over the years, Autodesk expanded this reach by introducing add-on packages that customize AutoCAD for industry-specific tasks, such as electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering. However, underneath all these add-ons is still plain AutoCAD. This software remains hugely popular. Learn it well, as it is still one of the best things you can add to your resume and skill set.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book is not like most on the market. While many authors certainly view their particular text as unique and novel in its approach, I rarely reviewed one that was clear to a beginner student and distilled AutoCAD concepts down to basic, easy to understand explanations. The problem may be that many of the available books are written by either industry technical experts or teachers but rarely by someone who is actively both. One really needs to interact with the industry and the students, in equal measure, to bridge the gap between reality and the classroom.
After years of AutoCAD design work in the daytime and teaching nights and weekends, I set out to create a set of classroom notes that outlined, in an easy to understand manner, exactly how AutoCAD is used and applied, not theoretical musings or clinical descriptions of the commands. These notes eventually were expanded into the book that you now hold. The rationale was simple: I need this person to be up and running as soon as possible to do a job. How do we make this happen?
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The video game industry is unique in that it regularly incorporates every major discipline of computer science. From 3D graphics and artificial intelligence to operating system theory and database design, if you are
designing a commercial video game, you will eventually run into problems from each of these fields. Some of these fields mean working with specialized languages, but ultimately the two languages that are as common to the game industry as crunch time, caffeinated beverages, and pizza are C and C++. Despite a few commercial games written in Java (which is very similar to C++), almost every game that you play is written in either C or C++. It doesn’t matter whether the game runs on a PC, a game console, or even an arcade machine, chances are that C or C++ routines are at its heart. Even in cases when performance dictates that a routine needs to be written in assembly language to squeeze out more speed, it is common practice to first write the routine in C or C++.
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Titles in the Objekt series explore a range of types – buildings, products, artefacts – that have captured the imagination of modernist designers, makers and theorists. The objects selected for the series are by no means all modern inventions, but they have in common the fact that they acquired a particular significance in the last 100 years.
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BS 8887 Series - Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life processing (MADE)
Size: Total 5.4 MB | Format:PDF | ISBN: -varies-
BS 8887-240:2011
Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life processing (MADE). Reconditioning
BS 8887-220:2010
Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life processing (MADE). The process of remanufacture. Specification
BS 8887-2:2009
Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life processing (MADE). Terms and definitions
BS 8887-1:2006
Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life processing (MADE). General concepts, process and requirements
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