A Dictionary Of Construction Surveying And Civil Engineering Ebook

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A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering (2 ed.)

Edited by: Christopher Gorse , David Johnston , and Martin Pritchard

Previous Edition (1 ed.)

Over 8,000 entries

This is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind, covering the key areas of construction and civil engineering.

This new edition has been fully updated to span the subjects of sustainability, new technologies, disaster management, and building software, and provides authoritative and reliable definitions to a wide range of terms. More than 600 new entries have been added to include terms such as asset management, hydraulic failure, sustainable development, and value engineering, providing broad coverage of construction and civil engineering, management techniques and processes, as well as legal aspects such as contracts and procurement. Detailed illustrations complement the text, and a further reading section is included to guide the reader towards suggested materials.

Written by a team of more than 130 experts from around the world, this dictionary is an authoritative resource for engineering students, construction professionals, and surveyors.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:

2020

Print ISBN-13:

9780198832485

Published online:

2020

Current Online Version:

2020

DOI:

10.1093/acref/9780198832485.001.0001

eISBN:

9780191871061

Authors

David Johnston, editor

Martin Pritchard, editor

Professor Christopher Gorse is Director of the Leeds Sustainability Institute at Leeds Beckett University where he holds a Chair in Construction and Project Management. He is currently the Chair of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Chair of the International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS), and is a founding member of the Building Performance Network. Chris is a Chartered Builder and Engineering Professors' Council Member, holding Principal Investigator positions for major construction, environment, and energy research projects. Chris has written extensively on buildings, construction law, education, management, energy efficiency, digital innovation, and sustainability.

Dr David Johnston is a Professor of Building Performance Evaluation within Leeds Sustainability Institute. He has over twenty five years' experience of applied and theoretical research and consultancy in low carbon housing and is a leading expert in coheating testing and building performance evaluation. He has led and managed numerous field trial projects in both new and existing dwellings, involving detailed in-use monitoring of energy consumption, the analysis of occupant behaviour and detailed evaluations of the fabric and services performance of domestic buildings. He is an expert member of the British Standards Institution B/540/9 and CEN Technical Committee 89 Working Group 13. He is also the co-author of numerous technical reports and peer- reviewed publications.

Dr Martin Pritchard (BEng Hons, PGCHE, APDRAS, PhD, SFHEA, CEng FICE) is a Reader in Civil Engineering at Leeds Beckett University. He is a civil engineer and has conducted extensive international work on water purification systems and developed sustainable approaches to infrastructure works in developing countries. He also has a particular interest in geotechnics and computer modelling.

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