Books

Handbook of Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)

This practical handbook of properties for soils and rock contains, in a concise tabular format, the key issues relevant to geotechnical investigations, assessments and designs in common practice. In a...

Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Engineering Geology

Riskope International  Book design by Le Jardin Secret de Yorokobi An impenetrable aura of complex mathematics, myths and impervious literature may be the root cause of many professional’s misleading...

Soil Sampling And Methods of Analysis

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)

Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition of the bestselling Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis presents several new chapters in the areas of biological and physical analysis and soil sam...

Reuse of foundations for urban sites. Proceedings of the International Conference

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Foundation Design / Construction

Redevelopment and regeneration of urban areas have left a legacy of old foundations, congested underground space and archaeological artefacts. This legacy compromises new developments and the project...

Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Laboratory Testing

This working manual covers the basic tests for the classification and compaction characteristics of engineering soils. The book includes the use of flow diagrams, and sets out test data and calculatio...

Subsidence damage to domestic buildings - A guide to good technical practice by Richard Driscoll and Hilary Skinner

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Settlements

Subsidence is a persistent problem in some parts of the UK: around 35,000 domestic insurance claims (often complex and protracted) are made each year, which cost up to £550 million. This book provides...

Reuse of Foundations for Urban Sites

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Foundation Design / Construction

This Handbook has been developed as part of the Reuse of Foundations for Urban Sites (RuFUS) research project part-funded by the European Commission. The project draws together experience of reusing f...

Carbonate sediments and rocks

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Engineering Geology

This book provides the geological background to carbonate sediments and rocks, and furnishes basic information on the compositions, origins, and distributions of carbonate sediments. The descriptions...

Design Of Foundations In Seismic Areas Principles And Applications

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Foundation Design / Construction

Basic environmental and engineering geology

• Apr, 22, 2019
• Engineering Geology

The book exemplifies the vital role of environmental geology and geological processes in understanding the physical environment and the influence and fundamental importance of engineering geology in o...