Civil Engineering History Books

New and Published Books

1. Water and Sanitation Services

   Public Policy and Management

   Edited by Jose Esteban Castro, Leo Heller

   Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
2. Fatigue Life of Riveted Steel Bridges

   By Bjorn Akesson

   Many old riveted railway bridges are replaced too soon due to a general lack of knowledge about the expected life span. This indicates the need for more information on fatigue and brittle fracture of riveted bridges. This book unveils extensive research and literature results on riveted bridges'...

   Published April 20th 2010 by CRC Press
3. Understanding Bridge Collapses

   By Bjorn Akesson

   In a straightforward style, this book presents a detailed overview of 20 cases of famous and other highly interesting bridge collapses over the last two centuries. Every case is illustrated and described in detail and the failure analyses made are supported by well-known explanations and, in some...

   Published May 13th 2008 by CRC Press
4. The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel

   By Terry Gourvish

   Series: Government Official History Series

   Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94. This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and...

   Published June 29th 2006 by Routledge
5. Structural Engineering

   History and development

   Edited by R.J.W. Milne

   This volume contains invited contributions from eight of the Gold Medal winners of the Institution of Structural Engineers, presented at the seminar held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Charter to the Institution. The authors are among the pre-eminent engineers of the...

   Published November 26th 1997 by CRC Press