The Erotics of Grief: Emotions and the Construction of Privilege in the Medieval Mediterranean by Megan Moore
English | September 15th, 2021 | ISBN: 150175839X | 204 pages | True EPUB | 3.38 MB
The Erotics of Grief considers how emotions propagate power by exploring whose lives are grieved and what kinds of grief are valuable within and eroticized by medieval narratives. Megan Moore argues that grief is not only routinely eroticized in medieval literature but that it is a foundational emotion of medieval elite culture.

Jimmy Kim, "Advanced Composites in Bridge Construction and Repair"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0081013728, 085709694X | 356 pages | PDF | 7.8 MB
Advanced composite materials for bridge structures are recognized as a promising alternative to conventional construction materials such as steel.

Temporary Works: Principles of design and construction, Second edition
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0727763385 | 535 Pages | PDF | 87 MB
Temporary Works: Principles of design and construction provides authoritative and comprehensive guidance on temporary works for practising engineers. With contributions from twenty four industry experts, this is the only reference book to cover all sub-specialities of temporary works within a single volume. Informed by the latest UK Regulations and use of European codes in the UK, chapters consider the how and why of current methods across a wide range of topics. Drawing on years of collective experience of temporary works in practice the book is a source of immediate, practical solutions to common problems and also includes an extensive list of references for each subject. This new edition brings up to date the topics inherent in temporary works in the original 27 chapters and also includes seven new chapters on Backpropping, Basement Construction, Needling, Pipe testing, Rebar stability, Digital Project Delivery, and Temporary Works in Demolition. Temporary Works, Second edition is an invaluable companion for temporary and permanent works designers, engineers, technicians, temporary works co-coordinators and supervisors, lecturers and also contractors looking to minimise costs, maximise efficiency and ensure the safety of those working on site.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 1398328057 | 227 pages | True PDF | 19.75 MB
Lay the foundation for a career in the Construction and Building Services Engineering industries with this comprehensive textbook published in association with City & Guilds.
With complete coverage of the Foundation qualification's six core units, this book will equip you with the skills you need to approach the next step in your career, as you prepare for assessment and choose your trade pathway. Topic coverage includes: an introduction to the built environment, health and safety, employability, emerging technologies and the built environment lifecycle.

English | 2021 | ISBN: 9783035619584 | 77 pages | True PDF | 5.58 MB
Roofs: types, functions and structures
A roof over one's head is a basic need - it provides shelter from rain, wind and the cold. In addition to these requirements, the structure must be load bearing and stable. Out of traditional craftsmanship, roof shapes and typologies have developed that fulfill these tasks and endure to this day.

Codes For Homeowners Electrical Plumbing Construction Mechanical Current With 2018Codes | 49.17 MB
English | 243 Pages

Title: Black and Decker Codes for Homeowners 4th Edition
Author: Barker, Bruce A.;
Year: 2019

Colonialism, Independence, and the Construction of Nation-States by Forrest D. Colburn
English | EPUB | 2021 | 157 Pages | ISBN : 3030547159 | 12.8 MB
'Why have some poor countries remained "underdeveloped," or even "failed," while others have become richer and stronger? In the successful group, have a few-notably China-enhanced methods long used by European imperialists to extract national resources from weaker countries? Has solidarity among poor countries ended? What does the future hold for poor countries? For compelling answers to these questions, read Colburn's Colonialism, Independence, and the Construction of Nation-States.'

Waste Reduction in Precast Construction: Using Lean and Shared Mental Models by Joy Ong
English | EPUB | 2021 | 255 Pages | ISBN : 9811587981 | 14.2 MB
This book presents the adaptation of lean principles to the precast construction industry to eliminate or minimize construction wastes, by modeling the precast construction process influencing manpower requirements. This is done using the shared mental models theory to understand how the lean principles enable people to work together to complete the tasks and work together effectively as a team throughout the entire precast construction process from the design, production and logistics to installation stages.

Hotels and Highways: The Construction of Modernization Theory in Cold War Turkey By Begüm Adalet
2018 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1503604292 | PDF | 7 MB
The early decades of the Cold War presented seemingly boundless opportunity for the construction of "laboratories" of American society abroad: microcosms where experts could scale down problems of geopolitics to manageable size, and where locals could be systematically directed toward American visions of capitalist modernity. Among the most critical tools in the U.S.'s ideological arsenal was modernization theory, and Turkey emerged as a vital test case for the construction and validation of developmental thought and practice.With this book, Begum Adalet reveals how Turkey became both the archetypal model of modernization and an active partner for its enactment. Through her analysis of the flow of aid money and expertise between the U.S. and Turkey, the planning of the American-funded Turkish highway network, and the development of the Turkish tourism industry, Adalet also highlights how "problems of knowledge" are fundamentally entwined with "problems of the political order": social scientific theories are produced in material spaces, through uncertain encounters between transnational actors and policy networks. In tracking the growth and transmission of modernization as a theory and in practice in Turkey,Hotels and Highwaysoffers not only a specific history of a postwar development model that continues to influence our world, but a widely relevant consideration of how theoretical debates take shape in concrete situations.

Damien Keogh, "Adjudication Practice and Procedure in Ireland: Construction Contracts Act 2013 "
English | ISBN: 1138020303 | 2020 | 428 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This adjudication textbook uniquely brings together a comprehensive analysis of, and commentary on, the Construction Contracts Act 2013 with a real-world perspective of adjudication, considering the knowledge, process and skills parties and adjudicators require in order to successfully participate in the adjudication process. Drawing on combined experience of 40 years in construction law, the authors provide invaluable guidance for all stakeholders in the adjudication process. The authors analyse and comment on the adjudication provisions of the Construction Contracts Act and describe prudent practice and procedure required to comply with Irish adjudication law, including case studies, case law and sample documentation for those to be involved as the parties, or those who want to act as adjudicators.