The objective of my book has alwasy been to provide engineers and others working in land development with a quick, easy refence for day design problems and to introduce engineering students to the applications of their education.
The principal aims of this book are to describe the established organization and methods of working in the civil engineering.
The book, the underlying them is an emphasis on the factors affecting engineering decisions.
For building structures, alternaive layuot and structural forms are studied together with the suitability of different materials for use in the structural element for each of these. The decision as to which structural form and choice of materials are the most appropriate depends on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the cost, physical properties, durability and availability of m…
Civil Engineer's Reference Book
The fourth editions has been fully updated and now includes material on quantity surveying and contract terms.
This new edition of spence geddes classic work has been throughly revised, and updated to take into account changes since the seventh editon in 1981.
in the book, author has made every effort to incorporate all the relavant I.S.I. Publications C.B.R.I. Publications, varios, P.W.D. Handbooks, Bridge code, Building Bye-laws, National Building Code 1970, I.R.C. recommendations and Railway Board's dimensional schedule for varios railways. besides above said publications.
This book is one of a series of texts called English For Careers.