MCE E-Books: Recent submissions

  • Fundamentals of Construction Estimating 
    David J. Pratt (Delmar, Cengage Learning, 2011)
    Fundamentals of Construction Estimating is written to provide the reader with the resources necessary to learn how to estimate the construction costs of building projects making use of modern technology and following the ...
  • Construction Project Management 5th Edition 
    S. Keoki Sears, Glenn A. Sears, Richard H. Clough (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)
    This book is about Critical Path Method (CPM)–based planning and scheduling as applied to the construction industry. The book’s distinguishing feature is the use of one example project throughout to demonstrate planning, ...
  • Construction Management 
    Jason G. Smith, Jimmie Hinze (CRC Press, 2010)
    My grandfather was a huge influence in my life. Without him, I would not be where I am today. Perhaps the biggest lessons my grandfather taught me were ones he actually had no idea he was teaching. He would never simply ...
  • Construction Cost Management 
    Keith Potts (Taylor & Francis, 2008)
    My first text book Major Construction Works: Contractual and Financial Management (Longman) (1995) was based on documentation assembled during 1993 and 1994; this now seems like a prehistoric era before the Latham (1994) ...
  • Risk and decision analysis in Projects Second Edition 
    John Schuyler (Project Management Institute, Inc, 2001)
    Is there anything more important to the success of a project than making good decisions? This management skill is certainly near the top of the list, yet few of us have had formal training in decision making. Decision ...
  • Project Risk Management Second edition 
    Chris Chapman, Stephen Ward (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2003)
    The projects that motivated initial development of many of the ideas in this book were primarily large engineering projects in the energy sector: large-scale Arctic pipelines in the far north of North America in the ...
  • Continuum Mechanics for Engineers 
    G.Thomas Mase, George E. Mase (CRC Press LLC, 1999)
    t is fitting to start this, the preface to our second edition, by thanking all of those who used the text over the last six years. Thanks also to those of you who have inquired about this revised and expanded version. ...
  • Foundation Design and Construction 
    Geotechnical Engineering Office (Geo Publication, 2006)
    The purpose of this document is to give guidance for the design and construction of foundations in Hong Kong. It is aimed at professionals and supervisory personnel involved in the design and construction of foundations. ...
  • Value Engineering Mastermind 
    Anil Kumar Mukhopadhyaya (Response Books, 2009)
    n my first book on value engineering, titled Value Engineering: Concepts, Techniques and Applications, published by Response Books, a division of SAGE India, I laid stress on creating a comprehensive reference book for ...
  • New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice Second edition 
    Duncan Cartlidge (Elsevier Butterworth-Heineman, 2006)
    Four years have passed since the first edition of New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice. At that time Building, the wellknown construction industry weekly, described quantity surveying as ‘a profession on the brink’ ...
  • Properties of Fresh Concrete 
    H.-J.Wierig (Chapman and Hall, 1990)
    The last RILEM Seminar on the Technology of Fresh Concrete took place in 1973 in Leeds. The main interest of this seminar was focused on workability, measuring techniques and the use of additives. In the meantime nearly ...
  • Fiber Optic Sensors Second Edition 
    Brian J. Thompson, Shizhuo Yin Paul B. Ruffin (CRC Press, 2008)
    In recent years, fiber optic sensors have developed from the laboratory research and development stage to practical applications. The market for fiber optic sensor technology may be divided into two broad categories of ...
  • Positive Thinking 
    Susan Quilliam (D.K Publishing, 2003)
    I n today's challenging world it is vital to have energy, enthusiasm, and optimism in all areas of your life. Positive Thinking shows you how to transform your approach to living, so you can feel good about yourself, create ...
  • Windpower Workshop 
    Hugh Piggott (Center of Alternative Technology Publication, 2001)
  • Geographic Information System in Water Resource Engineering 
    Lynn E. Johnson (CRC Press, 2009)
    Geographic information systems (GISs) are strongly impacting the fields of water resources engineering, environmental science, and related disciplines. GIS tools for spatial data management and analysis are now considered ...
  • Encyclopedia of Water Science Second Edition 
    Stanley W. Trimble (CRC Press, 2008)
    Continuing and updating the Encyclopedia of Water Science over the past four years has been an exciting but daunting task. It has been exciting because the subject is so critical to life and living, and daunting because ...
  • Surveying Principles and Applications Ninth Edition 
    Barry F. Kavanagh, Tom B. Mastin (Pearson, Inc, 2014)
    Responding to the advice of reviewers and faculty who have adopted this text for use in their programs, we have shortened and streamlined the text from seventeen to fourteen chapters. ● Optical theodolites, total stations, ...
  • In the Line of Fire 
    Pervaiz Musharaf (Great Britain, 2006)
  • Fundamentals of Mathematics 
    Denny Burzynski, Wade Ellis, Jr. (Libretexts, 2024)
    To the next generation of explorers: Kristi, BreAnne, Lindsey, Randi, Piper, Meghan, Wyatt, Lara, Mason, and Sheanna. Fundamentals of Mathematics is a work text that covers the traditional topics studied in a modern ...
  • Eric Zaslow 
    Eric Zaslow (2017)
    This book serves a course designed to teach first-year college students to try to answer topical, real-life questions using numerical analysis, or quantitative reasoning. The goal is to develop a student’s ability to ...

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