Roadwork
3rd Edition
Published on 14. October 1991
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7506-0291-4 (ISBN)
Description
A work on road construction, this book begins with the history of road building and goes on to cover surveying, earthworks, drainage, flexible and rigid pavements, kerbing, ancillary construction work, materials and testing, highway plant, bridgework and site maintenance. The book, which relates theory to practice, is aimed at students taking City and Guild courses in roadwork construction, those studying Business and Technical Education Council courses in civil engineering and technicians and engineers preparing for interviews to meet the requirements of professional institutions or the Engineering Council.
A work on road construction, this book begins with the history of road building and goes on to cover surveying, earthworks, drainage, flexible and rigid pavements, kerbing, ancillary construction work, materials and testing, highway plant, bridgework and site maintenance. The book, which relates theory to practice, is aimed at students taking City and Guild courses in roadwork construction, those studying Business and Technical Education Council courses in civil engineering and technicians and engineers preparing for interviews to meet the requirements of professional institutions or the Engineering Council.
A work on road construction, this book begins with the history of road building and goes on to cover surveying, earthworks, drainage, flexible and rigid pavements, kerbing, ancillary construction work, materials and testing, highway plant, bridgework and site maintenance. The book, which relates theory to practice, is aimed at students taking City and Guild courses in roadwork construction, those studying Business and Technical Education Council courses in civil engineering and technicians and engineers preparing for interviews to meet the requirements of professional institutions or the Engineering Council.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Adult education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
diagrams, index
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Weight
1153 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-0291-4 (9780750602914)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Highway development; maps, drawings and surveying; earthworks; drainage; flexible pavements; rigid pavements; kerbing, footways and paved areas; ancillary construction work; safety at work; materials and testing; highway plant; street furniture; bridgeworks; highway maintenance; site organization; index.