This book is the definitive reference source for professionals involved in the conception, design and specification stages of a construction project. The theory

At a time of unprecedented levels of change in the production of building materials and their deployment in construction, better theoretical and historical tool

This text on building materials includes discussion of structural clay products, rocks and stones, wood, materials for making concrete, ferrous and non-ferrous

This established textbook provides an understanding of materials’ behaviour through knowledge of their chemical and physical structure. It covers the main cla

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