Constructions : an experimental approach to intensely local architectures / guest-edited by Michael Hensel and Christian Hermansen Cordua.

Table of Contents: “…Education Through Practice -- Old Market Library, Min Buri, Bangkok -- TYIN Architect's Toolbox -- Practice as Architects and Educators -- Renzo Piano: Poet of Technology -- Early Works for Industry -- Piano & Rogers: The Pompidou Centre -- Piano & Rice: Technical and Social Experiment -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Technology and Place -- The Practice of Making: Studio Mumbai -- The Builder's Name: SHoP and the Ethics of Knowledge Transfer -- The Workman's Mind -- Delight in the Work -- Informed Non-Standard: En Route to Non-Standard Performative Architectures -- Positioning Non-Standard Architectures -- Layers, Transitions and Local Climate -- Locally Specific Data-Driven Design -- A Combinatory Approach -- Auxiliary Architectures: Augmenting Existing Architectures with Performative Capacities -- Developmental Role of Structural Hierarchy -- Nested Catenaries: A Developmental Route to Local Specificity -- Functional Integration and Local Adaptivity -- New Paths -- Smart Living Architecture -- Solar Prototypes: IAAC, Endesa Pavilion, Barcelona -- Outlook: En Route to Intensely Local Architectures and Tectonics -- Small Size -- Locality -- Tectonics -- Experimentation/Research -- Designing Forward -- Counterpoint: Sustaining the Local -- Concepts in Architectural Sustainability -- An Ecological Perspective: Hy-Fi -- Social Sustainability: Liyuan Library -- Climate- and Context-Specific Low-Energy or No-Energy Solutions: Active House -- Sustaining the Local -- CONSTRUCTIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- EULA.…”
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Reuse in construction : a compendium of circular architecture /...

Table of Contents: “…/ Barbara Buser -- Circular materiality : key concepts in ecological construction / Ákos Moravánszky -- Hunting and gathering -- Designing and joining -- Testing and planning -- Constructing and coordinating -- Adapting, repairing, reinstalling / Michel Massmünster -- Reusers / Eva Stricker -- Where there's a will ... / Deborah Fehlmann -- Out of scarcity / François Renaud -- Circular load-bearing structures / Patric Fischli-Boson -- A circular approach to architecture / Guido Brandi -- New generalists, new specialists : rotor and the practice of reuse in Belgium / Guido Brandi, Michaël Ghyoot, Pascal Hentschel, Arne Vande Capelle -- New paths toward net zero? …”

Landscape construction / David Sauter. by Sauter, David

Table of Contents: “…SECTION 1: BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. 1. The Landscape Construction Process. 2. …”

Constructing landscape : materials, techniques, structural components /...

Subjects: “…Landscape architecture Design and construction. sh 85074398…”

Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert. by Kibert, Charles J.

Subjects: “…Sustainable construction. sh2009003365…”
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Construction robots : elementary technologies and single-task construction robots /... by Bock, Thomas, 1957-

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Constructed wetlands : hydraulic design / authored by Saeid Eslamian, Saeid Okhravi and Faezeh Eslamian. by Eslamian, Saeid, Okhravi, Saeid, Eslamian, Faezeh A.

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to constructed wetlands (CWs) -- Hydraulic theory : constructed wetlands -- Hydraulic design of constructed wetlands -- Factors affecting constructed wetland hydraulic performance -- Future CW research directions.…”
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Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert. by Kibert, Charles J.

Table of Contents: “…Green building implementation. Construction operations and commissioning ; Green building economics ; Resilience in the context of sustainable construction ; The cutting edge of sustainable construction -- Appendix A. …”

Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery / Charles J. Kibert. by Kibert, Charles J.

Table of Contents: “…<P>Preface</p> <p>Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview 1</p> <p>The Shifting Landscape of Green Buildings</p> <p>The Roots of Sustainable Construction</p> <p>The Vocabulary of Sustainable Development and Sustainable Construction</p> <p>Rationale for High-Performance Buildings</p> <p>State and Local Green Building Initiatives</p> <p>Green Building Progress and Obstacles</p> <p>Trends in High-Performance Green Building</p> <p>Book Organization</p> <p>Case Study: Bloomberg European Headquarters</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Part I Green Building Foundations </p> <p>Chapter 2 Background </p> <p>The Driving Forces for Sustainable Construction</p> <p>Ethics and Sustainability</p> <p>Basic Concepts and Vocabulary</p> <p>Major Environmental and Resource Concerns</p> <p>The Green Building Movement</p> <p>Case Study: OWP 11, Stuttgart, Germany</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 3 Ecological Design </p> <p>Design Versus Ecological Design</p> <p>Contemporary Ecological Design</p> <p>Key Green Building Publications: Early 1990s</p> <p>Key Thinking about Ecological Design</p> <p>Evolving the Concept of Ecological Design</p> <p>Thermodynamics: Limits on Recycling and the Dissipation of Materials</p> <p>Case Study: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut</p> <p>Synthesis</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Part II Assessing High-Performance Green Buildings </p> <p>Chapter 4 Green Building Assessment </p> <p>Purpose of Green Building Assessment Systems</p> <p>Major Green Building Assessment Systems Used in the US</p> <p>International Building Assessment Systems</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 5 The US Green Building Council LEED Building Rating System </p> <p>Brief History of LEED</p> <p>Structure of the LEED Suite of Building Rating Systems</p> <p>LEED Credentials</p> <p>LEED v4.1 Structure and Process</p> <p>Green Building Certification Institute Relationship to the USGBC and LEED</p> <p>LEED Certification Process</p> <p>LEED Building Design and Construction Rating System</p> <p>Regional Priority</p> <p>Case Study: Stephen C. …”
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Sustainable construction / Sandy Halliday. by Halliday, Sandy

Table of Contents: “…Sustainability drivers -- Policy and legislation -- Cost issues -- Appraisal tools and techniques -- Materials selection -- Low-impact construction -- Heating -- Electrical installations -- Lighting and daylighting -- Ventilation and cooling strategies -- Renewable technology -- Water and sewerage management -- Construction processes -- Urban ecology.…”

The CSI sustainable design and construction practice guide / the Construction Specifications Institute.

Table of Contents: “…Sustainable Design and Construction -- Roles and Expectations of the Design and Construction Team -- Sustainable Design and Construction Best Practices -- Green Product and System Evaluation -- Sustainable Design and Project Delivery -- Construction Documentation Practices.…”
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The CSI sustainable design and construction practice guide / the Construction Specifications Institute.

Table of Contents: “…Sustainable Design and Construction -- Roles and Expectations of the Design and Construction Team -- Sustainable Design and Construction Best Practices -- Green Product and System Evaluation -- Sustainable Design and Project Delivery -- Construction Documentation Practices.…”

Environmentally Sustainable Construction.

Subjects: “…Sustainable buildings Design and construction.…”
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Constructing test items : multiple-choice, constructed-response, performance and other formats / Steven J. Osterlin. by Osterlind, Steven J.

Table of Contents: “…What Is Constructing Test Items? -- Definition, Purpose, and Characteristics of Items -- Determining the Content for Items: Validity -- Starting to Write Items: Practical Considerations -- Style, Editorial, and Publication Guidelines for Items in the Multiple-choice Format -- Style, Editorial, and Publication Guidelines for Items in Constructed-response/Performance Formats -- Style, Editorial, and Publication Guidelines for Items in Other Common Formats -- Judging the Quality of Test Items: Item Analysis -- Ethical, Legal Considerations, and Final Remarks for Item Writers.…”
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Roof Construction Manual : Pitched Roofs / Eberhard Schunck, Hans Jochen Oster, Rainer Barthel, Kurt Kiessl. by Schunck, Eberhard

Table of Contents: “…Flat sheetsGlass; Profiled sheets; Fibre-cement; Bitumen; Metal; Sheets; Metal; Flexible sheeting; Green roof; Membranes; Energy production; Ventilation; Secondary waterproofing/covering layer; Vapour barrier and airtight membrane; Thermal insulation; Drainage; Part 3 Construction details; Thatch; Reed and straw; Flat overlapping elements; Wood; Natural and fibre-cement slates; Bitumen; Clay and concrete; Profiled overlapping elements; Clay and concrete; Roof covering over open roof space; Roof covering with roofing felt underneath; Roof covering with secondary waterproofing layer underneath.…”
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Facade construction manual / Herzog, Krippner, Lang. by Herzog, Thomas, 1941-, Krippner, Roland, Lang, Werner, 1961-

Subjects: “…Facades Design and construction.…”
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Modern construction envelopes / Andrew Watts. by Watts, Andrew

Subjects: “…Facades Design and construction.…”
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Federal courthouse construction / Matthew C. Carrasco, editor.

Table of Contents: “…FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION ; FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE; FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION: BETTER PLANNING, OVERSIGHT, AND COURTROOM SHARING NEEDED TO ADDRESS FUTURE COSTS ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND ; ABBREVIATIONS ; BACKGROUND ; EXTRA SPACE IN COURTHOUSES COST AN ESTIMATED 835 MILLION IN CONSTANT 2010 DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT AND 51 MILLION ANNUALLY TO RENT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN ; MOST COURTHOUSES EXCEED CONGRESSIONALLY AUTHORIZED SIZE DUE TO A LACK OF OVERSIGHT BY GSA.…”
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Sustainable construction processes : a resource text / Steve Goodhew. by Goodhew, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to sustainable construction; 1.1 Why a book focused on sustainable construction?…”
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Marine outfall construction : background, techniques, and case studies / Robert A. Grace. by Grace, Robert A., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The marine outfall in context -- Moving toward construction -- Providing a stable work base within the surf zone -- Pulling an outfall seaward along the ocean floor -- Placing outfalls under protected sites or obstructions -- Crane barge offshore, trestle inshore, trouble ahead -- High-tech outfall installation in deep water -- Creating tunnel outfalls and their risers -- Hybrid-design outfalls -- Selected polyethlene outfalls -- unusual outfalls -- Difficult or impossible outfalls -- Giant tunnel outfall as part of the Boston Harbor cleanup -- Appendix A: Selected world outfalls -- Appendix B: Wave-related concepts and calculatios for outfall design-build -- Appendix C: Immersed tubes as big outfalls.…”