Best Cities For Civil Engineers - April 2024

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

In a book that Business Insider noted as one of the "14 Books that inspired Elon Musk," J.E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose.For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back--or give way under--thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, a bias-cut dress, or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions.Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down is an informal explanati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0306812835
• ASIN: 0306812835
• ISBN: 0306812835
• Brand: Da Capo Press
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

"Timely and important, a delightful, insightful, irreverent work . . . Should be required reading." ―The Christian Science MonitorA Best Book of the Year according to Planetizen and the American Society of Landscape Architects Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for thetypical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walk-able City―bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how u... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0865477728
• UPC: 884392975197
• ASIN: 0865477728
• ISBN: 0865477728
• Brand: North Point Press
• Manufacturer: North Point Press

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

• ASIN: 067145711X
• ASIN: 067145711X
• ISBN: 067145711X
• Brand: Simon Schuster Incorporated
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Mysterious Island

• ASIN: B000JMLBHU
• ASIN: B000JMLBHU
• Manufacturer: Public Domain Books

Earthquake Strengthening for Vulnerable Homes: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Contractors, Inspectors and Homeowners

Explains how earthquakes damage wood-framed buildings of various ages and styles. Shows detailed methods to strengthen various weaknesses. Methods are based on author's experience investigating hundreds of existing wood-framed houses and small apartment buildings and designing retrofit systems that work in the real world. Discusses structural and non-structural earthquake hazards and how to mitigate them. Illustrated with over 400 photos, illustrations and construction details.

• ASIN: 0990664503
• ASIN: 0990664503
• ISBN: 0990664503
• Manufacturer: Thor Matteson

Civil Discipline-Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam, 3rd Ed

Note: This book was created for the civil afternoon section of the pencil-and-paper FE exam, however, the practice problems contained in this book are still relevant for the computerized FE Civil exam.Study for the FE exam with this discipline-specific review book, which includes: 61 practice problems, with full solutions2 complete, simulated 4-hour discipline-specific examsCoverage of all the topics on the civil afternoon section of the examTopics coveredConstruction ManagementEnvironmental EngineeringHydraulics & Hydrologic SystemsMaterialsSoils Mechanics & FoundationsStructural Analysis... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1591261775
• ASIN: 1591261775
• ISBN: 1591261775
• Brand: Brand: Professional Publications, Inc.
• Manufacturer: PPI, A Kaplan Company

The Regulated Riparian Model Water Code: Final Report of the Water Laws Committee of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers

The Regulated Riparian Model Water Code incorporates ideas from engineers, government administrators working with water, lawyers representing environmental and developmental interests, business people, and academics interested in improving the administration of water allocation laws in the United States. The main threats to availability of water and how regulated riparian statutes create mechanisms for long-term planning and providing for the public interest are covered as well as resolving quantitative conflicts. Topics include declarations of policy, general obligations and prohibitions, wat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0784402264
• ASIN: 0784402264
• ISBN: 0784402264
• Brand: Brand: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
• Manufacturer: Amer Society of Civil Engineers

Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (2nd Edition)

Revision of the best selling civil engineering materials book on the market right now.  Appropriate for civil engineering students at the junior or senior level.  In the second edition, new sample problems have been added throughout the text.  Many numerical problems have been added  at the end of each chapter.  The authors added many figures and pictures throughout the MS, especially in the appendix.  The sections on Heat Treatment of Steel,  Properties of Blended Aggregates,  Admixtures for Concrete,  Superpave Mix Design have been changed or updated.  New sections on Bulk Unit Wei... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0131477145
• ASIN: 0131477145
• ISBN: 9780131477148
• Manufacturer: Prentice Hall

Applied Numerical Methods W/MATLAB: for Engineers & Scientists

Steven Chapra’s Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB, third edition, is written for engineering and science students who need to learn numerical problem solving. Theory is introduced to inform key concepts which are framed in applications and demonstrated using MATLAB. The book is designed for a one-semester or one-quarter course in numerical methods typically taken by undergraduates. The third edition features new chapters on Eigenvalues and Fourier Analysis and is accompanied by an extensive set of m-files and instructor materials.

• ASIN: 0073401102
• ASIN: 0073401102
• ISBN: 0073401102
• Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

Handyman In-Your-Pocket

Certain to be helpful for every contractor, builder, handyman, craftsman, and do-it-yourselfer, "Handyman-in-Your Pocket" contains an incredible amount of valuable information on a wealth of topics.

• ASIN: 1885071299
• UPC: 769344000458
• ASIN: 1885071299
• ISBN: 1885071299
• Brand: Sequoia Publishing
• Manufacturer: Sequoia Publishing Inc

Construction Control for Earth and Rockfill Dams (Technical Engineering and Design Guides As Adapted from the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers)

• ASIN: 0784403325
• ASIN: 0784403325
• ISBN: 0784403325
• Manufacturer: Amer Society of Civil Engineers

Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, 2nd Edition (Computational Mechanics and Applied Analysis)

The second edition of this popular text continues to provide a solid, fundamental introduction to the mathematics, laws, and applications of continuum mechanics. With the addition of three new chapters and eight new sections to existing chapters, the authors now provide even better coverage of continuum mechanics basics and focus even more attention on its applications.Beginning with the basic mathematical tools needed-including matrix methods and the algebra and calculus of Cartesian tensors-the authors develop the principles of stress, strain, and motion and derive the fundamental physical l... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0849318556
• ASIN: 0849318556
• ISBN: 0849318556
• Brand: Brand: CRC Press
• Manufacturer: CRC Press

map of New York The west end plateau of New York / Herman K. Viele, civil engineer & city surveyor

map of New York The west end plateau of New York / Herman K. Viele, civil engineer & city surveyor Vielé, Herman K. (Cartographer) Publisher/Notes: Johnson & Pratt

• ASIN: B077G8M68M
• ASIN: B077G8M68M
• Brand: New York Map Company (TM)
• Size: 18 x 24 Inch
• Manufacturer: New York Map Company (TM)

Men to Match My Mountains: The Monumental Saga of the Winning of America's Far West

Acclaimed author of biographical and historical fiction Irving Stone turns his magnificent talent to telling America’s most colorful and exciting story—the opening of the Far West. Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece, an unforgettable pageant of giants—men like John Sutter, whose dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush; Brigham Young and the Mormons, who tamed the desert with Bible texts; and the silver kings and the miners, who developed Nevada’s Comstock Lode and settled the Rockies. America called for greatness...and got it. There is nothin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 042510544X
• ASIN: 042510544X
• ISBN: 042510544X
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Theory of Matrix Structural Analysis (Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering)

This pioneering aerospace engineering text belongs on the shelf of every aerospace and structural engineering graduate student and professional engineer. Originally published in 1968, the treatment remains a valuable guide, tracing each procedure in a clear, step-by-step fashion and employing minimal mathematical rigor in its examples.The text begins with an overview of matrix methods and their application to the structural design of modern aircraft and aerospace vehicles. Subsequent chapters cover the basic equations of elasticity, energy theorems, structural idealization, Castigliano's theor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486649482
• UPC: 800759649488
• ASIN: 0486649482
• ISBN: 0486649482
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Washington Augustus Roebling, American Civil Engineer, 1883 Print Wall Art

Giclee PrintThis giclée print offers beautiful color accuracy on a high-quality paper (235 gsm) that is a great option for framing with its smooth, acid free surface. Giclée (French for “to spray”) is a printing

• UPC: 241465346
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18" x 24"18 x 24

John Augustus Roebling, American Civil Engineer, 1874 Print Wall Art

Giclee PrintThis giclée print offers beautiful color accuracy on a high-quality paper (235 gsm) that is a great option for framing with its smooth, acid free surface. Giclée (French for “to spray”) is a printing

• UPC: 663811055
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 12 x 1612" x 16"

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York City

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York

• UPC: 554676014

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York City

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York

• UPC: 952308747

City Planning for Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineers, and Surveyors

Offering an introduction to land use planning, this book covers infrastructure systems planning and development. It stresses basic concepts and principles of practice involved in urban planning as most widely practiced, particularly in small and

• UPC: 11031649

A Guide to the Best Jobs for Fast Growth : Civil Engineer

A Guide to the Best Jobs for Fast

• UPC: 254729109

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York City

The House of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 220 West Fifty-Seventh Street, New York

• UPC: 155664784

Report on the Case of the Watuppa Reservoir Co. vs. the City of Fall River, Dec.1880...

Report on the Case of the Watuppa Reservoir Co. vs. the City of Fall River,

• UPC: 607835321

Washington Augustus Roebling, American Civil Engineer, 1883 Framed Print Wall Art

Giclee PrintThis giclée print offers beautiful color accuracy on a high-quality paper (235 gsm) that is a great option for framing with its smooth, acid free surface. Giclée (French for “to spray”) is a printing

• UPC: 584718661
• Color: Black
• Size: 12 x 1612" x 16"

John Augustus Roebling, American Civil Engineer, 1874 Framed Print Wall Art

Giclee PrintThis giclée print offers beautiful color accuracy on a high-quality paper (235 gsm) that is a great option for framing with its smooth, acid free surface. Giclée (French for “to spray”) is a printing

• UPC: 351719700
• Color: BrownPecan
• Size: 18" x 24"18 x 24