Reviews research in the fields of structural steel and castings including advances on the design of shear connections, research on multiaxial fatigue in structural steel connections, thermosetting polymer nanocomposites castings based on polyurethane and epoxy polymers and gas emission from moulds with synthetic additives during metal castings.
This handbook covers all the procedures a contractor's quantity surveyor is required to carry out, and also develops an understanding of the theory underpinning current practices. It gives a grounding in the principles behind cash-flow, cost control, and cost value reconciliation.