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Most
areas of humankind's professional endeavours persue an ethics dimension.
The construction industry (along with the scientific community )tends
not to. What should we be prepared to do and how should we do it, these
topics are raising their head at Texas A&M University... (more)
The splendours of Islam's art and architecture are the subject of this site from the USA. A good example of how faith in a religion helps to build a better and richer environment for mankind... (more) A site dedicated to the art of bridge design, with a huge archive of photographs. Also included is free software...(more) Quite simply, the world's tallest buildings: stats and details of these modern gargantuans brought to us by Jeff Herzer...(more) The Glogbal Knowledge Partnership is a worldwide organisation which seeks to use information technology to alleviate poverty on the planet. Its members iclude private, public and not-for-profit organisations. Partners in the venture share information, experiences and resources to promote broad access to, and effective use of, knowledge and information as tools of sustainable, equitable development...(more) The World Bank maintains its site as a showcase for the work it does around the world on the many capital investment schemes. This a large site with many detailed reports of the projects it has helped support ...(more) The temples at Angkor Wat, Cambodia were discovered last century and after a long restoration process their splendour shines forth again. Find out about the work of the ancient designers and craftsmen who constructed one of the wonders of the world ...(more) Off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, divers discovered a giant stone structure thought to be constructed around 8000bc. This site gives pictures and a brief background to its unfolding mystery...(more) A genuinely fascinating paper entitled "Potential railway world heritage sites in Asia and the Pacific" by Robert Lee at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur describes in great detail the beginning of the railways in Britain and their expansion across the globe and includes some of the engineering problems to face the builders.The page provides a foothold into the much bigger site maintained by the University of York and its Institute of railway studies ...(more) The Materials Science and Technology (MAST) workshop at the University of Illinois provides a detailed look at that stuff called concrete. Also covered in this site are many other materials ...(more) The UK's Durham University hosts the World Wide Web Pages for Dam design. Very useful and informative ...(more) Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel (CRISP) is a UK that actively seeks to identify key areas of "missing" knowledge and to promote the development of the "missing" tools that can help the take-up of that knowledge. It puts these into the context of an industry research strategy. It aims to influence public and private sector funders, and those who are responsible for the content of research programmes, to sign-up to the strategy... (more) The Eden Project in South-West England aims to"Promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources, leading towards a sustainable future for all." From an engineering point of view, the new structures currently being erected are certainly interesting... (more) A backwards look at the world of the steam engine and its role in the industrial revolution at the Kew Bridge steam museum..(more) American Society of Civil Engineers is"the world's largest publisher of civil engineering material" and its searchable database is available on-line ...(more) Water supply also but this time a third tunnel for New York City, site with details and pictures...(more) Interesting site from Nasa on future structures and materials to be used in space exploration...(more) Pionering site by Geza Kardos and others at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and supported by The American Society for Engineering Education. The site is home to many examples of engineering studies and is actively looking for contributions ...(more) On-going web based project by civil engineer Peter Provos trying to put together a detailed theory on how the Pyramid of Giza was constructed using ancient methods he has found still being employed in the world today...(more) a good introduction to the work of D'Arcy Thompson and his work with growth in the natural world ...(more) A simple but effective explanation of the mechanics of how bridges work from the "How stuff works" team...(more) A comprehensive site from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: reports, spectra, conferences, membership ...(more) Harvard's Design School's theory on how Brunelleschi designed and built his famous dome at Florence Cathedral ...(more) There's much out there on the subject of earthquakes and we'll try to bring in as much as we can but this site at St Loius University contains a lot of useful informationl ...(more) From the Vietnam News agency -" Irrigation planning experts are proposing 50 new reservoir and dam projects to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods which hit the central provinces last year, the Thôøi Baùo Kinh Teá Vieät Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) reports. "...(more) Durham University's web pages on the design of geotechnical slopes in soils: stability of slopes, design methods and case studies ...(more) "For more than half a century, many plans have been put forward to harness the Mekong (also known as the Lancang), the vital river that rolls down from the mountains of central China and links all five countries of mainland Southeast Asia..".A thesis by Merrick Lex Berman of the University of Massachusetts shows how the need to trade goods led to the development of this vast area and the engineers who made it possible...(more)
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The
Belltower of Cremona is Europe's highest masonry structure. Details of
ongoing repairs are given in this paper on Unesco's site ...(more)
The tensile structures yellow pages ...(more) The "friendly folk" of State University, New York have compiled what can only be described as a contemplation on the field of engineering disasters; also contains many links to this topic which should be included in any discussion of design and construction...(more) ThinkQuest is a global network of students, teachers, parents and technologists dedicated to exploring youth-centered learning on the Net. Their section on world Architecture is a visual treat ... (more) Unashamedly, we all like things for free and we all are involved with CAD one way or another. This site provides free add-ons for your CAD programs...(more) The Hagia Sofia in Istanbul is argueably one of man's greatest construction achievements. This site from the Orthodox Christian perspective provides immense insight and detail into its design and religious interpretation ...(more) On-line magazine from America which brings together building technologists and contractors for sharing hands-on experience and tips...(more) Thanks to Bill Fernandez for highlighting RedVector, an American education site for those in the construction industry, on-line courses and live seminars ...(more) A real gem of a find: eFunda (or engineering fundamentals) brings the world of engineering formulae to the internet. Formulae, mathematical expressions, material properties, design parameters and codes of practice make this site extremely valuable to the practicing engineer ...(more) Non-invasive site investigation is the forte of specialists at Zetica. Find out more about this unique exploratory technolgy ...(more) Archpedia.com is an architectural web-site dedicated to the works of the greatest modern architects plus lots more on all matters architectural ...(more) The sheer scale of the ecological disaster in Kazakstan-Central Asia where the Aral Sea has lost 3/4 of its volume in the last 40 years is almost past the scale of belief. A man-made situation, aided and abetted by engineers. Several sites highlight the scale of this tradgedy...(more) & ...(more) So, you've designed motorways, railways, ports, tunnels, airports and other transport routes. What's next? Airships. Find out more at the Airship Association ...(more) CUT THE KNOT: Lovely site on all matters mathematical. Definitely suitable for all ages..(more) Houses from mediaval europe and some detailed insights on their construction..(more) Go under Paris and read a detailed historical account of their sewers... (more) The secrets on building timber bridges in US ...(more) Concrete, steel, timber, the environment,energy, acoustics and much more at Building Research Establishment ...(more) If you've never seen this site take a moment to walk on-line round the world's most famous buildings at greatbuildings.com ...(more) Lovely site on the history of timber bridges in the US giving many technical insights on their design and construction ...(more) Quirky but relevant commercial site from Iceland on the subject of geodesic domes and their mathematical expression ...(more) The bridges and tunnels of New York ...(more) The bridges of Japan used to explain the principal of the arch with splendid photographic images ...(more) The Building Information Warehouse is a searchable database for construction products and also gives an insight as to how VRML is being used to bring the web to the engineering design and construction environment...(more) Loughborough university, UK, in conjunction with other industry partners pioneer learning through digital imagery. See their ongoing CAL-Visual project ...(more) Whist not strictly a construction web site this delightful set of pages from the University of Houston, US does contain some information of historic interest and some industrial developments which affected the built environment ...(more) Christianity and Engineering Ethics is the title of an indepth study of ethics by Karl D. Stephan. He argues that ethics is common to the medicine and legal professions but is a rarity in the engineering education world ...(more) A fascinating site by Douglas Cox which links man's understanding of his relation to the natural created world and how he expresses this in building ...(more) The Engineering Sciences Data Unit (ESDU) provides an online library of more than 200 volumes of engineering design data. These volumes contain over 1200 validated design guides, together with supporting engineering software that can be run, downloaded, and modified. The ESDU design guides are organized into 22 series, each covering a specific subject area in structural, mechanical, aeronautical, and chemical process engineering ...(more) The economics of re-claiming land from the sea is the topic of this detailed study by Shunji Matsuoka at Hiroshima University ...(more) Whilst it doesn't look as though its been updated for sometime this laudable site from the National Institute of Engineering Ethics contains some good resource information on the subject of engineering decision making ...(more)
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If
the name of EF Schumacher is familiar you'll know of his passion of approriate
technolgy to combat world poverty. The Intermediate Tecnolgy group which
he helped found carries on the work ...(more)
The work of Architect and Engineer Santiago Calatrava are presented on this official Flash-based web-site ...(more) A compendiuim of architecture through the ages containing details, models and histories of the architects involved, Vitruvio.ch ...(more) Some nice engineering software tools from Gregory Monachos and his electromechanical design company...(more) "The most comprehensive library of Internet resources about Geotechnical Engineering, including WWW, Gopher, and FTP servers, and newsgroups" The World Wide Web Virtual Library...(more) A technology as old as time and still practiced in most of the world's countries: earth construction. Two sites we've found which help explain and promote this simple but effective technique are adobebuilder.com and earthbuilding.com ...(more)and ...(more) If you are a practicing engineer and require help from your peers in the industry then you can contact the eng-tips forum site where professionals help each other ...(more) An on-line magazine, "Environmental Building News" aims to bring green technology to the construction world. You can find out more and sign up for its newsletter ...(more) Construction and technology in the ancient world are the subjects of this labour of love compendium site by Bill Thayer who has collected expert references from across the web on subjects as diverse as plumbing, hydraulics, roads, astrology, medecine and optics and mathematics ...(more) The Bureau of Reclamation in the USA maintains dams and canals in the west of that country, providing water and power to 31m people. This site gives a detailed account of over 150 of their dams ...(more) The meeting of art and engineering in Anthony Gormley's recently erected sculpture on the river Thames London is a marvel of ingenuity. The team at FEA helped Gormley realize his creation ...(more) If you're thinking of covering your building's walls with mosaics pay a visit to this authoratitive site ...(more) How the West was re-won: research project detailing the many reclamation schemes in the American West ...(more) The University of Central Florida's collection of software for storm water/hydraulics calculations...(more) Mbendi is an African web-site giving details of African engineering companies, projects and conferences ...(more) This extremely well put together site by Prof. William James details the history of water supply and the factors affecting it ...(more) Part of the extensive DAIDO site in Japan maintained by Prof. Toshihiro Miki giving pictures and insights into modern Japanese bridges ...(more) Geometry and the Imagination is an on-line set of papers by John Conway and others at Minneapolis showing simple and complex geometrical relationships ...(more) How the EX-im bank of America reached its decision to get involved in funding the Three Gorges Dam, China...(more) If you're involved in projects around the world you'll understand how important it is to have an understanding of the region's climate. The people at World Climate can help you ...(more) The long established Construction Industry Research and Information Association based in the UK is a hive of information and cutting-edge technology ...(more) Steel Detailers on the Net is a site dedicated to providing links and information to people involved with steel work fabrication and construction ...(more) Mark A Austin at the University of Maryland shows some cutting edge technology(1997) where the web meets engineering. Included are useful Java applets that actually work, modifications to HTML that allow multi-user interaction and FEA discussions ...(more) A power station on the moon? That's the thinking of Alex Freundlich at the University of Houston's Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center. He and colleagues propose to manufacture solar cells using silicon from the moon's surface ...(more) A simple list of the Eurocodes relevant to construction ...(more) Apart from the other links mentioned in this periodical, Durham University also maintain a useful set of pages dedicated to road design and construction: history, traffic analysis, site investigations, earthworks and pavement design are included ...(more Kazhakstan is moving its capital from Almaty on its border to the town of Akmola in its centre, to be renamed Astana, as part of its progress into a fuller independence. Japanese architect Kiro Kurawara has been awarded the post of master planner and designer. This huge construction project is now under way. Details of this project and a retrospective of his work can be found at Kurawara's own site ...(more) The chronology of architectural theoria, praxis and poisis in the world has been a mammoth undertaking by Octavian Ciupitu which aims to portray the history of man's architectural output ...(more)
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The
humble brick has served mankind for a long time and has been used to great
effect by many of the world's architects and engineers. The people at
Columbia University as part of their building technology course have put
together a detail of man's achievements ...(more)
Amongst the more respected of modern engineers has been the Italian Pier Luigi Nervi. We're on the look-out for more web-based annals of his work but in the meantime a neat summary of his achievements is given by Sara Askari ...(more) The team at iCivil Engineer aims to open up the engineering world to the internet with its on-line knowledge portal containing information for all the civil engineering disciplines. Take a look at ...(more) The integration of different modes of transport and servicing the needs of the humble pedestrian are the subject of this on-line magazine "WalkingInfo" ...(more) Whist we don't promote personal or company products here at Construction Forum we found this web-site dedicated to the books written by Edward Allen and Waclaw Zalewski which aim to provide a more intuitive approach to the art of structural engineering ...(more) Boston, Massachusetts is aiming to solve major traffic problems with the greatest american highway project ever under-taken. Read all about "The Big Dig" ...(more) The Construction Innovation Forum is a well known American organisation that fosters and promotes new ideas and inventions for the construction industry. Either read about past submissions or submit your own invention that the world needs to see ...(more) The National Research Council of Canada's web-site is an impressive monument to a nation's endeavour to progress through co-ordinated research. Part of that site is the Canadian Building Digest containing detailed information on many aspects of building advice in Canada...(more) Site dedicated to the building of the fixed link between Denmark and Sweden: details, pictures and web-cam ...(more) Virtual tour round the Great Wall of China - with some insights into its construction ...(more) The faculty and students of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy, often write computer programs for use in undergraduate engineering education. They are making some of this software available to engineering educators and practitioners so that others may make use of our efforts. ...(more) A personal view by George Ofori, Singapore on research and development in the construction industry in his on-line Paper ...(more) Encourage children to get to the bottom of basic engineering principles with this interactive "lego" experience ...(more) B4Ubuild.com is a site dedicated to encouraging awareness of construction topics amongst children (including how to build your own house!) ....(more) The magazine "Development" by the UK's DFID has this short article on the Three Gorges Dam, China and highlights the major statistics and problems ...(more) Detailed site on the art, engineering and architecture of Renaissance Florence. The site also gives access to similar studies in some of the world's gratest cities...(more) A brief but enchanting look at some of Shanghai's religious structures ...(more) The UK's National Science Museum has this excellent set of pages on materials, their production and use in the world. Hidden in their web-vaults is a very good example of a glass bridge! ...(more) A site dedicated to the world's great castles, their construction, history and ways to stay in them ....(more) The reclamation of surface mines and their return to the community is the subject of this site by the Office of Surface Mining in the US ...(more) The Water Research Commission of South Africa aims to make available research on the sustainable use of water. Includes papers, software and a searchable database ...(more) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is a delightful topic for a web-site by Alaa K. Ashmawy. Histories, maps, reconstructions, and paintings give a deeper understanding of how mankind has combined art, architecture, engineering and social ideal with awe-inspiring results ...(more) News from the Chicago Tribune on the discovery of an underwater Egyptian city discovered at Alexandria.Remarkably preserved houses, temples and colossal statues under the waters of the Mediterranean Sea ...(more) And at underwater discoverer Franck Goddio's site there are photographs of this eerie world ...(more)
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