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The present book deals with the structural characterization of paperboard materials. The main focus is set on the development of an engineering model for paperboard laminates for use in design processes. Furthermore, the bi-axial limits are examined and related to those of the single paperboard sheet, in order to enable the estimation of laminate performance from the properties of the single paperboard sheet on. Finally a simple model for failure estimation during bi-axial loading is established which relies on simple material tests. Nihat Kiziltoprak, born in 1990 in Torbali, studied civil engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt from 2010 to 2016. He specialized in structural engineering, mechanics and material modeling. From 2017 to 2022, he worked at the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design at TU Darmstadt and participated in the subprojects Design+Joining Techniques and Structural Mechanics of the interdisciplinary LOEWE project "BAMP! - Building with Paper", among others. In July 2022, he defended his dissertation with the topic "On the Bi-Axial In-Plane Behavior of Laminated Paperboard Components in Construction: A Representative Engineering Model". Since then, Nihat Kiziltoprak has been working for Krebs+Kiefer in Darmstadt, mainly on projects related to "Hot Design - Load-bearing Structures under Fire Loads".

Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- bouwkunde --- bouwmaterialen

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This book comprises the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG2021) focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of transportation of people and freight. The contents of the volume include Traffic flow theory, Travel Behaviour, Walking Dynamics of Pedestrians, Urban Traffic characteristics, and uncontrolled intersections. This book will be beneficial to researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers alike.

Transport. Traffic --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- bouwkunde --- verkeer --- transport

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Conventional building skins are constructed as static structures upon the typical design conditions in terms of external climate and internal occupant activities. This generates dissociation between the envelope structure and its environment. With the emerging advanced materials, such as chromic-based materials, spectrally selective coatings, and transparent photovoltaic, more dynamic and smarter building skins are now achievable and constructible. This book updates readers on the key areas of smart building skins embodied in the novel advanced materials with unique structures and smart properties that enable multiple functions in energy efficiency, solar harvesting, and environmental greenness. It synergistically integrates the topics and knowledge of material design and experimental studies, theoretical analyses of building energy-saving mechanisms and solar energy utilization, and new design methodologies and processes taking advanced materials into account at different scales - from nano to the macroscale. .

Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- bouwkunde --- bouwmaterialen

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This volume describes risk management practices in the construction industry in selected countries, with an emphasis on developing countries and how these countries can learn from the practices in more developed ones. Risk management in the construction industry can be difficult to understand due to the various complex procedures that are involved and to the unique concerns and contexts associated with each project. The industry has been a key contributor to the economic and social development of many countries of the world and is increasingly incorporating sustainability into its practices. However it is plagued by various risks that can affect the quality, cost, time and overall sustainability of projects. Therefore, there is need to effectively manage risk in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects in good quality and within budget, which in turn results in more efficient and often more sustainable practices. The book is divided into four parts. The first section features a primer on risk management practices as they pertain to the construction industry. The second part dives in to describe risk management in selected developing countries, including Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, South Africa, Sri-Lanka and Tanzania, as well as the city of Hong Kong. The third section describes the construction risk management practices of a selection of more developed countries with known risk management institutes and established practices of risk management. These countries include Australia, Canada, Sweden and United States of America. The fourth part offers a general overview of the definition, concepts and process of risk management based on reviewed literature. It also discusses the benefits of effective risk management to clients and to project teams, especially from the perspective of ensuring sustainability. This last section also summarizes the risk management practices in both developing and developed countries for the purpose of improving the practices in the former by learning from the latter.

Production management --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- bouwkunde --- risk management --- ingenieurswetenschappen

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The task of construction auditing is to check construction projects for compliance and legality as well as economic efficiency. This technical book has set itself the task of providing information about the exciting, diverse and varied field of activity in construction auditing. It contains a guide to action for the systematic and goal-oriented preparation and execution of a construction audit. The functionality of this guide is illustrated using various practical examples. The content Organizational and business basics Planning of the construction revision Implementation of the construction revision Evaluation of the construction audit The target group Public and private clients of construction services Internal audit staff Construction Project Manager compliance officers The authors Prof. Dr. sc.techn. Peter Wotschke, Professor of Construction Management and Construction Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR). Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.Wirt.-Ing. Gregor Kindermann, Consulting Engineer and Member of the Board of BMC Baumanagement & Controlling AG, Berlin. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Law --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- bouwkunde --- wetgeving --- bouw