Uncertainty and ground conditions : a risk management approach / Martin van Staveren.
All civil engineering and construction projects require some sort of solid foundation, but ground conditions bring some degree of uncertainty to every project. Dealing properly with uncertainty over ground conditions can make the difference between the commercial success and failure of a project.Wit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Burlington, MA :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | All civil engineering and construction projects require some sort of solid foundation, but ground conditions bring some degree of uncertainty to every project. Dealing properly with uncertainty over ground conditions can make the difference between the commercial success and failure of a project.With margins in the construction industry at historic lows, and with costs of failing to accurately predict ground conditions becoming increasingly high, the importance of proper management of the variety of ground-related risk is paramount.<BR id=""CRLF" |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080462677 0080462677 9781136352027 1136352023 9781136351976 1136351973 9781136352010 1136352015 9780750669580 0750669586 |