Simplified Site Engineering (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) - Hardcover

Parker, Harry; MacGuire, John W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471528099 ISBN 13: 9780471528098

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1991

Synopsis

The first edition of this book, published in 1954, is now dated due to the advent of major changes in surveying, computational and mapping techniques. This new edition is a compact source to the key site engineering topics of site survey and mapping, re-grading, site drainage analysis and control, and site development structures. New coverage includes CAD-produced maps and areas such as laser technology, water conservation, environmental impact and the use of the ground for thermal buffing.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A concise, highly accessible source for site engineering basics.

This updated edition of Parker′s classic text introduces the basic issues, tasks, and problems of site engineering to students and professionals who need to understand the significance of surveying data. It presents the fundamentals of site engineering surveying and mapping, drainage, slope stabilization, and basic structures and explains in detail the solutions to a wide variety of problems, including:

• Interpretation of deed descriptions
• Dimensioning buildings and sites when angles are other than right angles
• Computing areas for irregular plots
• Dimensioning and laying out circular curves for driveways and buildings
• And much more.

Featuring a simplified, accessible style with numerous examples of problems and their solutions, as well as references and practical aids that facilitate home study, this is the ideal surveying and site–planning primer for students in architecture, landscape architecture, and civil and structural engineering. It is also an excellent handbook for working architects, building contractors, and professionals in related fields.

About the Author

HARRY S. PARKER (DECEASED) was professor of architectural construction at the University of Pennsylvania.

JOHN W. MACGUIRE (deceased) was professor of architectural engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

JAMES AMBROSE has practiced as an architect in California and Illinois and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He recently retired as professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471528099
• ISBN 13: 9780471528098
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192