Structural Design of Buildings: Fundamentals in Design, Management and Sustainability - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 183549577X ISBN 13: 9781835495773

Publisher: ICE Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Structural Design of Buildings: Fundamentals in Design, Management and Sustainability is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The book forms part of the Structural Design of Buildings series and takes a project-oriented approach, covering key issues that design professionals face at the outset of a project such as structural design processes, managing risk, loadings, sustainability, and computational design.

Broken down into the key areas for understanding and undertaking structural design and with a fully international approach, this book features coverage of

• design considerations
• sustainability in the built environment
• BIM
• Risk management
• different types of loadings
• finite element
• computational design
• materials science
• concrete technology.

The book contains information on collaboration with other professionals, design objectives, leadership in design, use of software and a sustainable approach to design. It is a timely and essential read for consultants, designers, technicians and contractors tasked with structural design of buildings.

About this title

About the Author

Feng Fu Ph.D., MBA, CEng, FIStructE, FASCE, FICE, FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City, University London, UK.

David Richardson BEng(Hons) CEng FIStructE FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Design at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: ICE Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 183549577X
• ISBN 13: 9781835495773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Fu Feng, Richardson David