Title & Author:

Historic concrete : background to appraisal / edited by James Sutherland, Dawn Humm, and Mike Chrimes.

Publication:

London ; Reston, VA : Thomas Telford, 2001.

Description:

437 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / James Sutherland -- The innovative uses of concrete by engineers and architects / Frank Newby -- Concrete and the structural use of cements in England before 1890 / Lawrence Hurst -- The era of proprietary systems / Michael Bussell -- The development of reinforced concrete design and practice / Michael Bussell -- Cement and concrete as materials : changes in properties, production and performance / George Somerville -- Concrete foundations and substructures : a historical review / Mike Chrimes -- The early development of reinforced concrete shells / Peter Morice and Hugh Tottenham -- Concrete shell roofs, 1945-65 / Robert Anchor -- Prestressing / Francis Walley -- The development of concrete bridges in the British Isles prior to 1940 / Mike Chrimes -- UK concrete bridges since 1940 / William Smyth -- Reinforced and prestressed concrete in maritime structures / Brian Sharp -- The concrete institute 1908-23, precursor of the institution of structural engineers / Anita Witten -- Concrete in tunnels / Alan Muir Wood -- Water-retaining structures in Britain before 1920 / Michael Gould -- Historic concrete in dams / D.A. Bruggemann, K.J. Hollock, G.P. Sims -- Concrete roads / Graham West -- Military / John Weiler.

ISBN:

072772875X
9780727728753

Subject:

Concrete construction Great Britain History.
Historic buildings.
Concrete bridges.
Concrete dams.
Construction en béton Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Ponts en béton.
Barrages en béton.
Concrete construction.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Sutherland, R. J. M.
Humm, Dawn.
Chrimes, Mike.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220926
Call No.: TA681 .H5 2001
Status: Available