Acquire the ability to perform design tasks for building structures. Study advanced connections, complex structures, and system-level building design. Learn advanced techniques to evaluate structures ...

“Once you read this book, you’ll see the world through different eyes—the eyes of an engineer,” promises this in-depth introduction to structural engineering. Chapters each examine a construction ...

Constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, Great Zimbabwe features massive stone enclosures built entirely without mortar. Granite blocks were carefully shaped and stacked to create ...