The UK has a long history of wildlife conservation dating back to the establishment of royal hunting grounds, such as the New Forest, in the 11th century. However, the 20th century saw increasing concern regarding the loss of wildlife on a national scale, mainly because of changes in agricultura....

Thisbest practice guide identifies the principles of effective whole-life infrastructure asset management for long life civil engineering infrastructure assets, particularly in the transport and distribution industries, describes the key steps to successfully implement such whole life infrastruc....

This guide informs the reader of the opportunities associated with creating open space on previously developed land and advice on how to deliver projects, in line with best practice. It has been developed to be relevant to stakeholders working across the UK, including information on relevant pol....

Business and industry need to respond to the challenge of invasive plants and animals, the cost of which, both economical and environmental, has increased dramatically in recent years. This guide focuses on the impact of invasive species, and the legislation, policy and best practice guidelines ....

In the next 40 years, the worlds population is likely to double. In theory this is good news for the construction industry because all those extra people will need homes, schools, workplaces and infrastructure. But the world is of finite resources and within 40 years, many of the natural resourc....

Construction activities have the potential to affect the surrounding environment including neighbours as well as the wider environment.Best environmental practice enables these effects to be managed positively. They can take many forms, for example effects on surrounding flora and fauna, waterco....

This training resource has been designed to help all concerned with construction activities to follow environmentalbest practice.

The term green infrastructure can be used to describe the integrated aspects of the design and construction of a civil engineering project that deliver a strategically planned network of natural and manmade green land) and blue (water) spaces that sustain biodiversity and natural processes. Well....

This manual contains the CEEQUAL assessment questions and guidance for the assessment of civil engineering or public realm projects with a clearly defined project boundary and timescale. It must be read in conjunction with the separately-available CEEQUAL Scheme Description and Assessment Pro....

Green roofs and walls are widely used in many countries to provide a range of benefits for the built environment. Numerous studies have been carried out to monitor and assess the effectiveness of green roofs and green walls in the areas of biodiversity, stormwater management and climate change m....

A civil engineers understanding of metocean (meteorological and oceanographic) data is fundamental to the success of all marine renewable projects as this information will serve to characterise the available resource for energy yield, the design requirements for survivability of the project and ....

The Institution of Civil Engineers presents the ICE Manual of Construction Materials: Polymers and Polymer Fibre Composites. This book is a specially published section of the larger work, ICE Manual of Construction Materials. Polymers and Polymer Fibre Composites are sections 6 and 7 of the two ....

The Institution of Civil Engineers presents the ICE Manual of Construction Materials.This comprehensive guideis an invaluable resource for practising civil and structural engineers in consulting firms, government agencies, research institutes, universities and colleges. Its highly practical appr....

The Institution of Civil Engineers presents ICP Design Methods for Driven Piles in Sands and Clays.This volume broadens and updates the recommendations, providing clear procedures that can be applied by geotechnical engineers and supported by worked examples for sands and clays,guidance on appli....

Prof Forde and his team should be congratulated on this tour de force and readers should lose no time in securing their copies. Dr Ian Sims, RSK STATS Limited