Paving Our Ways covers the international history of road paving in an interesting, readable and technically accurate way. It provides an overview of the associated technologies in a historical context. It examines the earliest pavements in Egypt and Mesopotamia and then moves to North Africa, Crete, Greece and Italy, before a review of pavements used by the Romans in their magnificent road system. After its empire collapsed, Roman pavements fell into ruin. The slow recovery of pavements in Europe began in France and then in England. The work of Trésaguet, Telford and McAdam is examined. Asphalt and concrete slowly improved as paving materials in the second part of the 19th century. Major advances occurred in the 20th century with the availability of powerful machinery, pneumatic tyres and bitumen. The advances needed to bring pavements to their current development are explored, as are the tools for financing, constructing, managing and maintaining pavements. The book should appeal to those interested in road paving, and in the history of engineering and transport. It can also serve as a text for courses in engineering history.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Maxwell Lay, John Metcalf, Kieran SharpEAN: 9780367520786COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 453 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
History of science, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Automotive technology and trades
"I found much of interest from a heritage perspective in the changing technology across the world from China and Mesopotamia, Europe, Britain, Australia and North America, stretching from biblical times to the presentday. . . . The book should provide a comprehensive reference for civil engineering students and practising engineers,and will be interesting from a history and heritage perspective for more general readers."-- Keith Baker, Engineering Heritage Australia Magazine"This is an excellent and very well documented history of road pavements. It provides a bonanza of information to any reader interested in the early roads, built millennia ago, as well as those constructed during the Industrial Revolution. It tells the story of the struggle to find a perfect an engineering solution to a complex problem: how to build durable and economical roads. The book is a joy to read. It presents in detail engineering principles, research trials and innovations, along with portraits of several major contributors to road pavement design and construction. Everyone interested in the history of road transport should buy this book; it is the best on the topic."-- Stefan A. Romanoschi, Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
Dr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his internationalcontributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international roadhistories. He is a member of the Order of Australia, former ExecutiveDirector of the Australian Road Research Board, and past President ofthe Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian AutomobileAssociation. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers, the Peter Nicol Russell, Warren and TransportMedals of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the Gold Medalof Roads Australia. He is the author of Handbook of Road Technology(CRC Press, 2019).Dr John Metcalf has worked in pavement materials and engineering atthe British Road Research Laboratory, Queen’s University in Canada,and the Queensland Main Roads Department. He was Deputy Directorof the Australian Road Research Board and later was appointed ChairedProfessor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University. He was aFellow of the (UK) Institution of Civil Engineers and the Geological Societyof London and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He isan Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia.Kieran Sharp worked for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) as aresearcher in the fields of pavements, roads, and transport, and as technicaleditor, for over 40 years. He was the first member of ARRB to receive anAustroads Achievement Award. He is the Chair of the Technical Committeeof the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia, a member of theGoverning Council, and an Honorary Member. He was awarded the RoadsAustralia Award for Technical Excellence in 2013.
Paving Our Ways covers the international history of road paving in an interesting, readable and technically accurate way. It provides an overview of the associated technologies in a historical context. It examines the earliest pavements in Egypt and Mesopotamia and then moves to North Africa, Crete, Greece and Italy, before a review of pavements used by the Romans in their magnificent road system. After its empire collapsed, Roman pavements fell into ruin. The slow recovery of pavements in Europe began in France and then in England. The work of Trésaguet, Telford and McAdam is examined. Asphalt and concrete slowly improved as paving materials in the second part of the 19th century. Major advances occurred in the 20th century with the availability of powerful machinery, pneumatic tyres and bitumen. The advances needed to bring pavements to their current development are explored, as are the tools for financing, constructing, managing and maintaining pavements. The book should appeal to those interested in road paving, and in the history of engineering and transport. It can also serve as a text for courses in engineering history.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Maxwell Lay, John Metcalf, Kieran SharpEAN: 9780367520786COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 453 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
Dr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his internationalcontributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international roadhistories. He is a member of the Order of Australia, former ExecutiveDirector of the Australian Road Research Board, and past President ofthe Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian AutomobileAssociation. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers, the Peter Nicol Russell, Warren and TransportMedals of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the Gold Medalof Roads Australia. He is the author of Handbook of Road Technology(CRC Press, 2019).Dr John Metcalf has worked in pavement materials and engineering atthe British Road Research Laboratory, Queen’s University in Canada,and the Queensland Main Roads Department. He was Deputy Directorof the Australian Road Research Board and later was appointed ChairedProfessor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University. He was aFellow of the (UK) Institution of Civil Engineers and the Geological Societyof London and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He isan Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia.Kieran Sharp worked for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) as aresearcher in the fields of pavements, roads, and transport, and as technicaleditor, for over 40 years. He was the first member of ARRB to receive anAustroads Achievement Award. He is the Chair of the Technical Committeeof the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia, a member of theGoverning Council, and an Honorary Member. He was awarded the RoadsAustralia Award for Technical Excellence in 2013.
Die verhaal van die kasarm en die Calitze kom tot 'n mooi einde
Ek kan nie ’n boek summier toemaak nadat die slotsin geskryf is nie. Ek lees álles, tot by die outeursnotas en die bronnelys (gewoonlik gooi ek darem net vlugtig ’n oog oor die bonne!). Chanette Paul maak in die nota oor Maanschijnbaai 2, die verdere verhaal van Nan en Jeannie, die stelling: “Lesers moet my asseblief vergewe dat my verbeelding altyd die oorhand oor die werklikheid kry en verdigsel voorkeur bo feite.” (p.635) Ek wil daarby aanhaak en bieg dat ’n uitstekende verhoudingsroman soos hierdie tydelik die oorhand gekry het oor my traagheid om te lees oor reïnkarnasie en die esoteriese. Die klomp Calitzse het my tyd en aandag totaal gekaap.
Die skrywer wy die laaste bladsye aan ’n verduideliking oor hoe die Maanschijnbaai-tweeluik ontstaan het. Sy beweer dat die Calitze haar “onkant” betrap het. Sy wou ’n romanse skryf maar uiteindelik was die karakters so kompleks dat dit op twee dik boeke en ’n intense familiedrama uitgeloop het.
Van die onderskeie karakters raak diep waarhede kwyt wat die moeite werd is om te onderstreep en te onthou, soos Zach wat dit gehad het oor die risiko om iemand op ’n pedestal te plaas omdat jy daardeur die persoon ’n onreg aandoen. (p.539) En Nan, wat die hele klomp Calitze moes grootkry, se wyse raad: “Met eerlikheid, Jeannie, kom ’n mens baie verder as met opoffering. Met eerlikheid gee jy almal ’n regverdige kans. Opoffering beteken bloot jy doen iets teen jou sin omdat jy glo dit sal ander baat.” (p.613)
Maak seker dat jy genoeg tyd op hande het, dan lees jy hierdie tweeluik in volgorde, Jo & Sue, gevolg deur Nan & Jeannie. Dit is hersien en met splinternuwe, pragtige baadjies uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers.
A very practical approach and the tools to go along with it
Very useful. The book provides a structure and an approach that I would have been useful earlier in my investing. I like the five gates and in particular the attention to quality and management's capital allocation decisions. I will also apply the idea of the stewardship log to get more explicit on my investment theses. This is kind of the practical aspect of what I learned from the Psychology of Money.
the title ties in really nicley the more towards the end but the title for the book suits it real...
the book is very slow burn and takes a while for like captivating parts of the book .but the middle to the end the pace of the book is really nice the beginning is just repetitive and and trust the processes
Skuld en vergifnis word nie versuiker in hierdie jeugverhaal nie
Twee halwes maak ’n hele is die wenner van ’n jeugboekprys. Ek moes myself gedurig herinner wat die teikenmark nou eintlik is, want die sake wat aangeraak word, is geensins beperk tot jeugdige lesers nie. Die sterk newe-karakters dra daartoe by die selfs baie ouer lesers goed aanklank kan vind by die storielyn wat ontvou.
“Hulle sê as jy iemand vergewe, lig jy ’n vrag van daardie persoon se skouers af. Maar miskien is sommige dinge net te swaar om van iemand anders se skouers te lig?” (p.178) Baie aandag word gegee aan skuld en vergifnis, maar geen suikeromhulde kitsoplossings word aangebied nie. Dit sou die storie beslis vervlak het.
Na die aardskuddende ontdekking wat Lira gemaak het, gaan sy vir drie maande na ’n Griekse eiland en maak sy kennis met haar ander helfte, ’n halfsuster wat presies die teenoorgestelde is van haar eie ingetoë, overthinking self. Ek het daarvan gehou dat hulle, die verskille ten spyt, nie in heftige konflik was nie. Eerder besig om algaande te ontdek dat hulle by mekaar kan aanpas en albei sterker daardeur kan kom.
Marita van der Vyver is ’n waardige wenner van die Tafelberg Jeugboekprys en hierdie boek hoort beslis in van der Vyver versamelings. Dit is uitgegee deur Tafelberg, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers.
