Maxwell Lay, John Metcalf, Kieran Sharp

Gebundenes Buch

Paving Our Ways

A History of the World's Roads and Pavements

Beschreibung

Paving Our Ways is the only comprehensive history of the world's pavements, from the earliest human settlements to the present day. It traces the human and social aspects of pavement development and use for general readers, with detailed technical background for students of transport engineering orengineering history and sociology.

Autor

Dr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his international contributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international road histories. He is a member of the Order of Australia, former Executive Director of the Australian Road Research Board, and past President of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile Association. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Peter Nicol Russell, Warren and Transport Medals of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the Gold Medal of Roads Australia. He is the author of Handbook of Road Technology (CRC Press, 2019). Dr John Metcalf has worked in pavement materials and engineering at the British Road Research Laboratory, Queen's University in Canada, and the Queensland Main Roads Department. He was Deputy Director of the Australian Road Research Board and later was appointed Chaired Professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University. He was a Fellow of the (UK) Institution of Civil Engineers and the Geological Society of London and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Kieran Sharp worked for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) as a researcher in the fields of pavements, roads, and transport, and as technical editor, for over 40 years. He was the first member of ARRB to receive an Austroads Achievement Award. He is the Chair of the Technical Committee of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia, a member of the Governing Council, and an Honorary Member. He was awarded the Roads Australia Award for Technical Excellence in 2013.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780367520809
• ISBN-10: 036752080X
• Artikelnr.: 59997883

Rezensionen

"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 present
day. . . . 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