Main entry:

Hillhouse, Grady, author.

Title & Author:

Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.

Publication:

San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, Inc., [2023]

Description:

xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Electrical grid : Overview of the electrical grid ; Thermal power stations ; Wind farms ; Transmission towers ; Transmission line components ; Substations ; Substation equipment ; Typical utility pole ; Electrical distribution equipment -- Communications : Overhead telecommunications ; Underground telecommunications ; Radio antenna towers ; Satellite communications ; Cellular communications -- Roadways : Urban arterial and collector roads ; Pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure ; Traffic signals ; Traffic signs and markings ; Highway earthwork and retaining walls ; Typical highway section ; Typical highway layout ; Interchanges -- Bridges and tunnels : Types of bridges ; Typical bridge section ; Overview of tunnels ; Tunnel cross section -- Railways : Railroad tracks ; Switches and signals ; Grade crossings ; Electrified railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures : Shore protection structures ; Ports ; Locks ; Levees and floodwalls ; Concrete dams ; Embankment dams ; Spillways and outlet works -- Municipal water and wastewater : Intakes and pumping stations ; Wells ; Transmission pipelines and aqueducts ; Water treatment plants ; Water distribution systems ; Water towers and tanks ; Sanitary sewers and lift stations ; Wastewater treatment plants ; Stormwater collection -- Construction : Typical construction site ; Cranes ; Construction machines.

Summary:

This illustrated book extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making their design and construction approachable and understandable to non-engineers. Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more. -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781718502321 hardcover
171850232X hardcover
electronic book
9781718502338

Subject:

Civil engineering Popular works.
Infrastructure (Economics) Popular works.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)
Civil engineering
Infrastructure (Economics)
Génie civil.
Construction durable.
Construction Matériaux.

Form/genre:

Popular works

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317167
Call No.: 317167
Copy: 1
Status: Available