High Rise Thriller

• Author : Geoff Craighead
• Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Release : 15 June 2009

High-Rise Security and Fire Life Safety, 3e, is a comprehensive reference for managing security and fire life safety operations within high-rise buildings. It spells out the unique characteristics of skyscrapers from a security and fire life safety perspective, details the type of security and life safety systems commonly found in them, outlines how to conduct risk assessments, and explains security policies and procedures designed to protect life and property. Craighead also provides guidelines for managing security and life safety functions,

• Author : Alyse Sweeney,Gail Saunders-Smith
• Publisher : Capstone
• Release : 01 July 2010

"Simple text and full-color photographs present a mystery zoo animal, one feature at a time, until its identity is revealed"--Provided by publisher.

• Author : Xiangfu Chen
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 21 December 2011

"Settlement Calculation on High-Rise Buildings: Theory and Application" discusses, for the first time, the latest developments in settlement calculation theory and case studies including analysis and research results for more than thirty high-rise buildings with a height of 100m-420m. Rigorously reviewed, this book provides a number of useful methods and a unique practical perspective on settlement calculation of high-rise buildings. It covers soft soil constitutive model and computation parameters, the theory of soil stress and strain, and new methods

• Author : Lawrence Wai-chung Lai,Daniel Chi-wing Ho
• Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
• Release : 01 March 2000

This book is the first systematic attempt to document statutory building control in Hong Kong. It examines 40 cases decided by the Building Appeal Board with reference to the overlapping jurisdictions of the Buildings, Lands and Planning authorities in controlling building development. The cases are categorized under nine major themes, namely 'procedures and principles', 'immediate neighbourhood', 'widths of streets', 'lanes', 'access and parking', 'stepped streets', 'means of escape', 'illegal structures and enforcement orders' and 'demolition'. Each case is examined in detail,

• Author : J. G. Ballard
• Publisher : Jonathan Cape
• Release : 01 August 1975

Dr. Robert Laing lives in a "high rise" housing complex that offers its residents state-of-the-art technology that caters to domestic bliss. But--paradoxically--this array of high-tech innovation is responsible for a new kind of violence. "Reminiscent of Lord of the Flies".--The New York Times.

• Author : Ingenhoven Overdiek und Partner,Lothar Baumgarten
• Publisher : Birkhauser
• Release : 01 August 2021

In this volume Ingenhoven Overdiek Kahlen and Partner's building in Essen, recognized as the first ecological highrise building, is presented in detail from the first planning stages to its completion at the end of 1996.

• Author : Ahamed Hussain
• Publisher : Notion Press
• Release : 06 January 2021

Human Access to High-Rise Structures. This book is all about human access to man-made high-rise structures around the world with the coverage including: - Building façade for construction and re-construction - Infrastructure covering bridges, storage tanks, silos, stadiums, electrical towers, power plants and dams - High-rise monuments - Windmills - Industrial plants - Steel structures - Marine and offshore facilities This book is intended for: Engineers, architects, consultants, contractors, facility managers, industrial plant managers, windmill managers, marine and offshore

• Author : Antony Wood, Payam Bahrami & Daniel Safarik,The Images Publishing Group
• Publisher : Images Publishing
• Release : 29 August 2014

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has produced four Technical Guides to date, since the series launched in late 2012. Each of these guides is the product of a CTBUH Working Group—committees formed specifically to address focused topical subjects in the industry. The intention of each guide is the same—to provide working knowledge to the typical building owner or professional who wants a better understanding of available options for improving tall buildings, and what affects their design.

• Author : Tsuina Miura,Takahiro Oba
• Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
• Release : 24 November 2020

When siblings clash, the whole world trembles. On this violent battlefield, only the strong survive!

• Author : Tsuina Miura,Takahiro Oba
• Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
• Release : 17 October 2019

In this blood-soaked world, only one survivor can become a “Perfect God.” One man will kill anyone for that prize! Can the Honjos stop him in time?

• Author : Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 August 2021

• Author : Raja Rizwan Hussain,Muhammad Wasim,Saeed Hasan
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 13 August 2015

This book details the analysis and design of high rise buildings for gravity and seismic analysis. It provides the knowledge structural engineers need to retrofit existing structures in order to meet safety requirements and better prevent potential damage from such disasters as earthquakes and fires. Coverage includes actual case studies of existing buildings, reviews of current knowledge for damages and their mitigation, protective design technologies, and analytical and computational techniques. This monograph also provides an experimental investigation on the properties

• Author : Tsuina Miura,Takahiro Oba
• Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
• Release : 20 April 2021

The epic showdown between Rika and Sniper...is about to begin!

• Author : Johann Eisele,Ellen Kloft
• Publisher : Birkhaüser
• Release : 01 August 2021

What constitutes a high-rise building? A high-rise is, in fact, any building with more than 9 storeys and not just those striking skyscrapers which shape modern city skylines. In the past architects who designed such structures used to be the exception but in the last 10 years more and more architectural offices have begun to focus on this type of building. However, the sheer complexity of designing and planning the construction of a high-rise as opposed to other building types requires a

• Author : Tsuina Miura
• Publisher : Seven Seas
• Release : 30 March 2021

THE EPIC SHOWDOWN BETWEEN RIKA AND SNIPER... Is about to begin!