This book chronicles the founding and history of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Wisely (Executive Director Emeritus, ASCE) surveys the evolution of the society's constitution, management, and finances, as well as some of its more technical activities.

The following résumé study deals with building material, which together with construction and structures, forms one of the three aspects of building, or equally one of the three factors which constitute the nature of a building. Unlike existing manuals on ancient building, this offers an analytic presentation and the subject matter extends across all ages and regions. The treatment of materials is set out according to a paradigm of nature, manufacture and use, so as to facilitate direct comparison between different modes of the one material, as also between different materials and between different building traditions. This second part is published in two volumes, the first containing texts, the second more than 300 illustrations.

This is a collection of 20 academic papers presented at this symposium honoring building history and building history on both sides of the Atlantic, but mostly early American building styles and influences of British traditions on them.

This handbook surveys water use and water technology in an area from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean, from the beginning of the Neolithic period up to ca. A.D. 600, based on the archaeological and written evidence.