The
Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the
library and the Institution itself, along with some
useful websites to take you further afield.
Locating Construction and Building Services Information in the IMechE Library
The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the construction and building services subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the
Library Catalogue .
Useful Books
Contracts
| Building regulations for England and Wales |
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CD-ROM |
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| FIDIC conditions of contract for design, build and turnkey |
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620.03 FID (Oversize) |
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| FIDIC conditions of contract for plant and design-build: for electrical and mechanical works and for building and engineering works designed by the contractor |
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620.03 FID (Oversize) |
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| NEC: engineering and construction contract (ICE) |
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620.03 NEC (Oversize) |
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| MF/1 home or overseas contracts for the supply of electrical, electronic or mechanical plant: with erection (IMechE, IEE, ACE) |
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620.03 (Pamphlet) |
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| MF/2 home or overseas contracts for the supply of electrical, electronic or mechanical plant: with erection (IMechE, IEE, ACE) |
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620.03 (Pamphlet) |
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| MF/3 home contracts for the supply of electrical and mechanical goods (IMechE, IEE, ACE) |
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620.03 (Pamphlet) |
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| MF/4 home or overseas agreements for the provision of consultancy services by engineering consultants (IMechE, IEE, ACE) |
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620.03 (Pamphlet) |
E-books
The following titles are available via Knovel in the IMechE Virtual Library .
Bell A A, HVAC equations, data, and rules of thumb (2000)
Brockenbrough RL and Merritt FS, Structural steel designer's handbook (3rd edition) (1999)
Frankel M, Facility piping systems handbook (2nd edition) (2002)
Grimm N R and Rosaler R C, HVAC systems and components handbook (2nd edition) (1997)
Luque A and Hegedus S, Handbook of photovoltaic science and engineering (2003)
Pilkey W D, Formulas for stress, strain, and structural matrices (2nd edition) (2005)
Smith M A, Lighting for health and safety (2000)
Smith P, Piping materials guide - selection and applications (2005)
Wang S K, Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration (2nd edition) (2001)
Recent IMechE Construction and Building Services Conferences and Seminars
Please visit Construction and Building Services Paper and Presentations (Archive)
Useful Journals
The library has an extensive collection of journals including:
ASHRAE insights 2004-
ASHRAE journal 1959-
Building services journal 5 years
Fire prevention & fire engineers’ journal 1975-
Health and safety at work 1 year
International journal of fatigue 1993-
Journal of strain analysis for engineering design 1966
Proceedings of the IMechE part L: journal
of materials design and applications 1999-
Transactions of the ASME: journal of
engineering materials and technology 1880-
Transactions of the ASME: journal of
pressure vessel technology 1880-
The ROSPA occupational safety and
health journal 5 years
Please check the
Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal.
A number of journals are available electronically via EBSCO which is available in the IMechE
Virtual Library. Click here to see a list of
titles or to see
titles by subject.
Databases
Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.
Websites
Please visit Construction and Building Services Web Links
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