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This work provides guidance on all aspects of the most commonly used construction contracts for all those involved in specifying contracts, whether in drafting, administration, claims or dispute resolution. The main sections of the text deal with the general concepts of traditional construction contracts, as well as design and construct contracts. Contracts examined in detail include the ICE 6th editions FCEC subcontract and the NEC. The text concludes with a discussion of dispute avoidance and resolution.

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

It is now more than twenty years since a proposal was first mooted to hold an international tunnelling symposium in Britain. At the time of the first symposium, held in London in 1976, the Channel Tunnel pro ject had just been shelved. Last weekend a charity walk was held in the finished tunnel, which will be open for business later in the year. Tunnels have figured prominently, and at times spectacularly, in the development of national and international links and it is hoped that such links gather pace in the future. It is particularly pleasing that Alastair Biggart of Storebrelt has agreed to deliver the twenty-sixth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, entitled 'The changing face of tunnelling', at the start of this event. * Although almost every edition of the technical journals on tunnelling reports another £1 billion scheme somewhere in the world, it would be unfair of me to suggest that tunnelling is restricted to these prestigious schemes for major transport links. Much of the work that makes mod ern life possible receives hardly a mention outside the technical press and one suspects that society at large applies the 'out of sight, out of mind' attitude even more readily to underground construction than it does to other forms of engineering. Clearly, there is a contiiming need to improve the capacity and performance of our infrastructure, while hav ing a careful regard for the environment.

The techniques which are particularly relevant to polymer characterisation are evaluated in this new report. For each technique the author describes the method of operation and the output obtained, and then considers its application to polymer characterisation. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database provides useful references for further reading.

An everyday, ordinary man is clunked on the head by a lump of masonry, putting him into a deep coma. During his comatose state, he becomes Zon, leader of Planet Zero. In his new world, Zon copes with giant mutant beetles, dinosaurs, mammoth crabs, and an infestation of gigantic flies. His friends on other planets include bird beings and fish folk, all very alien, but extremely nice. He also has some weird enemies, such as the evil warriors of Planet Otto. Zon finds time for romance, falling for Stef, the female leader of a subservient race of people, but she also has an affair with Zon's best friend, Zenith. Of course, this wildly creative fantasy all plays out in Zon's mind because of his coma. Or was any of it real? How Zero Time flies! M.P. Swinnerton has traveled extensively abroad but now resides in a pretty little town in Dorset, England, and is currently working on another enthralling novel. Publisher's Web site: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ZeroTime.html

Drystone retaining walls are commonplace on the transport infrastructure in the UK in areas where building stone is readily available. Over the years many drystone retaining walls have been modified by various measures to increase their lives, and these modified structures are considered within this guide.

With contributions by numerous experts