Useful Links

A.  Civil Engineering Library

http://www.v-biblioteket.lth.se/civil.htm

This site has information about Civil Engineering Schools and Universities World Wide, Subject- Based Resources within building & construction, civil engineering databases information services, directories, Building codes/standards in 15 countries, Civil Engineering Journals for table of contents, abstracts, biographies of some famous civil and structural engineers.

B.  Environmental Engineering and Environmental Science

http://www.hanford.gov

Department of Energy, Hanford web site supporting programs in waste management, environmental science restoration and energy. Also features searchable Database and links to other related web sites.

C.  Technadyne Engineering Consultants:

http://www.highfiber.com/~technady/

Consulting firm specializing in energy applications, earth sciences, environmental and defense – related issues.

D.  Eco Link

http://www.envirlink.org/

Enviro Link is a non-profit organization. It provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental resources available.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Geneva

http://www.unep.ch/

Contains many treaties and programs on preserving the environment. Includes information on topics including the “ Convention on Biodiversity”, climate change, endangered species and toxic chemicals. Global Resource Information Database (GRID) is also available in this site for browsing.

GRID:

  1. GRID – Geneva in brief
  2. Latest Quarterly Bulletin
  3. Description of services, including how to obtain data sets
  4. Project Activities
  5. Forest/Wild Fires Monitoring
  6. Environmental Data Sets
  7. GRID Online Data Catalogues – GRID MdD
  8. Links to Other Web sites for UNEP, GRID and Environmental Data/info

Environment of the WWW

http://www.ovam.be/internetrefs/english.htm

This site tries to link only to non-commercial environment related sites covering specifies topics like i) Waste, Soil, Composting and Recycling resources, ii) Clean Technology, iii) Environmental Clean Production, iv) International Environmental governments and v) Interesting sites for libraries .

Architecture

AEC Infocentre

http://www.aecinfo.com

http://www3.bricsnet.com/

It provides a large body of information and resources for architects and construction engineers. Users can find technical information regarding home construction, architecture product information, architectural firms, professional associations, schools and construction firms.

E.  Arabic arts and Architecture

http://islamicart.com/

F.   Architecture and Building Net Resources

http://www.unlv.edu/library/ARCH.index.html

It covers Architecture, Engineering , Mathematics, Physical Science journals. Indexes of journal articles can be accessed.

G.  Design Architecture

http://www.cornishproductions.com/

A media intensive site, Design Architecture presents work and information on the recent work of contemporary architects and designers. Also includes many images, audio clips and even VRML models of some projects. ( Electronic Journals of Architecture & Design).

H.  Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Centre

http://www.arch.buffalo.edu/pairc/

Maintained by the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, the Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Centre contains more than 1200 links to architecture oriented and planning related sites, resources and files all over the Internet.

The WWW Virtual Library: Architecture

http://www.clr.toronto.edu/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html

Based at the University of Toronto’s school of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, this segment of the WWW Virtual Library features pointers and links to an enormous variety of online architectural resources, including engineering, modeling, conferences, events and courses as well as architecture firms, schools and more.

Bright Visions Architecture:

http://www.houseplanforum.com/

Instructs you in the design of your house plans.

AIA Online: American Institute of Architects: http://www.aiaonline.com/

Architect Store
http://architectstore.com/

I.     Bridge Engineering
  1. Bridge Engineering Home Page

http://www.scsolutions.com/bridge.html

SC Solutions has created this home page as a service to the worldwide bridge engineering community. The aim of this is to link all bridge engineering related subject matter on the net.

J.   Construction Technology
  1. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
    http://ojps.aip.org/coo/

Take a look at the current issue’s table of contents, and read abstracts. Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

  1. Civil and Construction Engineering

http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy…-construction-Engineering.html

This site has also many subdivision like bridge engineering, Construction Information Sources, Construction Engineering Research Labs etc.

  1. Builders Business News Services – Construction Industry News

http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/buildersbusinessnews.html

The builders business news provides Internet based news services to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry

  1. AHMCT Research Center’s Home Page

This is Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology home page. This page gives the information about structure of roadways, roadsides, safety and markers & signs.

  1. Journal of Information Technology and Construction

http://itcon.org/

This journal can be accessed freely. Content pages and Full text of articles can be downloaded in HTML format and PDF format. It is available from 1996.

RCC

  1. Nominal Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beams

http://www.strucsoft.com/

It is site of Structural Software Inc, a professional structural engineering software development organization. Many demo software are available in this site.

  1. Reinforced Concrete Design

http://www.atirsoft.com/software/concrete_design.html

The concrete design program of STRAP identifies automatically the continuous beams and columns in the model, their span lengths and supports widths.

  1. CCRL Web Site

http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/862/ccrl/front.htm

This is Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory’s home page. Proficiency sample program available for portland cement, blended cement, masonry cement, concrete, and masonry mortar.

Hydraulics Engineering

  1. Environmental Hydraulics & water resources group

http://www.water.ce.gatech.edu

This is School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology’s home page. This site has information about research activities, seminars, continuing education.

  1. Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit

http://www.pswcrl.ars.usda.gov/hydr.htm

Information about its project, including head cut erosion and a concentrated-flow erosion, rocj – chute design

  1. IT in Construction

http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si/

Civil Engineering Bibliographic Database is available for free access. This site is developed by Civil and Geodetic engineering Department, Ljubljani University.

Foundation Engineering

26.Foundation Design:

http://www.sundancesupply.com/FoundationDesign.html

The foundation design depends on greenhouse style, climate, site situation, desired thermal efficiency.

27.Geotechnical Projects:

http://www.geminigeo.com/eng%20project%20list.html

Typical Geo-technical Engineering projects are listed here.

28.FIDER

http://www.fider.org/

This is the home page for the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER). It promotes excellence in interior design education through and the accreditation of academic programs which prepare interior.

29.Geotechnical Control in Marble Areas:

http://www.info.gov.hk/ced/ylmarble.htm

Hong Kong Government’s Civil Engineering Department site. It has information about geo-technical control in marble areas foundation design and construction in marble areas superficial deposits.