Professional Library 1

[pigsoiee]

Can anyone give a starting civil/environmental engineer who sold all their books back a good list of text or other publications to begin a library. I know I am getting the PE Manual, but I also need a wastewater, H&H, roadway, etc. I would like a text that helps with sewer/water pipe, valves, tapping sleeves, etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[jdonville]

pigsoiee,

Metcalf & Eddy "Wastewater Engineering" 2 or 3 volumes. Includes sewer design, treatment and disposal.

Jeff


Jeffrey T. Donville, PE
TTL Associates, Inc.

http://www.ttlassoc.com

 

[francesca]

It really depends on your discipline. If you'll be designing roads, you probably want the Highway Capacity Manual. If you'll be designing storm water structures, then your local authority's Storm Water Manual will have most of the stuff you'll need. States tend to have their own sewer design criteria; pump manufacturers usually provide software and design manuals. You will almost never require things like the Manning's equation, and when you do, you can find them almost instantly with a Google search.

I would stick to the PE book (which I rarely ventured into), and see what your company provides you with before trying to forecast what books you'll need.

 

[RWF7437]

There are too many books to list without knowing what you might be doing. But, in addition to published texts and references, you will find it very valuable to keep copies of well done reports, calculations and other design examples. Keep your own work and the work of others as examples for future reference. Don't plagiarize, of course, but when you see some work which has been well done keep a copy on your library shelf. Soon you'll have a very good library of reference materials.

good luck

 

[pigsoiee]

I have been working for a year now and primarily have been doing pump stations, force mains, gravity lines, etc. for sewer and all different kinds of waterlines. I was just looking for an overall design guide.

 

[stanier]

Suggest you go to

http://www.knovel.com

and peruse their list. If you were a member of an institution such as the Institution of mechanical Engineers (London) you ge ta subscription. So you can access your library from any web enable computer.

There are other services such as CRC handbooks with similar access. the Institution of Engineers Australia has a subscritpion for this site.

You may find that a local organisation has a subscription. Your company may also invest in same.

 

[PEStructural]

Check out AWWA's website at:

http://www.awwa.org/bookstore/productlist.cfm?cat=0

On this page if you scroll down, they have a lot of environmental books that sound like they pertain to what you design.

 

[RDK]

Surf the net and find some class notes from some undergraduate/graduate programs. You can get a lot of good worked out examples from this source.

They will also have required texts; if one is very common take a look at buying that one.

Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng

Construction Project Management
From conception to completion

http://www.kitsonengineering.com