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  1. Building the Impossible (2002)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £507.00

    A collection of four engineering documentaries looking at how great engineering challenges were overcome in history. A materials scientist and a structural engineer are challenged to recreate a submarine, a...

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  2. Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally with Local Resources (2012)

    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.95

    A step-by-step design and build process for a locally sourced roundwood timber framed building, as well as showing other examples of builds including houses, a shop and a small outhouse. The link between...

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  3. Welcome Home to the Tenant (1991)

    Producer
    Sally Lessiter
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 16 minutes), £29.38

    Shows how landlord and tenants can work together to improve heating in rented flats in an energy-efficient way. Describes a three-year project on a large local authority housing estate in Birmingham which...

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  4. Safe Bet, A (2005)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; FE; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £5.88

    Health & Safety in the workplace is taken very seriously and the house building industry is no exception. This video compares the risks individuals might consider taking during their day-to-day activities...

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  5. Changing Homes (2001)

    Subject
    Business studies; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £295.00 (or off-air recording under licence)

    A programme in the fourth series about bosses returning to the shop floor to experience working conditions at first hand. This programme features Sir Neville Simms, the chief executive of Carillon, the...

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  6. Walls 1 (2010)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £75.00

    A completely revised version of the original 1998 version, this film describes solid brick, block and stone walls which are likely to be found in both existing and new housing. Using a mixture of site...

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  7. Finding Better Ways: New Research into Cost-Effective Pavement Repairs (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min., Free loan

    Explains the research goal of the Strategic Highway Research Program, which is to select the best combination of materials and procedures for pavement maintenance, taking into consideration age, schedule,...

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  8. World Trade Center, The (2001)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 50 minutes), $119.00

    One of the world’s most impressive engineering successes, the World Trade Center was a symbol of America’s economic strength until its tragic destruction. This video examines the three decades of...

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  9. Structures (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2006 sale: £39.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Aspects of structures: tension (cantenary, suspension bridge, tension, structures, tents, webs); compression ( column, buckling, guy ropes, arches, tunnels); shear (cutting metal); torsion (failing in...

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  10. Plan Your Slinging (1988)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; FE; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 16 minutes), £40.00

    A slinger has to know which sling to use, how to use it, what signals to give to the crane driver and how to move a load safely. This programme demonstrates precautions and planning necessary in the...

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