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Steel in Fire (1985 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1995 sale: £70.00 (inclusive)

Shows the testing of the fire resistance of a composite building: the erection of the building, the installation of a complex set of thermocouples, setting fire to the building, assessment of the damage.

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Interaction of Structure and Services, The (1993)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Design

Distribution

Sale, Slide (Slide Set, 80), £80.00

A slide package illustrating how design practices integrate the services needed to create a suitable environment for building occupants. The slides illustrate general principles and features the work of...

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Spaghetti Bridges (1982 Video)

Producer

Peter Coltman

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min., 1999 sale: £22.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows civil engineering students designing, building and testing bridges made of spaghetti. The materials may be novel but the lessons are the same as for conventional materials and full-size structural...

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Introduction to Building Services, An (2 Parts) (2004)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building; FE

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes), £79.00 (RICS) £200.00 (Einstein) each part)

A two-part series outlining the building services required for a typical office building,

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Precast Concrete Housing (1991)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 13 minutes), £29.38

Shows how pre-cast concrete has been widely used in the UK in many housing types, from two-storey to high-rise. Notes the difference between precast reinforced concrete (PRC) and large panel system (LPS)...

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Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments: Bridges and Tunnels (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), subscription only

Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of the greatest achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel. He also steers a barge across the...

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Rocks for Roads (1994 Video)

Producer

Nicholas Watson

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Visits three quarries to investigate the materials needed for road building, where they come from and how they are processed. Environmentally acceptable sources are becoming scarce, and new approaches to the...

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Geosynthetics: An Overview of Designs (2009)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 45 minutes), $249.00

This programme shows how to use geosynthetics in civil engineering. It covers such topics as walls, slopes, dams, roads, and erosion control.

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Introduction to Maths in Technology (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 11 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Explains the importance of an undertanding of maths for work in most technical fields including auto mechanics, electrical/electronic engineering and the building trades.

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Army Makes Best of Desert Lull

Date released

7 Aug 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1089

NoS ID

037912

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Tommy teaches Arabs darts. Building desert aerodrome. Hurricanes on patrol

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