Port Designer’s Handbook, Fourth edition Carl A. Thoresen
Description Now in its fourth edition, Port Designer’s Handbook is the definitive guide to the layout, design and construction of harbours and port structures. Fully in line with the latest PIANC recommendations, this book covers all aspects of port planning and design from the impact of natural conditions on harbours, to health and safety, and the maintenance and repair of port structures as well as channel and harbour basins. Particular attention is given to the impact from ships, including berthing requirements, ship dimension tables and container terminals. his fully revised edition has also seen the material updated to T provide coverage of ■■ New design and construction methods of the quay structures
Price: £120.00 ISBN: 9780727763075 Format: Hardbound Publish Date: April 2018
PAGE SIZE: 246 x 189mm Number of Pages: 664
■■ Floating berth structures for large vessels ■■ Detailed evaluation of the necessary mooring system
Carl A. Thoresen
■■ Evaluation of the bollard system and layout
Carl A. Thoresen is a freelance special/technical adviser in port and coastal engineering. Thoresen started his career in 1965 and has worked on over 800 different port and harbour projects. The works have been planning and technical/ economical evaluations, design, preparations of tender documents, tender evaluations and negotiation, construction supervision, maintenance and rehabilitation work as well as waterways, channels and harbour basins, multi-purpose and commercial ports, cruise terminals for cruise vessels amongst many more. He has chaired six PIANC working groups (116, 153, 145, 135, 48 and 33), has given over 350 lectures on port design and is linked with five professional societies in his native Norway.
■■ N ew design and evaluation of the fender system according to the new PIANC recommendation ■■ Concrete in port structures ■■ And much more. With an intuitive layout where the reader can easily find information on practical construction methods, Carl A. Thoresen’s guide is an essential purchase for all practicing port and harbour engineers, designers and contractors, as well as students new to this continually developing area.
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