{"product_id":"paving-our-ways-a-history-of-the-worlds-roads-and-pavements-paperback","title":"Paving Our Ways: A History of the World's Roads and Pavements - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxwell Lay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Metcalf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKieran Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaving Our Ways\u003c\/em\u003e covers the international history of road paving in an interesting, readable and technically accurate way. It provides an overview of the associated technologies in a historical context. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt examines the earliest pavements in Egypt and Mesopotamia and then moves to North Africa, Crete, Greece and Italy, before a review of pavements used by the Romans in their magnificent road system. After its empire collapsed, Roman pavements fell into ruin. The slow recovery of pavements in Europe began in France and then in England. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe work of Trésaguet, Telford and McAdam is examined. Asphalt and concrete slowly improved as paving materials in the second part of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century.　Major advances occurred in the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century with the availability of powerful machinery, pneumatic tyres and bitumen. The advances needed to bring pavements to their current development are explored, as are the tools for financing, constructing, managing and maintaining pavements. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book should appeal to those interested in road paving, and in the history of engineering and transport. It can also serve as a text for courses in engineering history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Maxwell Lay is an engineering consultant known for his international\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtributions to road engineering and his acclaimed international road\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistories. He is a member of the Order of Australia, former Executive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirector of the Australian Road Research Board, and past President of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Australian Automobile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociation. He has been awarded the Moisseif Medal of the American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSociety of Civil Engineers, the Peter Nicol Russell, Warren and Transport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedals of the Institution of Engineers Australia, and the Gold Medal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Roads Australia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Road Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(CRC Press, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr John Metcalf has worked in pavement materials and engineering at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe British Road Research Laboratory, Queen's University in Canada, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Queensland Main Roads Department. He was Deputy Director\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Australian Road Research Board and later was appointed Chaired\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University. He was a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFellow of the (UK) Institution of Civil Engineers and the Geological Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof London and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKieran Sharp worked for the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresearcher in the fields of pavements, roads, and transport, and as technical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeditor, for over 40 years. He was the first member of ARRB to receive an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustroads Achievement Award. He is the Chair of the Technical Committee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australia, a member of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoverning Council, and an Honorary Member. He was awarded the Roads\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia Award for Technical Excellence in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790220656928,"sku":"9780367520786","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fb44921dd9eacb8eeba9db54fe0afea.webp?v=1780672081","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paving-our-ways-a-history-of-the-worlds-roads-and-pavements-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}