Dredging: A Handbook for Engineers

For this second edition of the highly successful Dredging: A Handbook for Engineers, Nick Bray and his co-authors have fully updated and expanded the book which covers all aspects of modern dredging including operating methods, outputs, costs, contracts and the impact on the environment. Planning and implementing dredging projects, including pre-contract works, is also well covered. The book is generously illustrated with line drawings, photographs and tables, and a useful bibliography appears at the end of each chapter. This definitive handbook will prove invaluable to engineers and managers alike, both as an initial introduction to this specialised topic and as a reference for years to come.

New edition covers technical and legislative developmentsMore types of dredger are included

Dredging Works and Their Control - Introduction
Public relations and safety
Duties and responsibilities of the resident engineer
Contractor's viewpoint
Control instrumentation
Dredging and the Environment - Introduction
The potential effects of dredging activities
Environmental investigations
Dredging plant and sediment resuspension
Pretreatment of Rock - Introduction
Mechanical methods
Drilling and blasting
Surface blasting
Blasting coral
Contract documents of blasting work
Environmental factors
Safety and legislation
Dredging pre-treated rock