Review of Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures by Ben C. Gerwick Jr.Construction of Marine and Offshore StructuresCRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group$130

Abstract

This is one of the most definitive references available on marine construction. This comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the construction process for a variety of waterborne structures, including marine, offshore, coastal, riverine, and arctic engineering structures. The late Professor Gerwick has substantially revised the previous edition of his Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures book by extensively augmenting this third edition to include recent developments in these rapidly expanding engineering fields. With the added chapters and improvements, the third edition becomes a necessary reference book for all marine and civil engineers and corporations involved in planning, building, and maintaining structures in water environments. This book is an authoritative guide because it addresses many aspects of the current state of practice in easily understandable style, presenting the most comprehensive treatment of the construction process for marine and offshore structures. The author starts with design factors and planning considerations and describes many issues affecting the building of different types of structures in a marine environment. In addition, the book includes chapters on construction and maintenance of coastal and inland waterway structures and pays special attention to recent advances for ice-resistant structures, dams and locks, and bridge foundations. A number of the latest developments in materials and techniques are also described in this new edition that should be of great interest to engineers in the oil and service industries, as well as marine construction planners, designers, and contractors. To retain the volume’s standing as a complete authoritative resource, the author has incorporated into this edition many changes related to techniques, tools, and materials that have found their way into marine and offshore engineering practice. Topics with expanded coverage include construction equipment, marine operations, steel and concrete offshore platforms, cables and flexible or rigid pipelines and risers, tubes tunnels , walls, piles, rubble-mound breakwaters, precast armor units in coasts, repairs and strengthening existing structures, and removal and salvage. The author also provides new information on novel technologies, methods, materials, liquefaction of loose sediments, scour and erosion, ultra-high-performance concrete, H-piles and high-performance steel, cracking and corrosion, and construction in remote areas. He presents an interesting insight to archaeological concerns and damage from sabotage and terrorism, since these are important elements of the construction process. For marine construction planners, designers, contractors, ocean, coastal, and marine engineers involved in constructing waterborne structures, this book describes effec-