Book review

This is the second edition of this comprehensive and now well-established manual. It contains all the original information in the version published in 2000 as well as additional updates throughout. New subject areas have been incorporated, covering subjects such as bridge dynamics, inspection and assessment, and new polymer-based construction materials. There are also new chapters on the specific topics of footbridges, bearings and aluminium structures, as well as an expansion into bridge management themes of inspection, assessment and maintenance.

With some 40 well-known international contributors from all sectors of the bridge engineering profession, some slight differences in style between chapters...