Alistair Duffy, Series Editor
'The mechanical engineering text offers a broad introduction to the subject with a practical focus, the text is structured in a modular manner allowing a mixing and matching of sections to suit syllabi.'

Review
'an excellent addition to the Institution of Incorporated Engineers textbook series....With their lively text, the authors have striven to arouse an enthusiasm for sound analysis and design based on an understanding of basic engineering concepts and principles.'
Times Higher Educational Supplement, March 8, 2002

'The mechanical engineering text offers a broad introduction to the subject with a practical focus, the text is structured in a modular manner allowing a mixing and matching of sections to suit syllabi.' Alistair Duffy, Series Editor

'The book would be ideal fo A Level physics students and those in their first year at university studying engineering... this is a good basic engineering textbook which presents the subject matter in a progressive, easily understandable way.'
Marine Engineers Review, Sept 2003

The book aims to cover site analysis; environmental assessment; grading; design for traffic control; open space design; project management issues, including permitting and quality assurance; historic landscapes; preserving trees; stormwater management; and materials specifications and standards. Russ makes a heroic effort to cover these topics and to provide an overview of landscape restoration and site layout as well as a compressed discussion of landscape and culture -- all in 12 chapters and 560 pages.

The four chapters on site analysis, site grading, street and parking lot design, and infrastructure include some good discussion and some useful new information about sustainable design. One particularly nice inclusion is the identification of standards and specifications from the American Society for Testing and Materials as well as other sources. Chapter 4, "Designing for People," has a helpful section on designing pedestrian walkways and paving-material standards and specifications.