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Aggregates: sand, gravel and crushed rock aggregates for construction purposes (3rd edn). I. Sims (ed.). Geological Society Engineering Special Publication 17, 2001.Member price £35 / $58; List price £70/ $117. Hardback, 352pp. ISBN: 1-86239-079-7.
The preface states that the success of the previous two editions of this publication has encouraged the authors to carry out an updating, primarily to update the references, in particular those concerned with European standards. I was curious to see just how significant these revisions were since the 2nd edition was a substantial revision on the 1st edition and it is only eight years since the 2nd edition was published.
In terms of appearance the 3rd edition has the same number of pages as the 2nd edition. There are minor formatting and font changes. It is still hard bound and now contains an attractive green cover. The quality of the photographs, still black and white, were slightly less clear than my predecessor.
There are possibly two main questions to beanswered:
The answer to the
first question is undoubtedly in the affirmative. The
publication's success speaks for itself. It is the most
comprehensive account written of the technology of aggregate
occurrence, investigation, extraction and processing, testing,
classification, standards and end-uses. The book's virtues have
often been stated and many plaudits have been written about it. It is a
‘must’ for
