New volumes of the handbook of construction machinery series unveiled at London book launch
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On March 12, at the 2026 London International Book Fair, Tsinghua University Press (TUP) and Springer Nature held a launch ceremony for the latest English volumes in the Handbook of Construction Machinery series: the Handbook of Port Machinery, the Handbook of Piling Machinery, Concrete Machinery and Mortar Machinery, and the Handbook of Environmental Sanitation and Protection Machinery.
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