Hello Dave:

…our cold climate engineering research company has been hard at work producing what has been described by the renowed pipeline consultant, Jim Towers, “A great war chest of Information": …our fourteen-volume book set and our Database Library.
 
Pipeline engineering, environmental and geosciences staff working on northern gas pipeline projects should find these resources and the accompanying permafrost and freezing ground database quite useful. Our publisher is releasing the second edition of the fourteen-volume book set/ engineering library titled Pipelines in Permafrost and Freezing Ground. This engineering library is equipped with a database library comprised of a CD-ROM containing databases that detail the performance of pipelines in permafrost and freezing ground found in continuous and discontinuous permafrost affected terrain. The total package comprised of the book set and CD-ROM containing the database is offered for the all inclusive price of $9995.00.

The “Second” edition of the fourteen-volume book set “Pipelines in Permafrost and Freezing Ground” is equipped with a CD-ROM containing pipelines in permafrost and freezing ground database. The book set detail intricate concepts associated with design, operation cold climate infrastructure such as natural gas pipelines in terrain subjected to seasonal freezing and permafrost affected by climate change.

 
Some of the engineering concepts and challenges associated with building pipeline infrastructure in cold climate terrain include :
 
Soil strain and soil creep
Frost Heave and Frost Bulb growth
Thaw Consolidation / pipeline relaxation
Pressure in Freezing Soils and Permafrost
Bending Stresses in buried pipelines
Uplift Resistance of Pipelines in Permafrost
Thermal Properties of freezing soils and permafrost
Mechanical Properties of freezing soils and permafrost
Hydraulic Properties of freezing soils and permafrost
Micro morphological properties of freezing soils and permafrost
 
The interdependence between pipeline infrastructure and the behaviour of freezing soils and permafrost is the main focus of this fourteen-volume book set/ library. The database included with the book set can be used by civil, geotechnical, environmental, mechanical engineers, environmental, and geo-scientists for the assessment and design of the pipeline infrastructure for cold climates. 
 
Given the environmental challenges associated with the development of infrastructure such as pipelines in permafrost affected terrain affected by climate change these resources are quite timely and will be well utilized by any of your colleagues working on northern infrastructure projects.
 
Please contact me directly to make the necessary arrangements for this acquisition.
 
Dr. Les White
Principal Permafrost Scientist
Permafrost Environmental Consulting
27 Lindenlea Road, Suite 103,
Ottawa Ontario K1M-1A9
613-746-4422