‎"‎In order to develop‎,‎ research‎,‎ model‎,‎ or construct it is require to perform measurements on those systems we are interested‎.‎ The type of measurement will be given by the nature of the object‎,‎ or the subject under investigation‎.‎ In science the measurements often pursue to understand very complicated phenomena‎,‎ inaccessible sometimes to the currents measurement devices or that may need some innovation in the protocols used‎.‎ Of course it is in science and engineering where most of the innovations manifest primary and then are exported to other fields‎,‎ for instance the measure devise in high energy experiments carry a lot of new techniques and protocols to improve the characterization of a variety of systems‎.‎ In a laboratory the conditions to perform a measurement can be controlled to a certain degree‎,‎ but facing measurement in outside scenarios involves more complex situations‎.‎ Typically‎,‎ any construction needs the proper elaboration of it constituents‎,‎ saying concrete‎,‎ steel of any other product of pre‎-manufacturing origin‎,‎ that requires in every step of its fabrication a control and monitoring‎,‎ even beyond the factories‎,‎ the in‎-situ measure of certain terrains characteristics‎,‎ tension on rail roads‎,‎ porosity in the ground and in the structures‎,‎ all of these depends of meticulous and appropriate measurements using a variety of techniques‎,‎ very often originated in pure sciences‎.‎ Students‎,‎ civil engineers‎,‎ and materials scientists will find this book to be a good comprehensive resource for learning about the fundamental methods used in those fields to achieve trustworthy measures‎,‎ focusing on specific examples that are also top research in the area‎,‎ suitable for the interested reader‎.‎‎"‎