Site Planning and Design Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)
by Thomas H Russ
Providing an overview of specifying, from selecting materials and products to writing the specification documents, Specifying Buildings is a new guide to this important part of the construction process. Where it differs from most books is in covering the management of the specification process, making sure that the design intent is transferred to the building assembly as specified.Covering a wide range of practices, Stephen Emmitt and David Yeomans have ensured the book has global relevance with...
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Many economics texts for built environment students start with a general introduction to economic theory, which students find difficult to apply to their field of study. 'Economics for the Built Environment' avoids this approach by involving construction from the beginning, using relevant examples to introduce and illustrate topics in economics. This book sets out to explain how 'real world' issues of construction and property can be understood by the correct application of economic theory. It...
The Aims of Education Restated (International Library of the Philosophy of Education, #22)
by John White
John White's study is the most substantial work on what the aims of education should be since Whitehead's Aims of Education of 1929. It draws on material not only from schools and colleges, but also from the broader educative or miseducative nature of the 'ethos' of society and some of its major institutions. Sifting the different views about aims which are now prevalent and circulating in the world of education, he integrates the more defensible of them into an articulated set of positive recom...
Construction Daily Site Log Book Job Site Project Management Report
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Demolition (Purdue Handbooks in Building Construction)
by Richard J Diven and Mark Shaurette
As the built environment ages, demolition has become a rapidly growing industry offering major employment opportunities. During the 1990s the number of contractors grew by nearly 60 per cent, and there are now over 800 US companies focused on demolition, as well as many more offering this service as part of their portfolio. It has also become an increasingly complex business, requiring a unique combination of project management skills, legal and contractual knowledge, and engineering skills from...
Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders
by James M Sinopoli
Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders is a practical guide and resource for architects, builders, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants. The book covers the costs and benefits of smart buildings, and the basic design foundations, technology systems, and management systems encompassed within a smart building. Unlike other resources, Smart Buildings is organized to provide an overview of each of the technology systems in a building, and...
Risk Management in Project Organisations (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT)
by Peter Edwards and Paul Bowen
This book enhances the reader's understanding of the nature and presence of risk by raising the organisation's awareness of the risks it faces, and formalising the systems needed to deal with and learn from those risks.While based on the experience of the construction industry, the book also acts as a broader project management text, meeting the needs of project managers and students in many disciplines and professions from architecture and construction through engineering and commerce to IT, fi...