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This title was first published in 2002: Habitus is a concept developed by the late French philosopher, Pierre Bourdieu, as a 'sense of one's place...a sense of the other's place'. It relates to our perceptions of space and place and how these perceptions affect our actions, not only in shaping the form of environments, but also simply in our experience and interaction with places. Habitus implies that a web of complex processes inseparably links the physical, the social and the mental. Inspired...

Communication within project-based environments presents special challenges. This is especially true within the construction industry, where interaction tends to be characterised by unfamiliar groups of people coming together for short periods before disbanding to work on other endeavours. This book examines communication at a number of levels ranging from interpersonal interactions between project participants to corporate communication between organizations. Several non-typical perspectives o...

Quality management is essential for facilitating the competitiveness of modern day commercial organisations. Excellence in quality management is a requisite for construction organisations who seek to remain competitive and successful. The challenges presented by competitive construction markets and large projects that are dynamic and complex necessitate the adoption and application of quality management approaches. This new edition of Construction Quality Management provides a comprehensive eva...

For a combined course in Estimating, Scheduling and/or Control; a course in Construction Process; or an Introduction to Construction Management. Comprehensive and unique in its perspective, this text covers all areas of the Construction Management industry-with a balanced focus on both theory and practicality. It helps students gain a working knowledge of the whole Building Industry, as well as the technical skills required to manage a construction project from conception through occupancy. It...

***AUSTRALIAN TITLE*** The National Gallery of Australia is arguably both the most fascinating and the most contentious building in Australia. No book, however, has ever been published on this remarkable work of modernist Australian architecture until now. 'Falls the Shadow: From Idea to Reality, The National Gallery of Australia' documents the controversy, challenges and accomplishments of this radical building - and the ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the building s lead architect, Col Mad...

This book examines an issue of constant concern in the construction industry, that of productivity. Using data from Ghana and South Africa, it presents research into the productivity of local contractors in these countries whilst examining the predominance of labour-intensive production methods. The book begins by considering the theoretical and conceptual perspectives on labour productivity in the construction industry in the existing literature, before reviewing current productivity measureme...

This publication is an indispensable tool for Company owners, Piping Contractors and all members of an organization who perform tasks related to cost estimating, bidding, cost control, budget planning and contract review. The Book provides solid Technical Support to make a reliable estimate of man-hours consumption in Piping. The content of the book is the result of the Author's work experience and details a calculation procedure that will help you to accurately estimate the direct labor requir...

As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, and The Oregon Experiment--defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned.The Production of Houses center...

The main aim of this book is to develop and explore the value of new innovative digital content to help satisfy UNESCO's World Heritage nomination file requirements. Through a detailed exploration of two BIM case studies from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the book uniquely connects the use of Heritage BIM to the documentation methods used by UNESCO and demonstrates how this provides a contribution to both countries with heritage sites and UNESCO as an organisation. The research and practical examples i...