Construction Construction Trades category: 1564 books
Value Management in Construction and Real Estate
Methodology and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This cutting edge study explores alternative methods and tools to obtain value for money while maintaining quality in construction projects, especially large and complex ones. Extensive references throughout will help the reader develop a deeper understanding of the methodology, and self-study...
An Economic Analysis on Automated Construction Safety
Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
This book addresses information technologies recently applied in the field of construction safety. Combining case studies, literature reviews and interviews to study the issue, it presents cutting-edge applications of various information technologies (ITs) in construction in different parts of the...
Construction Safety and Waste Management
An Economic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This monograph presents an analysis of construction safety problems and on-site safety measures from an economist’s point of view. The book includes examples from both emerging countries, e.g. China and India, and developed countries, e.g. Australia and Hong Kong. Moreover, the author covers an...
by S. Ponnuswamy, D. Johnson Victor
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Transportation Tunnels, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive text on tunneling and tunnel engineering applicable in general to all types of tunnels, with more detailed information on highway and railway tunnels. While the First Edition of the book was confined to deal with railway and highway tunnels,...
Construction Cost Management
Learning from Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
In this updated and expanded second edition, Keith Potts and Nii Ankrah examine key issues in construction cost management across the building and civil engineering sectors, both in the UK and overseas. Best practice from pre-contract to post-contract phases of the project life-cycle are illustrated...
by Yong-Woo Kim
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Activity Based Cotsting for Construction Companies provides guidelines on how overhead costs can be managed for using Activity Based Costing (ABC), providing gains in contractor competiveness. Illustrated with a range of case studies and examples it also presents a map that shows construction contractors...
Understanding the NEC4 ECC Contract
A Practical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
As usage of the NEC family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment. Understanding the NEC4 ECC Contract uses plain English to lead the reader through the NEC4 Engineering and Construction...
by Roger Greeno
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Principles of Construction is an illustrated guide to the processes involved in a building programme, from inception stage through to completion. This second edition has been updated in accordance with current Building Regulation, with the emphasis remaining on safety and the correct use of materials.
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by Roland Ashcroft
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Construction for Interior Designers is a highly readable, comprehensive and informative text proving all the technical information required. The second edition has been fully updated to reflect the 1991 amendments if the 1985 Building Regulations and includes a new chapter on environmental issues...
Cross-Cultural Management and Quality Performance
Chinese Construction Firms in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
This book explores China’s global competitiveness in the building of infrastructures with a particular interest in the resource-rich African countries. The book begins with a comprehensive literature review on total quality management (TQM) and national culture, followed by reviews of the construction...
Cave Exploration in Slovenia
Discovering Over 350 New Caves During Motorway Construction on Classical Karst
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
This book focuses on the opening and exploration of more than 350 previously undiscovered caves of the Slovenian Karst, discovered during motorway construction work. The summarizes the planning of traffic roads and presents the new findings obtained during construction, as well as studies on newly-discovered...
Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle
( Edition intégrale ) Tome 4/9 - illustré - annoté
Language: French
Release Date: November 24, 2018
CONSTRUCTION, APERÇU GÉNÉRAL.—La construction est une science; c’est aussi un art, c’est-à-dire qu’il faut au constructeur le savoir, l’expérience, et un sentiment naturel. On naît constructeur; la science que l’on acquiert ne peut que développer les germes déposés dans le cerveau...
Target Cost Contracting Strategy in Construction
Principles, Practices and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
The problems inherent in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method often lead to the adversarial working relationships within the construction industry. Target cost contracts, accompanied by a gain-share/pain-share arrangement serving as a cost incentive mechanism, have emerged in the United...
Lean Construction – Das Managementhandbuch
Agile Methoden und Lean Management im Bauwesen
Language: German
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Dieses Buch liefert einen Einblick in neue Methoden für das Management von Bauprojekten. Gerade bei Großprojekten besteht Gefahr, dass Termine, Kosten und Qualität nicht eingehalten werden. Komplexe Bauvorhaben gehören zu dieser Projektkategorie und bedürfen einer speziellen Steuerung. Dieses...