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Getting to Grips with BIM
A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Architecture, Engineering and Construction Firms
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
With the UK government‘s 2016 BIM threshold approaching, support for small organisations on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. Many small UK construction industry supply chain firms are uncertain about what Level 2 BIM involves and are unsure about...
by Fred Hall, Roger Greeno
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
The ninth edition of Hall and Greeno's leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building and water regulations, new technology, and new legislation. For this edition, new updates includes: the reappraisal of CO2 emissions targets, updates to sections on ventilation,...
by Christopher Marsh
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Procurers and contractors increasingly need practical guidance for the strategic procurement of building services. Clients seeking to improve the delivery performance of the construction industry are increasingly using alternative procurement arrangements. These modern arrangements attempt to deliver...
by Gilbert Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION The steel square is the carpenters handbook, instructor, and tool without price. Without it he is just another hammer-and-saw man- a fellow who can hit a nail and saw to a line. The ability to make the lines is what constitutes the difference between a real craftsman and a...
Carpentry Collection
Includes the Carpentry Manual, Bandsaw, Lathe, Metal Properties Characteristics Use and Codes, Milling Machine, Precision Measuring and Gaging, Principles of Drafting and Shop Drawings, and Shop Safety
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Carpentry CollectionThis collection includes 8 of our training courses all within one book. You can easily use the bookmarks to navigate between each training course. This collection includes:- Carpentry Manual- Bandsaw- Lathe- Metal Properties Characteristics Use and Codes- Milling Machine- Precision...
by J. C. Hodge, Malcolm Thorpe
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Brickwork for Apprentices has been the established reference on brickwork for generations of bricklayers. Continuously in print since 1944, John Hodge’s classic text has now been fully revised in its fifth edition by Malcolm Thorpe – who acted as a CITB Advisor and was involved in the draughting...
by Les Goring
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Les Goring’s book covers all the detailed knowledge required for carrying out first fixingcarpentry – such as modern and traditional roofing and fitting and fixing modern and traditional floor joists on new-build sites before plastering or drylining of walls and ceilings takes place – and...
by Mark Deakin, Fiona Campbell, Alasdair Reid
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Maximizing reader insights into the strategic value of mass retrofits in the residential property sector through a detailed case study analysis of the ‘Hackbridge project’, this book uses this development to broaden understanding of how planners may perform urban regeneration in accordance with...
Managing Interdisciplinary Projects
A Primer for Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Construction, architecture and engineering projects are complex undertakings, involving a temporary grouping of people and companies, with different agendas and experience, coming together to achieve a project goal. This book investigates the dynamics of the relationships between individuals involved...
Japanese Contractors in Overseas Markets
Bridging Cultural and Communication Gaps
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
This book explores the differences in cultural attributes and management factors to enable managers working for Japanese contractors to reduce misunderstandings and misinterpretations when communicating with project team members from different cultural backgrounds. It focuses on Japanese contractors...
by John Kelly, Steven Male
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
This book looks at the transfer and further development of value management procedures, as practised in North America, in a United Kingdom and Commonwealth construction industry context.
by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Morris Hicky Morgan, Translator
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS
BOOK I
Preface
The Education of the Architect
The Fundamental Principles of Architecture
The Departments of Architecture
The Site of a City
The City Walls
The Directions of the Streets; with Remarks on...
by Jon Nunan
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. Using alternative home building materials and creating a greener...
Building with Straw Bales
A Practical Manual for Self-Builders and Architects
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Straw bale building is a radically different approach to construction, and this book explains, in straightforward and commonsense terms, the principles of the technique, which was pioneered in the United States more than a hundred years ago and is now entering the mainstream. It is used by firms who...