Design Construction category: 427 books

ePart 3: Focus on Technology: How do you ensure your organisation gets the most out of the BIM technology available? Dedicated to the main technology-related aspects of a BIM Manager’s role, this ePart explains how to establish and manage an organisation’s BIM-related tool-ecology and how to use...

Keep construction on track with helpful checklists Turn your dream of a custom home into reality! Thinking about building your own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best architect to overseeing...

Build a classic, enduring, and affordable home. With Jack A. Sobon’s careful guidance, you can construct your own timber-framed house in the traditional hall-and-parlor style. From felling trees to cutting timbers, and frame construction to door selection, you’ll find Sobon’s professional advice...

From any perspective, the ideal construction project is one in which the contractor shows up on your doorstep with the right price and all of his tools, people, and equipment ready to start, and builds exactly what you want for the price you want and finish on schedule. Everyone then goes away, happy...

Get Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Helping The Earth And Using Green Construction! Is the fact that you would like to learn how to use green construction and help out Mother Earth but just don't know how to get started making you feel really bad... maybe you have even thought...

Are you an architect, engineer, project manager, superintendent? Are you a subcontractor, business owner, or are you just starting your career in construction? Our industry is shared by people who genuinely care about what they do and take pride in building things. This book in intended to...

The latest budget-wise strategies for kitchen design. What’s new? What works? What’s affordable? These topics are top of mind these days – and making smart choices is what author Joanne Kellar Bouknight focuses on in Kitchen Idea Book, a completely revised and updated edition of her previous...

**UPDATED FOR 2019**: About Interior design and Ideas for Interior Design Interior decorating design is the design of aspects of environmental psychology, architecture and product design. A person who designs interiors as part of their job is an interior designer. Interior design is...

Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. This book shows how the choices designers, developers and building users make impact on sustainability over the life span of the building. The...

Build Your Own Brick House follows the process of a self-build, using traditional brick and block techniques, enabling the self-builder to understand both the individual stages and the nature of the build as a whole. It takes a practical approach, focusing on the best use of time, abilities and budget,...

John Ambrose, Jr. says You are...Never Alone Building Your Home As a building, Civil engineer and Construction Manager, John Ambrose, Jr. walks you through the process, step by step and give you a check list by chapter including a glossary of names starting with the site work, architectural,...

More and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That's what green building is all about.Your Green Home is written for homeowners planning a new home - whether you are working with an architect or builder or serving as your own...

Discover the satisfaction of making your own durable, economical, and environmentally friendly timber frame structures. Covering all aspects of timber frame construction, this practical guide is filled with easy-to-understand instructions, clear illustrations, and helpful photographs. With expert...

The latest design ideas and must-have amenities for the bath. Whether you’re updating a half-bath or designing an all-new spa, Sandra Soria’s newly updated Bathroom Idea Book is your guide to planning well and choosing wisely. Solve design challenges the way the experts do! This photo-packed...