Construction Construction Trades category: 1564 books
Construction Productivity
A Practical Guide for Building and Electrical Contractors
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Construction Productivity offers some of the best productivity studies commissioned by ELECTRI International: The Foundation for Electrical Construction, that were selected, coordinated, and monitored by a number of the most progressive contractors in the electrical industry and performed by outstanding...
by L. W. Brittian
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Answers at your fingertips
This hands-on guide will help you trouble-shoot and solve electrical problems in industrial and commercial settings. You'll find plain-English explanations for a wide range of electrical equipment and systems, from transformers and switchgears to alarm and wiring...
Concept and Application of Shariah for the Construction Industry
Shariah Compliance in Construction Contracts, Project Finance and Risk Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
The application of Shariah compliance in business transactions continues to increase. The Asian financial crisis of 1997, global financial crisis of 2007–2008, Enron scandal and other reported ills besieging conventional business transactions have led to advocates of Shariah-compliant business transactions...
Tunnels & Caverns
Looking Back at Forty Years in Underground Construction & Estimating
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Writing this book, for me, has really been a walk down memory lane the work part of memory lane.
As it is not intended as a technical book per se, I have included a few incidents of on-the-job problems, that I encountered over the years, and how they were handled figured that's the stuff that...
by Duncan Cartlidge
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
The Estimator’s Pocket Book, Second Edition is a concise and practical reference covering the main pricing approaches, as well as useful information such as how to process sub-contractor quotations, tender settlement and adjudication. It is fully up to date with NRM2 throughout, features a look...
Innovative Production and Construction
Transforming Construction through Emerging Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Throughout the 38 chapters, this must-have volume outlines essential information about the implementation of emerging technologies, from building information modeling and 3D printing, to life cycle assessment and information technology in construction and engineering projects.
It covers practical...
by Kate Braid
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Covering Rough Ground, Kate Braid’s first book, was published in 1991 and awarded the Pat Lowther Award for Best Book of Poetry by a Canadian Woman. Since then Kate has written extensively in prose, poetry and on CBC Radio about her and other women’s experiences in the construction trades. Her...
by Sidney M. Levy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
PROVEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODS
Fully revised to cover the most current contract information and green building guidelines, Project Management in Construction, Sixth Edition provides project managers and general contractors with the skills necessary to run every phase of a construction...
by Stuart D. Green
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
The book sets out deliberately to challenge the current construction improvement debate and the way in which it is conducted. It confronts the supposedly neutral nature of construction 'best practice' and demonstrates that that the advocated recipes seldom stand up to critical scrutiny. It further...
Construction Process Planning and Management
An Owner's Guide to Successful Projects
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
By their very nature, construction projects can create seemingly endless opportunities for conflict. Written by a best selling author with over 40 years of experiences in the construction and general contracting business, Construction Process Planning and Management provides you with the necessary...
Olin's Construction
Principles, Materials, and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Get the updated industry standard for a new age of construction!
For more than fifty years, Olin's Construction has been the cornerstone reference in the field for architecture and construction professionals and students. This new edition is an invaluable resource that will provide in-depth...
by Michael Yit Lin Chew
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This 5th edition covers the latest practices and processes of various alternative methods for the construction of tall buildings from foundation to roof. The text progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and earthmoving, foundation construction, basement construction, structural...
The Organization and Management of Construction
Managing construction information
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volumes as state-of-the-art papers documenting research and innovative practice in the field of construction.
The volumes cover four broad themes: business...
Nanotechnology in Eco-Efficient Construction
Materials, Processes and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
As the environmental impact of existing construction and building materials comes under increasing scrutiny, the search for more eco-efficient solutions has intensified. Nanotechnology offers great potential in this area and is already being widely used to great success. Nanotechnology in eco-efficient...