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Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment: Rebuilding for Resilience Dilanthi Amaratunga (University of Salford) 9781444333565
RRP: $194.90Booksplease Price: $175.71Disasters threaten all parts of the world and they appear to be increasing in frequency, scale and intensity. Despite huge improvements in the emergency response, permanent reconstruction is often... -
Brickwork and Blockwork Joseph Durkin (Hopwood Hall College, UK) 9781405199773
RRP: $68.15Booksplease Price: $64.66Brickwork and Blockwork has been written to assist students studying for the Level 1 Diploma in Bricklaying as well as learners who are in employment and working towards NVQ Level 1/2 Trowel... -
Plumbing Encyclopaedia Roy D. Treloar (Colchester Institute) 9781405161640
RRP: $79.85Booksplease Price: $73.14The original, practical and comprehensive plumbing encyclopaedia More entries than similar booksFully up-to-dateWritten by an expert - the author of three best selling plumbing books with over 20... -
Managing Construction Projects Graham M. Winch (Manchester Business School, University of Manchester) 9781405184571
RRP: $99.35Booksplease Price: $91.20Project management is of critical importance in construction, yet its execution poses major challenges. In order to keep a project on track, decisions often have to be made before all the necessary... -
Building Maintenance Brian J.B. Wood (Senior Lecturer, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Oxford Brookes University) 9781405179676
RRP: $91.55Booksplease Price: $84.55Maintaining a building is expensive: it costs many times more to run a building over its lifetime than to build it, yet maintenance is often not accorded the priority it warrants. A poorly maintained... -
Advanced Research Methods in the Built Environment Andrew Knight (University of Salford) 9781405161107
RRP: $120.80Booksplease Price: $107.95This book provides a bridge between the introductory research methods books and the discipline-specific, higher level texts. Its unique feature is the coverage of the detailed process of research... -
Construction UK: Introduction to the Industry Ralph Morton (John Moores University) 9781405159432
RRP: $54.50Booksplease Price: $52.47This thoroughly readable overview of the nature and history of the construction industry offers a clear understanding of how this vast and complex industry operates. Exploring its main features - the... -
Collaborative Relationships in Construction: Developing Frameworks and Networks Hedley Smyth (University College, London) 9781405180412
RRP: $206.60Booksplease Price: $185.66The latest research is presented here on both contractual and conceptual collaborative practices in construction. The editors identify common problems faced by the industry and draw out practical... -
Virtual Futures for Design, Construction and Procurement by Peter S. Brandon 9781405170246
RRP: $231.95Booksplease Price: $212.45This book brings together some of the best practitioners and thinkers from around the world to discuss the likely future of information and communication technologies for the construction industry. ... -
Understanding the Construction Client David Boyd (Deputy Head of the School of Property & Construction, University of Central England, Birmingham) 9781405129787
RRP: $144.20Booksplease Price: $130.96This book breaks new ground by creating a framework to understand clients' actions and needs. Most construction management books focus on improving the construction process; this one focuses on a... -
Knowledge Management in Construction Chimay J. Anumba (Loughborough University) 9781405129725
RRP: $210.50Booksplease Price: $188.97A key problem facing the construction industry is that all work is done by transient project teams, and in the past there has been no structured approach to learning from projects once they are... -
Construction Partnering and Integrated Teamworking Gill Thomas (Mike Thomas LTD, Partnering Facilitators) 9781405135566
RRP: $150.05Booksplease Price: $135.35"As long as government continues to push collaborative working and best value, partnering will be in vogue" If you are implementing partnering in your organisation and don't know where to start, this... -
Building Maintenance Management Barrie Chanter (De Montfort University) 9781405135061
RRP: $116.90Booksplease Price: $105.18This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students... -
The Management of Complex Projects: A Relationship Approach Stephen Pryke (University College London) 9781405124317
RRP: $134.45Booksplease Price: $122.69Value is added to projects through the relationships surrounding the client; the focus of this book is therefore the client as project, rather than the building on the ground. It shows how to create... -
Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice Michael F. Dallas (MA, MICE, FIVM, Engineer, Davis Langdon) 9781405120692
RRP: $148.10Booksplease Price: $134.28Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they... -
The Practice of Construction Management: People and Business Performance Barry Fryer (Leeds Metropolitan University) 9781405111102
RRP: $85.70Booksplease Price: $79.58This book offers construction managers and students a readable account of management ideas and practices, concentrating particularly on the human side of construction management. It pulls together... -
Construction Technology: An Illustrated Introduction Eric Fleming (HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY) 9781405102100
RRP: $83.75Booksplease Price: $77.92This new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the technology of low-rise construction. It includes sub-structure (site work, setting out and foundations) and... -
Film Remakes by Na Na 9781403974280
RRP: $175.48Booksplease Price: $160.78This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of the phenomenon of cinematic remaking. Drawing upon recent theories of genre and intertextuality, Film Remakes describes... -
ICE Handbook of Concrete Durability, Second edition: A practical guide to the design of durable concrete structures by Soutsos Marios Nicou 9780727763754
RRP: $273.00Booksplease Price: $231.99ICE Handbook of Concrete Durability, Second edition is a comprehensive practical reference for professionals involved in design and maintenance of concrete structures of all types. With contributions... -
Estimating Building Costs for the Residential and Light Commercial Construction Professional Wayne J. Del Pico (Northeastern University, Boston, USA; Wentworth Institute of Technology) 9781394150113
RRP: $126.75Booksplease Price: $112.05Estimating Building Costs Few aspects of a construction project are more fundamental than the cost estimate, which can mean the difference between a professionally executed project and a financial... -
Eco-Design of Buildings and Infrastructure: Developments in the Period 2016–2020 by Bruno Peuportier 9780367557713
RRP: $159.88Booksplease Price: $147.60The Chair Eco-design of buildings and infrastructure, a partnership between three engineering colleges (MINES ParisTech, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and AgroParisTech) and the VINCI group, aims to... -
Code of Practice for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation by The Institution of Engineering and Technology 9781839538575
Booksplease Price: $170.86This well established and authoritative IET Code of Practice provides a clear explanation of electric vehicle charging equipment and installation. It sets out the considerations and planning needed... -
Automation in Construction toward Resilience: Robotics, Smart Materials and Intelligent Systems by Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi 9781032350868
Booksplease Price: $216.82While the word "automation" may conjure images of robots taking over jobs, the reality is much more nuanced. In construction, for instance, automation is less likely to diminish employment... -
Practical Civil Engineering by P.K. Jayasree 9780367644420
RRP: $128.68Booksplease Price: $120.39The book provides primary information about civil engineering to both a civil and non-civil engineering audience in areas such as construction management, estate management, and building. Basic civil... -
Fire Safety in Residential Property: A Practical Approach for Environmental Health by Richard Lord 9780367617868
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $40.35This book aims to take the reader through all aspects of fire safety and management in residential settings, from origin and ignition, risk assessment, protection and prevention, as well as comparing... -
Building Services Handbook Fred Hall 9781032548371
RRP: $91.63Booksplease Price: $87.24The tenth edition of Hall and Greeno's leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building, wiring and water regulations, new technology and new legislation. For this... -
Engineering Aspects of Howrah Bridge at Kolkata (1943) by Amitabha Ghoshal 9780367544799
RRP: $48.73Booksplease Price: $47.54Howrah Bridge is an iconic engineering structure of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and is in excellent condition after 78 years of extensive use. The bridge is a balanced cantilever structure, has a... -
Low-Switching Frequency Modulation Schemes for Multi-level Inverters by A. Rakesh Kumar 9780367552602
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98Multi-level Inverters (MLIs) are widely used for conversion of DC to AC power. This book provides various low-switching frequency (LSF) modulation schemes (conventional and improved), which can be... -
Electrical Studies for Trades by Stephen L. Herman 9781133278238
Booksplease Price: $175.79Packed with real-world examples, vivid illustrations, and the latest developments from the field, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, 5th EDITION is ideal for current and future service technicians in air... -
Alkali Activated Fly Ash: Blast Furnace Slag Composites by Kushal Ghosh 9780367535551
RRP: $122.83Booksplease Price: $113.86This book covers relevant synthesizing parameters, their interactions, and advantages of blending fly ash and blast furnace slag as source material, their relationship with mechanical properties and... -
Essential Sustainable Home Design: A Complete Guide to Goals, Options, and the Design Process by Chris Magwood 9780865718500
RRP: $62.38Booksplease Price: $43.49Design your own sustainable home Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through... -
Tropical Urban Heat Islands: Climate, Buildings and Greenery by Nyuk Hien Wong 9781138993884
RRP: $99.43Booksplease Price: $93.95Conventional air conditioning is not a sustainable solution to the challenge of a hot or humid climate. The climate problem is compounded in so-called Urban Heat Islands, urban areas where the air... -
Innovation in Small Construction Firms by Peter Barrett 9781138992504
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98Innovation in Small Construction Firms promotes the benefits of innovation, and stimulate innovation capability within and between small and medium sized (SMEs) construction firms in an effort to... -
Performance Improvement in Construction Management by Brian Atkin 9781138978188
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $89.56Novel research in construction management is often distant from existing practice. This collection of reviews serves to bridge this gap under three major themes: innovation, organisation and human... -
Environmental Management in Construction: A Quantitative Approach Heng Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR) 9781138968899
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98Demands on the construction industry are changing, and it is now virtually essential for environmental management to be considered at all stages of a project. Many construction managers are finding a... -
Project Finance for Construction Anthony Higham (University of Salford, UK) 9781138941304
RRP: $87.73Booksplease Price: $82.95The world of construction is intrinsically linked with that of finance, from the procurement and tendering stage of projects right through to valuation of buildings. In addition to this, things like... -
Construction Supply Chain Economics by Kerry London 9781138861329
RRP: $107.23Booksplease Price: $101.19This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at... -
Understanding Organisational Culture in the Construction Industry Vaughan Coffey (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) 9781138861343
RRP: $103.33Booksplease Price: $97.29Since the early 1980s, researchers and practitioners in the organisational and management fields have presumed a link between organisational, or corporate, culture and organisational performance... -
Converting Land from Rural to Urban Uses by A. Allan Schmid 9781138857513
RRP: $87.73Booksplease Price: $82.37This title aims to use social science research to contribute towards solving policy problems raised by the rural to urban land conversion process and by high land prices in particular. Ultimately,... -
Introduction to Construction Contract Management Brian Greenhalgh (Chartered Quantity Surveyor, UK) 9781138844179
RRP: $113.08Booksplease Price: $105.57This book is an introduction to construction contract administration and management, covering the delivery and execution stage of a construction project and the various issues which the contract...