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Virtual Futures for Design, Construction and Procurement by Peter S. Brandon 9781405170246
RRP: £118.95Booksplease Price: £108.95This 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: £73.95Booksplease Price: £67.16This 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: £107.95Booksplease Price: £96.91A 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: £76.95Booksplease Price: £69.41"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: £59.95Booksplease Price: £53.94This 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: £68.95Booksplease Price: £62.92Value 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: £75.95Booksplease Price: £68.86Published 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: £43.95Booksplease Price: £40.81This 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... -
Whole Life-Cycle Costing: Risk and Risk Responses Abdelhalim Boussabaine (University of Liverpool) 9781405107860
RRP: £89.95Booksplease Price: £79.77Whole life-cycle costing (WLCC) is rapidly becoming the standard method for the long-term cost appraisal of buildings and civil infrastructure projects. With clients now demanding buildings that... -
Construction Technology: An Illustrated Introduction Eric Fleming (HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY) 9781405102100
RRP: £42.95Booksplease Price: £39.96This 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: £89.99Booksplease Price: £82.45This 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: £140.00Booksplease Price: £118.97ICE 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: £65.00Booksplease Price: £57.46Estimating 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: £81.99Booksplease Price: £75.69The 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
RRP: £87.00Booksplease Price: £76.45This 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... -
Organisational Ethics in the Built Environment by Jason Challender 9781394186242
RRP: £99.00Booksplease Price: £87.55Organisational Ethics in the Built Environment A comprehensive analysis of the critical role played by ethics in construction organisations, and a toolkit for implementing a strong ethical culture In... -
Automation in Construction toward Resilience: Robotics, Smart Materials and Intelligent Systems by Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi 9781032350868
Booksplease Price: £111.19While 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: £65.99Booksplease Price: £61.74The 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: £20.99Booksplease Price: £20.69This 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: £46.99Booksplease Price: £44.74The 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: £24.99Booksplease Price: £24.38Howrah 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: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.63Multi-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: £90.15Packed 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: £62.99Booksplease Price: £58.39This 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: £31.99Booksplease Price: £22.30Design 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: £50.99Booksplease Price: £48.18Conventional 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: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.63Innovation 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: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.93Novel 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: £48.99Booksplease Price: £45.63Demands 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: £44.99Booksplease Price: £42.54The 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: £54.99Booksplease Price: £51.89This 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: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89Since 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: £44.99Booksplease Price: £42.24This 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: £57.99Booksplease Price: £54.14This 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... -
Building Measurement: New Rules of Measurement Andrew Packer (University of Portsmouth, UK) 9781138838147
Booksplease Price: £55.09Measurement of buildings is the core skill of the quantity surveyor. It underpins the procurement, management, delivery and subsequent commissioning of a completed building, and must now be completed... -
NEC3 Construction Contracts: 100 Questions and Answers Kelvin Hughes 9781138826571
RRP: £65.99Booksplease Price: £60.94Which member of the NEC3 family of contracts should I use?How do I choose and use my main and secondary options? What are the roles and responsibilities of the various parties?How should I... -
Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair Patrick Reddin 9781138802087
RRP: £65.99Booksplease Price: £60.94Inspecting and Diagnosing Disrepair provides housing officers, surveyors, landlords, tenants, lawyers and environmental health inspectors with the essential information they need to record, diagnose... -
Microwave-Assisted Concrete Technology: Production, Demolition and Recycling by K. C. Gary Ong 9781138748897
RRP: £80.99Booksplease Price: £74.54Microwave Technology: A Powerful TechniqueThe first book to combine microwave-assisted heating technology and concrete technology (covering production, demolition, and recycling), Microwave-Assisted... -
The Streetwise Subbie Barry Ashmore (Construction Contracts Consultant, UK) 9781138300156
RRP: £60.99Booksplease Price: £60.08Very few books explore the problems which are particular to the relationship between Specialist Contractors and the Main Contractor, or Clients with whom they are in contract. Fewer still provide... -
Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry Les Goring 9781138296008
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.19Les Goring's book covers all the detailed knowledge required for carrying out first fixing carpentry - such as modern and traditional roofing and fitting and fixing modern and traditional floor...