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The Straw Bale House by Athena Swentzell Steen 9780930031718
RRP: £27.50Booksplease Price: £22.75Imagine building a house with superior seismic stability, fire resistance, and thermal insulation, using an annually renewable resource, for half the cost of a comparable conventional home. Welcome... -
Managing Construction Purchasing: Contract Buyout; QA/QC Methods; Negotiation Strategies by John G. McConville 9780876293164
RRP: £69.95Booksplease Price: £63.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876293164Author John G. McConvilleFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint -
Concrete Repair and Maintenance Illustrated: Problem Analysis; Repair Strategy; Techniques Peter H. Emmons 9780876292860
RRP: £71.95Booksplease Price: £61.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876292860Author Peter H. EmmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint -
Leading and Managing Professional Services Firms in the Infrastructure Sector by Tim Ellis 9780815379188
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £51.59Professional services firms play a vital role in the social, environmental and economic well-being of any economy. This book considers the key skills and elements required to successfully lead and... -
101 Case Studies in Construction Management Len Holm (University of Washington, USA) 9780815361985
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £31.19This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years' experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management. Over 14... -
Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Tools, Steel Square, and Joinery Mark Richard Miller 9780764571152
RRP: £25.95Booksplease Price: £24.36Fully updated; the first in a four-volume set of indispensable builders' guides Builders, remodelers, and do-it-yourselfers will love these revised, clearly organized guides. This one walks the... -
Audel Installation Requirements of the 2002 National Electrical Code by Paul Rosenberg 9780764542787
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £26.11A practical guide to the 2002 NEC As an electrician, your interest in the NEC is application specific. You need the parts that relate to your job, clearly organized so you can find what you need,... -
Audel HVAC Fundamentals, Volume 1: Heating Systems, Furnaces and Boilers James E. Brumbaugh (Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA) 9780764542060
RRP: £25.95Booksplease Price: £23.81A reference you'll warm up to From the background and basics of heating systems to the newest chip-based technology, this first volume of Audel's HVAC Library gives you comprehensive information you... -
Audel Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual Thomas B. Davis (Newark, DE, Maintenence Troubleshooting) 9780764541704
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £15.32This tool needs no maintenance Fully revised and updated, this convenient guide covers the latest industrial equipment as well as all the tools and machines prevalent in older plants, even those... -
Fabulous Floor Patterns: with CD by S. F. Cook 9780764322914
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £23.47Explore hundreds of floor patterns, from checkerboard patterns and wild tile configurations to floral carpets and faux marble magic. These timeless historic designs are applicable to any number of... -
Energy: Management, Supply and Conservation Clive Beggs 9780750686709
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £55.28Energy - its source, security, price, and the efficiency of its use, are increasingly important issues for a diverse range of people. Energy: Management, Supply and Conservation is a comprehensive... -
Plumbing Steve Muscroft 9780750684347
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £50.69Students setting out for a career in plumbing need a clear, concise and comprehensive textbook to help them study for their Technical Certificate and Level 2 NVQ - and this book meets all those needs... -
Engineering Surveying W Schofield 9780750669498
RRP: £72.99Booksplease Price: £67.68Engineering surveying involves determining the position of natural and man-made features on or beneath the Earth's surface and utilizing these features in the planning, design and construction of... -
Contract Practice for Surveyors Simon Birchall 9780750668330
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £47.97This book provides a detailed guide to the principles and practice of construction contracts. It is written for both students and professionals working in all branches of surveying and construction... -
Building Adaptation James Douglas 9780750666671
RRP: £71.99Booksplease Price: £66.84As existing buildings age, nearly half of all construction activity in Britain is related to maintenance, refurbishment and conversions. Building adaptation is an activity that continues to make a... -
Domestic Central Heating Wiring Systems and Controls Raymond Ward 9780750664363
RRP: £91.99Booksplease Price: £90.98This unique A-Z guide to central heating wiring systems provides a comprehensive reference manual for hundreds of items of heating and control equipment, making it an indispensable handbook for... -
Using the Building Regulations by Mike Billington 9780750662581
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £56.14As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a... -
Introduction to Building Management D. Coles 9780750605106
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £55.84This is the classic practical introduction to the broad principles of building management. It is suitable for both students and practising construction professionals who are concerned with greater... -
Property Development Alan Millington 9780728203457
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £48.18"Property Development" includes such considerations as the objectives, functions, roles and methods of operation of all those involved in the development process, the financial aspects of... -
Means of Escape from Fire M. J. Billington (BSc, MRICS, Consultant and former Senior Lecturer in Building Control, De Montfort University, Leicester) 9780632032037
RRP: £108.95Booksplease Price: £97.76The provision of an adequate means of escape from fire is fundamental to the design of new buildings and to the alteration, change of use or extension of existing buildings. It is essential that... -
Risk Management and Construction Roger Flanagan (University of Reading) 9780632028160
RRP: £75.95Booksplease Price: £68.56The construction industry is subject to more risk and uncertainty than perhaps any other industry. Yet, surprisingly, managerial techniques used to identify, analyse and respond to risk were not... -
Soil Mechanics Michael John Smith 9780582033801
Booksplease Price: £66.97First published in 1989. This series was originally designed as an aid to students studying for technical examinations, the aim of each book being to provide a clear concise guide to the basic... -
Public-Private Partnerships: Managing Risks and Opportunities Akintola Akintoye (Professor of Construction Economics and Management, School of the Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University) 9780632064656
RRP: £110.95Booksplease Price: £99.46Public Private Partnership is a key issue in the construction industry - causing much concern among contractors, funders and facility managers. Demand has been building for a thorough analysis ..... -
Building Ecology: First Principles For A Sustainable Built Environment Peter Graham 9780632064137
RRP: £79.95Booksplease Price: £72.26Buildings consume 40% of our planet's materials and 30% of its energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes of raw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild waste stream. If we... -
Project Management: Designing Effective Organisational Structures in Construction David Richard Moore 9780632063932
RRP: £82.95Booksplease Price: £74.52Organisation structure can make or break the project manager... New forms of organisation are emerging in the construction industry - from partnering to virtual teams. There is a growing need to... -
Construction Management in Practice Richard F. Fellows (formerly University of Bath) 9780632064021
RRP: £56.95Booksplease Price: £53.57While most construction management books are project based, this book looks at management principles and techniques applied to the day-to-day problems facing a business in the construction industry. ... -
International Construction Mark Mawhinney (General Manager, Isis Enterprise) 9780632058532
RRP: £85.95Booksplease Price: £76.02A recent construction project in Singapore involved a Russian plant, a Japanese management team, Australian and Italian engineers, Thai steel workers and a labour force from throughout Asia ... The... -
Commercial Management in Construction Ian Walker (Bowey Construction) 9780632058273
RRP: £45.95Booksplease Price: £42.21This handbook covers all the practices and procedures the quantity surveyor working in a contractor's office needs to know - from budgets and forecasts to cost-value comparisons and partnering. By... -
Best Value in Construction John Kelly (Department of the Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University) 9780632056118
RRP: £56.95Booksplease Price: £51.35Achieving value in construction is now emerging as the main challenge facing the construction team if they are to offer the best service for the client. No longer is the aim simply to keep costs... -
Benchmarking in Construction Steven McCabe (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Central England in Birmingham) 9780632055647
RRP: £89.95Booksplease Price: £79.47This is the first post-Egan book to look at benchmarking and KPIs (key performance indicators) in the construction industry. Benchmarking is one of the key management techniques the construction... -
Avoiding Claims in Building Design: Risk Management in Practice Malcolm Taylor (National General Practice Study of Epilepsy) 9780632053261
RRP: £118.95Booksplease Price: £106.27The chance of being claimed against is now a major risk factor for every building designer, engineer, quantity surveyor and project manager. Apart from the cases that go to court, many other claims... -
Procurement Strategies: A Relationship-based Approach Derek Walker (RMIT University) 9780632058860
RRP: £105.95Booksplease Price: £95.21Construction has been an industry characterised by disputes, fierce competitiveness and fragmentation - all major obstacles to development. Now, however, a relationship-based approach to project... -
Strategic Management in Construction David Langford (Shrathclyde University in Glasgow) 9780632049998
RRP: £72.95Booksplease Price: £66.01This book reviews the general theory of strategy, relates it to the particular circumstances of the construction industry, and shows how it can be applied in practice. It brings together ideas from... -
Specification Writing: For Architects and Surveyors by Christopher J. Willis 9780632042067
RRP: £59.95Booksplease Price: £53.64By use of checklists, this book provides a practical tool for the building specifier. This new edition features changes to specification classifications (resulting from revisions to the Common... -
Architectural Conservation: Principles and Practice Aylin Orbasli (Oxford Brookes University) 9780632040254
RRP: £45.95Booksplease Price: £41.59This book provides an introductory text for students in built environment disciplines, as well as those who manage or own historic properties, and those embarking upon architectural conservation... -
Management Techniques Applied to the Construction Industry by Raymond Oxley 9780632038626
RRP: £70.95Booksplease Price: £64.61Now in its 5th edition, this well established text first examines individual management techniques and then demonstrates these in practice, via a large new section of case studies based on actual... -
The Building Acts and Regulations Applied: Houses and Flats by C. M. H. Barritt 9780582432154
Booksplease Price: £33.22This newly revised edition is an up-to-date and concise volume, clarifying the Building Acts and Regulations relating to houses, flats and maisonettes, for all construction professionals and students... -
Building Organisation and Procedures by George Forster 9780582413733
Booksplease Price: £80.40Topics discussed include the structure and magnitude of the construction industry, responsibilities and roles of the organisations and people within the industry.Book InformationISBN... -
Estimating and Tendering for Building Work by Ronald Carl Smith 9780582411739
Booksplease Price: £80.90"...my message to lecturers in building/quantity surveying is to 'put it on your course list for essential reading' and to students and practitioners 'buy it' " Building Technology &... -
Added Value in Design and Construction by Allan Ashworth 9780582369115
Booksplease Price: £66.97Added Value in Design and Construction takes a holistic, student-centred approach to offering public and private sector clients the ultimate reward; doing more for less. The Latham Report was a call...