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Construction contractors must regularly wade through complicated contractual and technical issues. Claims and disputes can ruin a project or prevent it from even getting started. While many studies ……続きを見る

Dave is a man of determination and dedication in overcoming a challengea man who will not take no for an answer. After a near-fatal airplane accident, Daves doctors told him he would never walk agai……続きを見る

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 bui……続きを見る

This book is a guide on how to begin, nurture and finish successful construction projects. Written for contractors, property owners and anyone involved in the construction process, the book is rich ……続きを見る

Principles of Tropical Air Conditioning is written with the humid tropics in mind. It is intended to meet the syllabus of the Higher National Diploma (HND) or equivalent professional examinations in……続きを見る

Sekar K , My Experiments with Project and Personnel Management This book is a treasure of project management with rich hands on experiences portrayed in a simple manner, deals with four stages of pr……続きを見る

Even More Schedule for Sale is the second guidebook by Geoff Ryan on the subject of construction productivity for industrial projects. It describes the step-by-step application of the industry’s bes……続きを見る

You will be introduced to what is achievable today in technology that has massive implications and applications for senior living care and design. Imagine 19 years ago and your first experience with……続きを見る

The material used for subgrade or embankment construction are variable in color, texture and density-moisture relationship. To adequately control the compaction and field densities of these material……続きを見る

Maintaining complete, comprehensive, detailing records of every process or deliverable items is fundamentally essential to the efficient control of the work, to the achievement of all Company and Pr……続きを見る

The construction site, a life form all it's own. A living and thriving entity. From it's infant stage, all the way to adulthood. From start to finish and all that goes on in between makes the constr……続きを見る

This book is an attempt to combine all the books, literatures, researches and universities masters theses available for a shortcut fundamental knowledge to design basic passive or natural ventilatio……続きを見る

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 probl……続きを見る

This is the third book of the series that has documented best practice within the building industry, detailing the many processes required to procure buildings. The first book, titled City of Layers……続きを見る

This book simplifies electrical power engineering. Equations are avoided as far as possible to provide a working knowledge of the field. 続きを見る

A practical approach full of real life experiences, sprinkled with humor, and recommended to any construction manager seeking to improve their knowledge. A welcome approach that deviates from the th……続きを見る

This book provides a single-source reference for whole life embodied impacts of buildings. The comprehensive and persuasive text, written by over 50 invited experts from across the world, offers an ……続きを見る

Post-war Europe and Asia have seen the rapid development of German and Japan from a war torn countries into two of the most powerful nations in the world. Their achievement is nothing short of mirac……続きを見る

You’re on the shortlist! Now what? Your prospect knows your team looks good on paper, but is the team ready for the Selection Committee? In Winning AEC Interviews, Dean Lincoln Hyers and Pete Machal……続きを見る

This book brings forward the concept of the geology-environmental capacity of ground buildings. It quantifies the geology-environmental capacity of ground buildings by analyzing the main factors of ……続きを見る

As part of the PocketArchitecture Series, this volume focuses on inclusive design and its allied fieldsーergonomics, accessibility, and participatory design. This book aims for the direct applicatio……続きを見る

Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping. What does it all mean? The complex and evolving language u……続きを見る

Several international and European institutions have given increasing importance to sustainable approaches to our existing building stock and the role of built heritage in this process. At the same ……続きを見る

The design of tall buildings and complex structures involves challenging activities, including: scheme design, modelling, structural analysis and detailed design. This book provides structural desig……続きを見る

This book describes exemplary selected projects carried out in the Trentino-Alto Adige region (Italy) exploring numerous building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) systems (i.e. modules, construction ……続きを見る

Integrated management systems (IMS) are an innovative way of handling the plethora of management functions and procedures that are applied throughout major construction projects. Contracting compani……続きを見る

This edition features a new chapter on computational methods that presents the basic principles on which most modern computer programs are developed. It introduces an example on rotor balancing and ……続きを見る

Building Product Models thoroughly presents the concepts, technology, and methods now used to work out what will become the building product model - a new, digital representation for architecture, c……続きを見る

This text methodically demonstrates the basic rules for the design criteria of earthfill and rockfill dams. It expertly guides the reader from preliminary work through the design of various embankme……続きを見る

Like the first edition, the central question this book addresses is how virtual reality can be used in the design, production and management of the built environment. The book aims to consider three……続きを見る