Construction Industry

This book lays out the evolution of the often contested construction management discipline. How is the field defined? What has been discovered to d...

Historically known for its significant environmental footprint, the construction industry faces increasing pressure to evolve in a landscape where ...

People and Organizational Management in Construction, Second Edition applies management concepts to the construction industry, addressing the ways ...

Equip your learners with the tools for success in a career as a plumber with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, pu...

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its...

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its...

Brickwork Level 3 has been adapted from John Hodge's classic Brickwork for Apprentices the established textbook on brickwork for bricklayers. Desi...

Brickwork Level 3 has been adapted from John Hodge's classic Brickwork for Apprentices the established textbook on brickwork for bricklayers. Desi...

Building International Construction Alliances is the first book to address the challenges of international cooperation between medium-sized constru...

Practice management for Land, Construction and Property Professionals presents the expert views and practical experience of researchers and practit...

Managing building services contractors can prove to be a minefield. The most successful jobs will always be those where building site managers have...

This book presents the proceedings of a major conference held in April 1991 at the Manchester Business School, examining current issues and new dir...

Brickwork Level 2 has been adapted from John Hodges classic Brickwork for Apprentices the established textbook on brickwork for bricklayers. Desig...

The financing of modern construction projects reflects the need to address the costs and benefits of the whole life of the project. This means that...

Today, software applications make cost estimation and management easier than ever before, but the role played by a construction professional who un...

As usage of the NEC family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone wo...

As usage of the NEC family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone wo...

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in t...

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of ...

Successful cost management and value engineering in construction is based on accurate and early estimations of cost, and this book is the quickest ...

Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction serves as a pivotal resource in construction management education, focusing primarily on heavy c...

Introduction to Modern Infrastructure Construction serves as a pivotal resource in construction management education, focusing primarily on heavy c...

A paradigm shift is happening at this moment. Firms and consumers are aware of the fact that they cause environmental pollution, depletion of resou...

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM Regulations 2007) is a revision of a major piece of legislation within the wide port...

The essential, authoritative guide to providing accurate, systematic, and reliable estimating for construction projectsnewly revised Pricing and bi...

Written by a member of the FIDIC Presidents List of Adjudicators, this detailed and critical commentary on the FIDIC Red Book provides authoritativ...

The building sector exerts huge pressure on the built and natural environment and despite significant efforts to minimise the consequences, the Int...

Equip yourself with the tools for success in Electrical Installations with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, publ...

This carefully researched book covers trends in residential construction, commercial construction, real estate brokerage, property management, inve...

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession. It begins by explaining the construction industry st...

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession. It begins by explaining the construction industry st...

Good building performance is contingent on complex, interacting factors. The application of performance simulation tools allows practitioners to ad...

This book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusion...

Focusing on budgeting and estimating -- the least understood but most important factors of a contracting business -- this guide shows contractors h...

This book presents the findings from recent research into practices and applications of Target Value Delivery that is, setting budgets based on a ...

Future Challenges in Sustainable Development within the Built Environment stimulates and reinterprets the demands of Responsible and Sustainable De...

Approved Document H provides guidance on observing the Building Regulations concerned with drainage and waste disposal. This is an essential refere...