Construction category: 2089 books

With a user-friendly style and a strong theoretical base, Business Organisation for Construction provides readers with the tools required to skillfully and successfully operate a business in today's construction industry. Arranged into three sections, Chris March explains: strategy and vision,...

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 builds exactly what you want for the price you want and finish on schedule. Everyone then goes away, happy...

Construction Case Law Summaries is a review of current construction case law that have been decided in court. The author, Michael T. Callahan has been a practicing construction consultant for the 26 years, focusing on construction claims and litigation

Construction Case Law Summaries is a review of current construction case law that have been decided in court. The author, Michael T. Callahan has been a practicing construction consultant for the 26 years, focusing on construction claims and litigation

An exhaustive, business-boosting reference, Construction Operations Manual of Policies and Procedures, Fourth Edition, by Andrew Civitello, Jr., is loaded with procedures and step-by-step details for successfully managing construction operations. You get nearly 500 pages of methods, strategies and tactics,...

Construction is one of the largest and most people-intensive industrial sectors. In many countries, however, construction is also one of the most highly criticized in terms of its employment practices and industrial relations. People and culture are too often seen as variables that must be manipulated...

Get Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Helping The Earth And Using Green Construction! Is the fact that you would like to learn how to use green construction and help out Mother Earth but just don't know how to get started making you feel really bad... maybe you have even thought...

The ISO 9000 family of quality standards has been adopted world-wide as a framework for building better relationships between suppliers and customers. Originally a manufacturing-industry concern, quality is now acknowledged to be a key issue for the construction sector whose clients increasingly demand...

The Latest, Most Effective Engineering and Construction project Management Strategies Fully revised throughout, this up-to-date guide presents the principles and techniques of managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual phase, through design and construction, to completion....

Construction Case Law Summaries is a review of current construction case law that have been decided in court. The author, Michael T. Callahan has been a practicing construction consultant for the 26 years, focusing on construction claims and litigation

Securing the Outdoor Construction Site: Strategy, Prevention, and Mitigation offers a holistic view of security planning for vulnerable capital projects, providing the strategic and tactical plans needed to protect large areas with a minimum investment in personnel and equipment. This book...

Construction projects involve a complex set of relationships, between parties with different professional backgrounds trying to achieve a very complex goal. Under these difficult circumstances, the quality of information on which projects are based should be of the highest possible standard. The line-based,...

This book presents the state of the art in advanced customization within the sector of architectural design and construction, explaining important new technologies that are boosting design, product and process innovation and identifying the challenges to be confronted as we move toward a mass customization...

Students studying construction management and related subjects need to have a broad understanding of the major aspects of controlling the building processes. Operations Management for Construction is one of three textbooks (Business Organisation, Operations Management and Finance Control) written...