Construction and building industry

Innovation in construction is essential for growth.

There are many text books about engineering design and some include project evaluation techniques.

There are many text books about engineering design and some include project evaluation techniques.

Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade.

Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade.

There are probably 20-25 subcontracts entered into for every major building contract.

With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically.

The book explains why the real estate and construction industries are organised in the ways they are and then relates those characteristics to long-term market behaviour.

This is the first post-Egan book to look at benchmarking and KPIs (key performance indicators) in the construction industry.

The Joint Contracts Tribunal are publishing a completely new standard form of contract for large clients on major construction projects.

To deliver a construction project on time, at cost and of appropriate quality, it is critical to manage the design and construction process effectively.

Public Private Partnership is a key issue in the construction industry causing much concern among contractors, funders and facility managers.

Construction has been an industry characterised by disputes, fierce competitiveness and fragmentation - all major obstacles to development.

The construction industry has not had a good record on health and safety and faces tough legal and financial penalties for breaches of the law.

Adjudication was introduced in construction contracts as a requirement of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act in 1998 to tackle the large number of disputes which dog most projects.

This 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.

A lively, personalized account incorporating objective analysis and solid information accumulated over 42 years, this book presents a graphic picture of the construction industry from an insider's point of view.

Talk with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed!

ELIMINATE CONSTRUCTION MISTAKES AND MINIMIZE YOUR EXPOSURE TO EXPENSE AND LITIGATION WITH DEFECT-FREE BUILDINGSNothing packs a more costly punch and ruins a project faster than a construction defect dispute.

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The concept of a circular economy in the construction sector captures global material flow through product design, inverse logistics, innovation and collaborations.

Provision of infrastructure development continues to be a great concern in emerging economies, particularly in ensuring sustainable growth through business continuity, and human development.

Now in its thirty-first edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2012 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs.

Questions of insurance arise in virtually all constructions cases.

Questions of insurance arise in virtually all constructions cases.