Construction and heavy industry

Saudi Arabia (1986) is a major study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia following its establishment as a leading world exporter of oil.

Building automation systems and digital technologies are highly relevant for the environmental and energy performance of buildings.

The British Economy After Oil (1988) examines the future paths for the British economy as North Sea oil runs out.

Since it came into force on 31 January 1997 the Arbitration Act 1996 has generally been welcomed by users and practitioners in the construction industry.

This second edition of Building Procurement has been revised to take into account recent developments in procurement, such as the Private Finance initiative, as well as some of the recommendations in the Latham Report and its working groups.

This is a book about how to manage the processes involved in a construction project towards a sustainable and regenerative endproduct.

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Green Roofs, Facades, and Vegetative Systems: Safety Aspects in the Standards analyzes codes, standards and official documents from countries around the world, including: the United States and Canada in North America, Germany, France and Italy in Europe, and Australia, Singapore, Japan and Thailand in Asia.

A practical, hands-on guide to real-world construction estimating How to Estimate with RSMeans Data is the only instructional book on construction cost estimating that uses the most popular source of construction cost data, RS Means.

Construction Project Management: An Integrated Approach is a management approach to leading projects and the effective choice and use of project management tools and techniques.

This book is a comprehensive and objective study of the theory and construction methods of metro construction in hard rock stratum.

The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping.

Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design.

LA PLANEACIÓN, PROGRAMACIÓN Y CONTROL son las fases necesarias para la materialización de cualquier obra de construcción, bien sea una vía, represa, edificación o un sistema de abastecimiento y evacuación de aguas.

Relationship Management and the Management of Projects is a guide to successfully building and managing relationships as a project manager and in the project business.

This book examines real estate markets and urban development in Central America, Mexico and The Caribbean (CAMEC).

Liability for the design of a building or structure is of fundamental concern to construction professionals, design-build contractors, specialist sub-contractors, and lawyers.

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This third book from editors Rick Best and Jim Meikle brings together and presents insights into a number of key concepts in the study of construction firms, projects and the group of activities that loosely define the construction industry.

Recent Developments and Innovations in the Sustainable Production of Concrete covers the various aspects of sources, materials, and waste products in concrete production, innovation in materials-new technological developments, and the upgradation of existing concrete production systems.

China's emergence as the world's second largest economy has been driven by more than four decades of explosive growth.

Conciliation of Construction Industry Disputes describes Conciliation as it has evolved and been practised in Ireland for the past 25 years and provides readers with practical guidance on this Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) method.

This book discusses three key aspects of business operations: sustainability, human factors, and smart manufacturing, which make up modern business.

The construction logistics manager plays an increasingly central role in the construction process.

If youre good with your hands and have a great business sense, now is the time to start your own construction or contracting firm.

This book is a novel contribution to a field dominated by conventional approaches to project management; it is about narratives in megaprojects.

Today construction industry is being asked more and more to protect the quality of the countryside and to help enhance our natural environment.

Risk Pricing Strategies for Public-Private Partnership Projects Innovation in the Built Environment The complexity of public private partnership (PPP) project procurement requires an effective process for pricing, managing and appropriate allocation of risks.

Highway Engineering: Planning, Design, and Operations, Second Edition, presents a clear and rigorous exposition of highway engineering concepts, including project development and the relationship between planning, operations, safety and highway types.

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As urbanization, digitalization, rising social expectations, and the quest for greener development become increasingly important and called for, a need to transform infrastructure and its management has become more pronounced.

This book presents wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), its variants, processing steps, and the mechanical and microstructural aspects of developed components, along with a logical sequence that provides a ready reference.

As an industrial process, construction is unique.

Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together.

This proceedings brings together one hundred and ten selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced High Strength Steel and Press Hardening (ICHSU2015), which was held in Changsha, China, during October 15-18, 2015.

Steel companies were at the birth of the modern business corporation.

Use of the NEC4 suite of contracts continues to grow and the new edition of Understanding the NEC4 Term Service Contract includes significant additional materials and changes since its original publication immediately after the initial release of the NEC4 contracts.

In an increasingly globalised built environment industry, achieving higher levels of integration across organisational and software boundaries can lead to improved economic, social and environmental outcomes.

Today's construction environment is changing at an unprecedented pace and executives are facing a diverse set of issues - globalization, economics, workforce demographics, and technology.

This book details the latest information on the applied methods and techniques being used for quality control of concrete construction worldwide.

The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning.

Learn how Single-Task Construction Robots (STCRs) can improve productivity in the construction industry with this application-oriented volume.

Soldiers and Oil (1978) examines Nigeria under military rule from 1966 to 1978, a period of political change as well as economic - the period also saw a twenty-fold increase in Nigerian oil revenues.

Damping Technologies for Tall Buildings provides practical advice on the selection, design, installation and testing of damping systems.

This book serves as a helpful guide for anyone interested in understanding and implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in developing countries.

This book is a wide-ranging exploration of PR and communication in the construction industry, with a strong emphasis on communications theory, strategy and technique.

Real Estate Economics: A point-to-point handbook introduces the main tools and concepts of real estate (RE) economics.

This book aims to conceptualise the implementation of building information modelling (BIM) in the workplace health and safety (WHS) management of construction projects to reduce occupational accidents.