Construction and heavy industry

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.

The JCT standard forms of building contract require a thorough understanding of their procedural requirements, as well as their legal implications.

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.

A recent construction project in Singapore involved a Russian plant, a Japanese management team, Australian and Italian engineers, Thai steel workers and a labour force from throughout Asia .

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.

The role of the expert witness has long been important in construction litigation and arbitration and most other types of dispute resolution.

The chance of being claimed against is now a major risk factor for every building designer, engineer, quantity surveyor and project manager.

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.

In recent years, metals have been among the safest and most lucrative investments around, but they are not entirely risk free.

Global value chains (GVCs) are fraught with the phenomenon of fragmentation and dispersion of production across the world.

Global value chains (GVCs) are fraught with the phenomenon of fragmentation and dispersion of production across the world.

Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction is the new and enhanced edition of the pioneering book Modern Construction by Lincoln H.

Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction is the new and enhanced edition of the pioneering book Modern Construction by Lincoln H.

The global construction sector is infamous for high levels of injuries, accidents and fatalities, and poor health and well-being of its workforce.

The global construction sector is infamous for high levels of injuries, accidents and fatalities, and poor health and well-being of its workforce.

The globally spreading privatisation wave that occurred in the 1990s deeply changed the structure of economic institutions worldwide.

The globally spreading privatisation wave that occurred in the 1990s deeply changed the structure of economic institutions worldwide.

Global construction data is vital for contractors, governments, international organisations, policy makers, academic researchers and statisticians.

Global construction data is vital for contractors, governments, international organisations, policy makers, academic researchers and statisticians.

The need for a skilled, motivated and effective workforce is fundamental to the creation of the built environment across the world.

The need for a skilled, motivated and effective workforce is fundamental to the creation of the built environment across the world.

Effective risk and opportunity management is key to the successful delivery of any major engineering and construction project.

Effective risk and opportunity management is key to the successful delivery of any major engineering and construction project.

Much has been written about Building Information Modelling (BIM) driving collaboration and innovation, but how will future quality managers and engineers develop digital capabilities in augmented and video realities, with business intelligence platforms, robots, new materials, artificial intelligence, blockchains, drones, laser scanning, data trusts, 3D printing and many other types of technological advances in construction?

Much has been written about Building Information Modelling (BIM) driving collaboration and innovation, but how will future quality managers and engineers develop digital capabilities in augmented and video realities, with business intelligence platforms, robots, new materials, artificial intelligence, blockchains, drones, laser scanning, data trusts, 3D printing and many other types of technological advances in construction?

Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level 3 and 4 mathematics for the Pearson BTEC National and BTEC HNC/HND in Construction, Building Services, and Civil Engineering.

Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level 3 and 4 mathematics for the Pearson BTEC National and BTEC HNC/HND in Construction, Building Services, and Civil Engineering.

Modelled on the concept of Industry 4.

Modelled on the concept of Industry 4.

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection.

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

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection.

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

Design of Steel Structures: Materials, Connections, and Components systematically introduces the basic concepts and principles of the subject of "e;Design of steel structure"e;.

Steel-concrete composite structures, including concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures and concrete-filled double skin steel tubular (CFDST) structures, have seen a significant increase in use in the modern construction industry due to their superior structural performance compared to conventional steel bare sections and reinforced concrete (RC) structures.

Prestressing concrete technology is critical to understanding problems in existing civic structures including railway and highway bridges; to the rehabilitation of older structures; and to the design of new high-speed railway and long-span highway bridges.

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.

Steel-concrete composite structures, including concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures and concrete-filled double skin steel tubular (CFDST) structures, have seen a significant increase in use in the modern construction industry due to their superior structural performance compared to conventional steel bare sections and reinforced concrete (RC) structures.

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.

A Unified Hardening Constitutive Theory for Soils: Fundamentals of Plasticity for Geomaterials provides a unified hardening (UH) theory capable of uniformly describing the behaviors of both sand and clay.

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.

Ideal for removing large amounts of liquids from wells, Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP) are perhaps the most versatile and profitable pieces of equipment in a petroleum company's arsenal.