Construction and heavy industry

This book brings together a broad range of research that interrogates how real estate market analysis, finance, planning, and investment for residential and commercial developments across the African continent are undertaken.

This book provides readers with an understanding of various concepts, benefits, and practices that the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technolo>gies can bring when working towards sustainable construction goals.

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

A successful construction business is a knowledge business.

Very few books explore the problems which are particular to the relationship between Specialist Contractors and the Main Contractor, or Clients with whom they are in contract.

Low construction labour productivity and the inadequate welfare of construction workers are consistent challenges in developing countries.

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

Equip learners with the tools for success in a career as a plumber with this comprehensive and updated edition of our bestselling textbook, published in association with City & Guilds.

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.

Advanced Structural Analysis: From Theory to Computer Implementation (OpenSees Examples with Python Code Solutions) starts by laying out the differential equations governing various structural elements and shows how to solve simple structures directly using concepts from differential equations and boundary value problems.

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.

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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 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.

This Handbook provides the knowledge needed to design and deploy proactive construction project procurement and delivery systems based on essentials while addressing emerging construction industry imperatives in order to boost overall performance.

This book presents the proceedings of an international symposium which aimed to establish at the highest level the best practice and research in three important scientific and technical themes within the domain of residential buildings across the European Community: quality management and liability building economics construction management.

Any project which involves an EPC contract is also likely to involve a number of other complicated contracts.

Complications arising from poor collaboration are the source of a variety of the construction industry's biggest problems.

This book offers a new understanding of innovation in the built environment.

Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction has been specially written for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety each year.

Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts.

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.

This book will provide readers with an understanding of the employability concept and develop an employability skills improvement model to enhance the employability of built environment graduates to foster economic development.

WHY DO BUILDINGS COLLAPSE IN EARTHQUAKES?

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

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

Taxonomy is the common name for an EU regulation that supports companies in sustainable environmental and climate action (Regulation [EU] No.

Tackle the core component of your T Level with this comprehensive resource published in association with City & Guilds.

This book explores construction digitalisation, particularly in developing countries.

Clients have been identified as critical for building delivery but have been under-researched with only a few studies about them.

The application of quality tools and techniques in construction projects has a great influence on the cost-effectiveness results of construction projects and achieving successful project performance.

The construction industry is a microcosm of the economy as a whole, and as such the economics of the sector contains many of the aspects of the economy in general, albeit with fascinating and unique features.

This is the first of two volumes containing the proceedings of the 1996 international conference: 'The steel industry in the new millennium: innovation, strategy and markets'.

Unique among construction project management textbooks, Management of Construction Projects, third edition, takes the constructor's perspective, carefully analyzing a complex, real-world construction case study from multiple angles to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and techniques students require to become successful project managers.

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

Risk is related to the magnitude and uncertainty of an output (consequence or outcome); outputs take on different identities in different disciplines and situations.

Discover BIM: A better way to build better buildings Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers a novel approach to design, construction, and facility management in which a digital representation of the building product and process is used to facilitate the exchange and interoperability of information in digital format.

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.

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.

Risk is related to the magnitude and uncertainty of an output (consequence or outcome); outputs take on different identities in different disciplines and situations.

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.

Originally published in 1948, A History of Cast Iron in Architecture is a comprehensive history of the part that has been played by cast iron in architecture and the allied arts in Britain.

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

This book examines how safety failings during the use of any designed product or system-be it a car, a building, or a chemical plant-can be mitigated through effective understanding of the conditions and controls surrounding its use.

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management.

This book describes current best practice in managing construction.

This book presents a new way of thinking about, teaching, learning, and practicing real estate development.