This innovative volume gathers some of the world's best scholars to analyse the world's collective international efforts to address globalised threats through global security governance.
Master the key principles of construction estimating and develop the skills you need to become a professional estimator with this comprehensive resource.
Construction, architecture and engineering projects are complex undertakings, involving a temporary grouping of people and companies, with different agendas and experience, coming together to achieve a project goal.
The procurement stage of the building process is critical to the success of any building project, and as such must be understood by everybody entering the industry.
Giving you the first comprehensive presentation of the ground breaking research undertaken at Heriot Watt University, with Research Council and industrial funding, this book brings a new perspective to the design of building drainage and vent systems.
Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between.
Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between.
Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) informs and enhances the usability and sustainability of building designs with lessons learned from evaluation of building performance throughout the building life cycle, from initial planning through occupancy to adaptive re-use.
Wood in Construction How to Avoid Costly Mistakes focuses on the basic principles and appropriate use of wood in construction and illustrates how to avoid or minimise problems, to ensure that wood performs as expected when used in a construction application.
Wood in Construction How to Avoid Costly Mistakes focuses on the basic principles and appropriate use of wood in construction and illustrates how to avoid or minimise problems, to ensure that wood performs as expected when used in a construction application.
Powell-Smith and Furmston s Building Contract Casebook The interaction between general principles and the provisions of the standard building and construction contracts is a central feature of construction law.
Powell-Smith and Furmston s Building Contract Casebook The interaction between general principles and the provisions of the standard building and construction contracts is a central feature of construction law.
There is a growing interest in the use of wood in new building, not least because it has low embodied energy and it is an infinitely renewable resource.
There is a growing interest in the use of wood in new building, not least because it has low embodied energy and it is an infinitely renewable resource.
The leading structural concrete design reference for over two decades updated to reflect the latest ACI 318-19 code A go-to resource for structural engineering students and professionals for over twenty years, this newly updated text on concrete structural design and analysis reflects the most recent ACI 318-19 code.
The leading structural concrete design reference for over two decades updated to reflect the latest ACI 318-19 code A go-to resource for structural engineering students and professionals for over twenty years, this newly updated text on concrete structural design and analysis reflects the most recent ACI 318-19 code.
Ensure successful construction projects through effective project scheduling and control The success of a construction project is dependent on a schedule that is well-defined yet flexible to allow for inevitable delays or changes.
Ensure successful construction projects through effective project scheduling and control The success of a construction project is dependent on a schedule that is well-defined yet flexible to allow for inevitable delays or changes.
THE #1 REFERENCE ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION UPDATED FROM THE GROUND UP Edward Allen and Joseph Iano s Fundamentals of Building Construction has been the go-to reference for thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, and construction technology for over thirty years.
THE #1 REFERENCE ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION UPDATED FROM THE GROUND UP Edward Allen and Joseph Iano s Fundamentals of Building Construction has been the go-to reference for thousands of professionals and students of architecture, engineering, and construction technology for over thirty years.
A guide to effective corporate and project management in the construction industry with a focus on the role that people play in the process Global Construction Success explores the importance that human dynamics play in risk management of construction projects.
A guide to effective corporate and project management in the construction industry with a focus on the role that people play in the process Global Construction Success explores the importance that human dynamics play in risk management of construction projects.
The revised and updated edition of this classic book on the JCT Minor Works Building Contracts The JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2016 offers a concise overview of this agreement, which continues to be the most popular JCT contract, as it used on the sorts of small works that most architects and builders encounter routinely.
The revised and updated edition of this classic book on the JCT Minor Works Building Contracts The JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2016 offers a concise overview of this agreement, which continues to be the most popular JCT contract, as it used on the sorts of small works that most architects and builders encounter routinely.
This book deals with the management and valuation of energy storage in electric power grids, highlighting the interest of storage systems in grid applications and developing management methodologies based on artificial intelligence tools.
This book deals with the management and valuation of energy storage in electric power grids, highlighting the interest of storage systems in grid applications and developing management methodologies based on artificial intelligence tools.
Explores and brings together the existent body of knowledge on building performance analysisShortlisted in the CIBSE 2020 Building Performance Awards Building performance is an important yet surprisingly complex concept.
Explores and brings together the existent body of knowledge on building performance analysisShortlisted in the CIBSE 2020 Building Performance Awards Building performance is an important yet surprisingly complex concept.
