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Managing Risk
Nigel J. Smith
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Tony Merna
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Paul Jobling
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405130127
Written by a group of academics and practitioners, this guide is for construction practitioners having to manage real projects. It shows how the risk management process improves decision making in conditions of uncertainty.
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Building Care
Brian Wood
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9780632060498
Building care encompasses everything from maintenance of a building to energy conservation and range of approaches, including the effects on design. A range of approaches to looking after buildings and their users is covered in this book. The ...
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Building Surveys and Reports
Edward A. Noy
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405121477
This book deals with structural surveys for all types of building - domestic industrial and commercial - and includes diagnosis of a wide range of defects. It considers both modern and older construction methods, and deals with the particular ...
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Principles of Construction Safety
Allan St John Holt
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9780632056828
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.
This book provides a unique resource for all those who construct or procure the construction of ...
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Building Ecology
Peter Graham
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9780632064137
Buildings consume 40% of our planet’s materials and 30% of its energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes of raw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild waste stream . If we want to survive our urban future, there is ...
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Construction Management
Denny Mcgeorge
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Angela Palmer
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9780632060429
The construction industry continues to face substantial demands for improvement in quality and cost control, and a reduction in contract disputes. A number of management concepts have been promoted to help achieve this, but many in the industry ...
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Evaluating Contract Claims
R. Peter Davison
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John Mullen
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN : 9781405159203
Most medium to large construction contracts include a claim for extra payment for variations or disruption to the programme. Whilst the causes of the claim are often well documented, what can and cannot be included in the payment is often ...
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