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Book Synopsis Rethinking Building Skins by : Eugenia Gasparri
Download or read book Rethinking Building Skins written by Eugenia Gasparri and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Building Skins: Transformative Technologies and Research Trajectories provides a comprehensive collection of the most relevant and forward-looking research in the field of façade design and construction today, with a focus on both product and process innovation. The book brings together the expertise, creativity, and critical thinking of more than fifty global innovators from both academia and industry, to guide the reader in translating research into practice. It identifies new opportunities for the construction sector to respond to present challenges, towards a more sustainable, efficient, connected, and safe future. Introduces the reader to the role of façades with respect to the main challenges ahead Provides an overview of the major façade technological advancements throughout history and identifies prospective research trajectories Includes interviews with key industry players from different backgrounds and expertise Showcases a comprehensive range of leading research topics in the field, organised by product and process innovation Covers major innovations across the value chain including façade design, fabrication, construction, operation and maintenance, and end-of-life Contributes towards the definition of an international research agenda and identifies emerging market opportunities for the façade industry
Book Synopsis Rethinking Construction by : Construction Task Force (Great Britain)
Download or read book Rethinking Construction written by Construction Task Force (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Construction Reports 1944-98 by : Mike Murray
Download or read book Construction Reports 1944-98 written by Mike Murray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that in order to know where we are going, we needto know where we have been. For some years the constructionindustry has been challenged to deliver better performance in termsof value for money, timelier construction and defect free building.Behind this remodelling of an industry is Government. The interestby Government is not new, and report after report in the post warperiod has exhorted the industry to perform better. This book documents how Government, through influential reports,has sought to shape the performance and attitudes of parties to theconstruction industry. It provides a critical review of 12 of themost significant, setting these against their political, social andeconomic background, and offers a ready reference and critique forresearchers of construction management, government andeconomics.
Book Synopsis Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering by : Mustafa Alshawi
Download or read book Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering written by Mustafa Alshawi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can organisations migrate from technology to IT-enabled business thinking? Based on the author's twenty years research experience, this book provides a holistic picture of the factors that enable architecture, construction and engineering organisations to explore the potential of IT to improve their businesses and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It raises awareness of the importance of the organisational 'soft issues' and the role they play in influencing the outcome of IT investments as well as addressing other complementary enablers, such as knowledge management, learning organisations, maturity models and e-readiness measurements. Real case studies are used throughout the book to illustrate various concepts and to provide the reader with a realistic and practical picture. Rethinking IT in Construction & Engineering is ideal for lecturers and researchers in architecture, construction and engineering as well as professionals at managerial level in industry.
Book Synopsis Doing it Differently by : D. I. Blockley
Download or read book Doing it Differently written by D. I. Blockley and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a serious and impressive work. It will help those who are committed to changing the industry to create structures to do so, whether in one area or in totality. It offers a whole range of powerful tools, which will be particularly useful to those with the personal drive to apply them to rethinking construction. It is packed with examples that help to flesh out a rigorous analysis of how the industry can improve."David Fison, Kvaerner Construction
Book Synopsis Rethinking Earned Value & Schedule Management on Construction Projects by : J. Gerard Boyle
Download or read book Rethinking Earned Value & Schedule Management on Construction Projects written by J. Gerard Boyle and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential, groundbreaking book for public and private buyers of construction, contractors and sub-contractors, designers, project managers, lawyers, Earned Value specialists, forensic claims analysts, schedulers, dispute resolution experts, academics, and anyone interested in improving performance and productivity on construction projects. Among the topics discussed are the following: - Exhaustive critique of existing Earned Value analysis that compels changes to current theory and practice - New Earned Value analytics for construction, integrated with resource-loaded CPM schedules represent a paradigm change - Worked examples of resource-loaded CPM schedules using the new EV Performance analytics - Identification of reliable performance thresholds for progress, productivity and resources - Understanding the interconnection of progress and productivity and performance patterns over time - How to create meaningful, resource-loaded, CPM schedules - Analyzing schedule float in concert with the new analytics - Why current cause and effect delay analysis is fundamentally flawed because it ignores root causes - Why delay claim analysis must always account for productivity - The problem common to all contract delivery methods and how to correct it - Why construction projects fail - Specific steps in creating a successful construction program - Game theoretical & other approaches to implementing a performance-based system - Using commercial dispute resolution to contemporaneously resolve claims and improve performance going forward - The importance of probabilistic (Monte Carlo) schedule analysis & problems with current practice
Book Synopsis Managing Innovation in Construction by : Martyn Jones
Download or read book Managing Innovation in Construction written by Martyn Jones and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215521774 Total Pages :396 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (217 download)
Book Synopsis Construction Matters by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee
Download or read book Construction Matters written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business and Enterprise Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 1090-i, session 2006-07
Book Synopsis The Future of International Construction by : Ranko Bon
Download or read book The Future of International Construction written by Ranko Bon and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conceptual framework - The international consturction market - The future of international construction- the annual surveys - Conclusions - References - Appendices
Book Synopsis Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry by : Allan Ashworth
Download or read book Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry written by Allan Ashworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated to take into account recent legislation, this book provides a sound basis for students. It gives them an understanding of the principles involved in contractual and procurement arrangements in the construction industry.
Book Synopsis Construction Risk in Coastal Engineering by : Jonathan Simm
Download or read book Construction Risk in Coastal Engineering written by Jonathan Simm and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1998 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is currently an ongoing programme of UK harbour and marina development, encouraged by government investment. This book offers a detailed analysis of the risks involved in coastal engineering.
Book Synopsis Making Sense of Construction Improvement by : Stuart Green
Download or read book Making Sense of Construction Improvement written by Stuart Green and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense of Construction Improvement provides a critical evaluation of the construction improvement debate from the end of the Second World War through to the modern era. The book offers unique insights into the way the UK construction sector is continuously shaped and re-shaped in accordance with changes in the prevailing political economy. This second edition brings the book up to date by including coverage of key trends from 2010–2023. The book has been substantially revised and reworked to include new material relating to the ‘age of austerity’ and the subsequent period of political uncertainty initiated by the Brexit referendum. Changes in the political economy are positioned alongside the rise of the sustainability agenda and the advent of ‘zero carbon’. Particular attention is paid to the ongoing skills crisis and the over-hyped advocacy of modern methods of construction (MMC) as the latest supposed panacea of industry improvement. Coverage includes the Farmer (2016) report Modernise or Die and the Construction Playbook (HM Government, 2020). However, perhaps the most important addition is a focus on the Grenfell Disaster (2017) and the subsequent revelations from the public enquiry. Further intermediate milestones include Building a Safer Future (Hackitt, 2018) and the Construction Sector Deal (HM Government, 2018). The emerging consensus points towards a systemic failure involving not only the construction sector but also the entire system of regulation and compliance. Tracing the failings back over time and scrutinising the role played by previous generations of policymakers, Stuart Green ultimately argues that Grenfell was a disaster entirely foretold. The insightful and critical analysis of the industry contained within these pages is essential and timely reading for anyone who wants to understand how the construction sector arrived at where it is today, and with that knowledge, give further thought to where it might go next.
Book Synopsis Towards an Ecology of Tectonics by : Claus Bech-Danielsen
Download or read book Towards an Ecology of Tectonics written by Claus Bech-Danielsen and published by Axel Menges. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecology is, in this case, defined in its widest sense, which includes the cycling of resources, systems of social organisation and the environmental context. Tectonics--a concept with a long tradition in architecture and architectural theory--is comparable to ecology. It relates to the design and assembly of structural elements, and implies a holistic approach to materials, to construction technology and to the design of structures. It is more than merely an instrumental strategy: it extends into the poetic, which elevates it to the status of a cultural practice. This book is part of a research project conducted by leading academics associated with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, the Aarhus School of Architecture and the Danish Building Research Institute.
Book Synopsis Communication in Construction by : Andrew Dainty
Download or read book Communication in Construction written by Andrew Dainty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practical guidance on possible solutions to communication problems, featuring a number of examples related to the construction industry.
Book Synopsis Construction Partnering and Integrated Teamworking by : Gill Thomas
Download or read book Construction Partnering and Integrated Teamworking written by Gill Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘As long as government continues to push collaborative working and best value, partnering will be in vogue’ If you are implementing partnering in your organisation and don’t know where to start, this book covers everything you’ll need - explaining all aspects of the partnering relationship from scratch. Construction Partnering & Integrated Teamworking provides information and instruction on the full range of topics in sufficient depth and tells you: how to do it the tools you’ll need the pitfalls to avoid. With its accessible and practical approach, Construction Partnering & Integrated Teamworking trains you in the essential elements of partnering. The authors Since setting up Mike Thomas Ltd in 1997, Gill and Mike Thomas have facilitated more than 400 project and strategic team workshops including partnering, value and risk management, post-project reviews, team-building and best practice training.
Book Synopsis Managing Diversity and Equality in Construction by : Andrew W. Gale
Download or read book Managing Diversity and Equality in Construction written by Andrew W. Gale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With women in the UK construction industry constituting just thirteen per cent of the workforce and black and Asian workers numbering less that two per cent, despite representing more than six per cent of the working population, diversity is a problem that the construction industry needs to tackle directly. In this title, diversity management is presented as an opportunity for the construction industry. Work is presented from several different countries and regions, in North America, Australia and Europe to provide a comprehensive picture of this complex and often sensitive issue. Going beyond the traditional topics of gender and racial discrimination contributions encompass a wide range of diversity issues facing the construction industry, including sexual orientation, disability and the work-life balance. Essential reading for construction managers and a valuable resource for post-graduate researchers, this key title provides not only a thorough exposition of contemporary research but also supplies the practical diagnostic tools, and techniques to successfully manage diversity in construction and the information to adhere to the law.
Book Synopsis Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry by : Michael Murray
Download or read book Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry written by Michael Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction process, right through from planning and design to use and demolition, has a major impact on society. Traditionally, concern has been focused on its environmental impact and the quest for sustainability, but this has now extended into the wider remit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Essentially, this means that businesses must act (voluntarily) in a socially ethical manner by developing a policy that encompasses the core principles enshrined by CSR. A unique presentation on a topic of emerging importance, Corporate Social Responsibility in the Construction Industry is essential reading for all built environment undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as CEOs and senior managers within construction businesses who may be about to embark on developing a CSR strategy.
