Written to strengthen the support offered to students and diminish the burden felt by academics, this book examines several strategies to effectively manage a growing number of students, and a changing student profile in the built environment sector. It includes a section, which is devoted to virtual learning.

Complications arising from poor collaboration are the source of a variety of the construction industry's biggest problems. It is now widely recognised that an effective collaboration strategy based on the implementation of information systems and careful consideration of the wider organisational issues is to key to delivering construction projects successfully. Against a backdrop of rapidly developing communication techologies, and continuing efforts to improve working practices, this book provides clear explanations of how to successfully devise and implement a collaboration strategy. The...