Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Project Management

Improve Planning and Management on Any Construction Project with Powerful BIM Tools

Building information modeling (BIM) integrates 3D drawings and 4D animations to dramatically improve the communication, coordination, and planning of construction projects, while reducing risks, errors, and costs. Building Information Modeling is an in-depth resource that shows architects and building professionals how to capitalize on BIM concepts, tools, and techniques for their own building projects.

• An in-depth explanation of BIM concepts, tools, and techniques...

First-year students of architecture are confronted with a wealth of different ways in which to present their designs: How to construct a perspective freehand drawing? What scale should a model be? Basics Architectural Presentation combines the volumes Technical Drawing, CAD, Modelbuilding, Architectural Photography, and Freehand Drawing. In a practical approach, it conveys possible ways of presentation throughout the various project phases.

This hands-on, no-nonsense guide to running smaller projects up to 1m in value will become your 'bible' in day-to-day practice. Smaller practices often find it hard to turn a profit as they spend too much time and money, especially on the design stages, trying to compete and are unsure as to what they can safely dispense with whilst still being rigorous and delivering quality. The author provides reassurance as to how to achieve great results on a budget, utilising stripped-back and efficient solutions, while following the principles and stages of the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013.

Continuous and never ending improvement in the skills in this book will increase professional reputation and net profit

YOU MAY NOT BE USING ALL YOUR LEVELS OF MIND IN YOUR ANALYSIS BUT WHEN
YOU GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIENT'S SITE,

THEN YOU SELL YOUR SERVICE TO A SATISFIED CUSTOMER.

WHEN YOU APPLY ALL THE FACTS ABOUT CLIENT'S SITE, YOU
GAIN REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE.

DO NOT BUY A NEW OFFICE OR BUILDING OR LANDSCAPE
UNTIL YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF THAT IT WORKS

COMPARE THE TINY COST OF THIS BOOK AND THE SHORT
TIME TO ABSORB IT AGAINST THE WISDOM...

This timely new book provides an international perspective on Public Private Partnerships. Through 21 case studies, it investigates the existing and fast developing body of principles and practices from a wide range of countries and is the first book to bring together leading international academics and practitioners under a common framework that enables convenient cross-country comparisons. The authors focus on the impact of the financial crisis has had on how governments have reviewed and overhauled their PPP policies as they have examined or tested new ways of partnering more...

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. Fully revised in alignment with the April 2015 syllabus, the fifth edition provides students with all they need to tackle the course with confidence.

The book covers all the essential elements of health and safety management in construction including the legal framework, risk assessment and control standards. Highly illustrated, with information provided in a clear, easily...

Construction is one of the largest and most people-intensive industrial sectors. In many countries, however, construction is also one of the most highly criticized in terms of its employment practices and industrial relations. People and culture are too often seen as variables that must be manipulated in the cause of improved productivity.

This important new work provides an essential corrective to the current literature by focusing on people and culture rather than sector efficiency. It presents the latest thinking from a diversity of perspectives derived from a major ESRC...

In Breakthrough Project Management, Ian Heptinstall & Robert Bolton show you how, by combining proven innovations in project management and procurement, you can break the so-called 'Iron Triangle' of project management.

It is no longer a case of "Time, Cost Quality, choose any two."

Each of the two main elements of Breakthrough Project Management has been shown to bring step-change improvements in project durations, predictability, cost and quality.

Discover how Critical Chain Project Management reduces project durations by at least 25%, whilst at the same time...

Construction Management is a new comprehensive undergraduate textbook for budding construction managers. The range of coverage makes the book essential reading for students studying management courses in all construction related disciplines and ideal reading for those with non-cognate degrees studying construction management masters courses, giving them a broad base of understanding about the industry.

The book looks at the principles of management theory; those who play a part in the industry; takes the student through the financing of a new project, during its...