Economic impact on the construction industry in S.A
ISBN: 9783659364426 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much has been said and written about the lack of sustainability in the building industry for many years, a condition that has been exacerbated by poor economic growth in general. We also know that the investment in residential buildings was largely responsible for a measure of growth in the past years, but how do we build on this? What role can we play to maintained quality standard within the infrastructure and to improve investment in the non-residential sector of our industry and of our country? What is required to get this engine for growth into gear and to increase our contribution to...
Much has been said and written about the lack of sustainability in the building industry for many years, a condition that has been exacerbated by poor...
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222,26 zł |
21st Century Technologies for Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781481748605 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty-First-Century Technology for the Construction Industry is a book that reveals the uses of modern technology in construction industry. It is vital for anyone who is directly or indirectly involved in construction projects, whether in the practical or educational aspect. More important, it is pertinent for any government that plans to strengthen its budget and alleviate poverty among its people. This book, besides being revealing, informative, and educational, describes procedures that are implementable. Kayesh Technologies, a Nigerian-based IT firm with partners across the globe, can...
Twenty-First-Century Technology for the Construction Industry is a book that reveals the uses of modern technology in construction industry. It is vit...
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Accident Prevention Using Cbr in Construction Industry
ISBN: 9783659233340 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Infact this publication may be the First one to reflect that too in a big volume. It will be more useful for safety team working in construction projects.Over the last few years an alternative reasoning and problem solving method known as Case Based Reasoning (CBR) has attracted more and more attention which solves new problems by adopting previously successful solution to similar problems in construction projects. An attempt has been made to identify the major causes of accidents that affect safety in construction industry and also to suggest a methodology to prevent and reduce the accidents...
Infact this publication may be the First one to reflect that too in a big volume. It will be more useful for safety team working in construction proje...
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Management of Asbestos in the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9783847339762 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an outlook into the use of Asbestos containing Materials (ACM) in Ghana, compared with what has been developed in the European Union (EU) and UK in particular. The fatal risks of Asbestos were overlooked in many instances due to ignorance. The background of Asbestos as a widely used material and its related sickness is discussed first, followed by the acceptance by the Western World and EU countries and UK in particular of Asbestos Regulation Car 2006, came into force on November 13, 2006 (Asbestos Regulations - S12006/2739). These regulations bring together the three...
This book provides an outlook into the use of Asbestos containing Materials (ACM) in Ghana, compared with what has been developed in the European Unio...
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308,45 zł |
Builders: Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9780415688642 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and maintain the vital physical infrastructure of our societies, and we rely upon and trust their achievements every day. Yet we know surprisingly little about builders, their cultures, the organization of their work or the business relations that constitute their industry. This book, based on one-year's participant observation on a London construction site, redresses this gap in our knowledge by taking a close-up look at a section of building...
Building workers constitute between five and ten per cent of the total labour market in almost every country of the world. They construct, repair and ...
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Transitional construction industry of Mongolia
ISBN: 9783659340888 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Construction industry is one of the accelerations for the National economy.However, there are numerous problems exist in the collaborative relationship under the construction process. This paper takes a qualitative approach on a comparative study of collaborative relationship in the construction industry of Mongolia pre- vs. post- institutional transition in 1990. We find that in the pre-transition, collaborative relationship was authority based because of homogenous participant background,command entry barrier,formal decision law on conflict resolution, high sense of liability, rare price...
Construction industry is one of the accelerations for the National economy.However, there are numerous problems exist in the collaborative relationshi...
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'Green' & 'Sustainable': The Future Global Construction Industry
ISBN: 9783659387760 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Going GREEN, SUSTAINABLE and ECONOMICAL are the words so famous in the Malaysia construction industry especially in concrete materials for construction applications. This is the first technical engineering book authored by the author featuring her research works during her Master studies focusing in High Performance Concrete (HPC) as the highlighted concrete material.The author have always believed in strong basic understanding to deliver effective applications and results, thus believes that this book will be able to cultivate basic understanding of readers in the concrete technology...
Going GREEN, SUSTAINABLE and ECONOMICAL are the words so famous in the Malaysia construction industry especially in concrete materials for constructio...
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326,14 zł |
Managing Risk in the Construction Industry through Environmental Compliance: On-Site BMP Checklists
ISBN: 9781490477503 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Construction Industry Digest
ISBN: 9781478107033 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe workplace. Employers MUST provide their employees with a workplace that does not have serious hazards and follow all relevant OSHA safety and health standards. Employers must comply with specific standards. All employers in the construction industry must also have injury and illness prevention programs. Contractors and employers who do construction work must comply with standards in 29CFR1926. SubpartC, General Safety and Health Provisions, as well as other specific sections of these standards, include the responsibilities for each...
Employers have the responsibility to provide a safe workplace. Employers MUST provide their employees with a workplace that does not have serious haza...
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Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781478113225 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. OSHA 3096, Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry. Asbestos is the generic term for a group of naturally occurring, fibrous minerals with high tensile strength, flexibility, and resistance to heat, chemicals, and electricity. In the construction industry, asbestos is found in installed products such as sprayed-on fireproofing, pipe insulation, floor tiles, cement pipe and sheet, roofing felts and shingles, ceiling tiles, fire-resistant drywall, drywall joint compounds, and acoustical products. Because very few asbestos containing products are being installed today, most worker...
OSHA 3096, Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry. Asbestos is the generic term for a group of naturally occurring, fibrous minerals with hig...
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A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781478129493 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. OSHA 3150 - A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 charges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with protecting all working men and women across the United States. To do so, the agency sets federal standards for general industry, construction, and shipyard employment. OSHA also promotes a variety of voluntary programs that strive to form partnerships with businesses, labor, and other groups to help employers provide safer and more healthful workplaces for employees. Some of the agency's voluntary initiatives...
OSHA 3150 - A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 charges the Occupational Safety and H...
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A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry: OSHA 3150 2002 (Revised)
ISBN: 9781475058079 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781496081407 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asbestos is the generic term for a group of naturally occurring, fibrous minerals with high tensile strength, flexibility, and resistance to heat, chemicals, and electricity. In the construction industry, asbestos is found in installed products such as sprayed-on fireproofing, pipe insulation, floor tiles, cement pipe and sheet, roofing felts and shingles, ceiling tiles, fire-resistant drywall, drywall joint compounds, and acoustical products. Because very few asbestos containing products are being installed today, most worker exposures occur during the removal of asbestos and the renovation...
Asbestos is the generic term for a group of naturally occurring, fibrous minerals with high tensile strength, flexibility, and resistance to heat, che...
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A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781496183361 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 charges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with protecting all working men and women across the United States. To do so, the agency sets federal standards1 for general industry, construction, and shipyard employment. OSHA also promotes a variety of voluntary programs that strive to form partnerships with businesses, labor, and other groups to help employers provide safer and more healthful workplaces for employees. Some of the agency's voluntary initiatives include safety and health management programs, the Voluntary...
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 charges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with protecting all working men and wo...
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Construction Industry Digest
ISBN: 9781497346154 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Risk Management Techniques By SMEs In The Construction Industry
ISBN: 9783659538797 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of awareness and use of risk management techniques by SMEs in the construction industry conducting business activities in King William's Town and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather data from 82 SME owners or managers in the construction industry. The statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse data. The Chi-square, cross tabulation and descriptive statistical tests were employed to analyse the data. The results of the study revealed that...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of awareness and use of risk management techniques by SMEs in the construction industry conduct...
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Washington State's Industril Safety and Health Act (WISHA): Standards for the Construction Industry
ISBN: 9781499688818 / Angielski / Miękka / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Worker safety is a prime issue on all construction sites. Here in one volume is collected the rules and regulations required to be followed an all constructions sites in Washington State.
Worker safety is a prime issue on all construction sites. Here in one volume is collected the rules and regulations required to be followed an all con...
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Life Cycle Analysis in Construction industry
ISBN: 9783659561313 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The aim of this book is to investigate the whole life cycle of a building, regarded carbon emissions and energy consumption. Buildings have considerable impact on environment: from construction, use, maintenance and renewal to their demolition. Considering their environmental, economic and social impacts, it is obvious that buildings are an important part of sustainable cities. The current research has been performed using the LCA methodology, which allows evaluating the environmental burdens related to the production and use of a specific product or service. The studied building was the PG...
The aim of this book is to investigate the whole life cycle of a building, regarded carbon emissions and energy consumption. Buildings have considerab...
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180,99 zł |
Informal social networks in the South African construction industry
ISBN: 9783659623165 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Informal social networks among the construction craftworkers from various ethnic groups create barriers of entry to crafts men entering the Constuction Industry in the Western Cape, South Africa. This book investigates how informal social networks found in three construction sites in an ethnically diverse area, can bring economic exclusions and promote inequality in terms of accessibility to social economic resources. Data was collected using Social Network Analysis (SNA) method, through the egocentric approach. Data analysis was done with the use of the social network analysis program...
Informal social networks among the construction craftworkers from various ethnic groups create barriers of entry to crafts men entering the Constuctio...
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Risk Identification in Construction Industry
ISBN: 9783659633003 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Construction industry operates in very uncertain situations subject to various kinds of risks arise during the execution of a project. This research was conducted to identify key risks factors involved during execution of a project, risk categories, latest trends/ practices in risk identification techniques, risk prevention and risk reduction methods being employed by contracting companies working in Pakistan and ranking them according to their importance/ usage. This research is conducted in Pakistan and major emphasize on contracting companies engaged in construction projects of various...
Construction industry operates in very uncertain situations subject to various kinds of risks arise during the execution of a project. This research w...
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249,03 zł |