Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Construction - General

The most significant unanticipated costs on many construction projects are the financial impacts associated with delay and disruption to the works. Assessing these, and establishing a causal link from each delay event to its effect, contractual liability and the damages experienced as a direct result of each event, can be difficult and complex.

This book is a practical guide to the process of delay analysis and includes an in-depth review of the primary methods of delay analysis, together with the assumptions that underlie the precise calculations required in any quantitative...

Whether a construction project turns out to be successful or not has a lot to do with the clarity of the client s objectives and how the client establishes and instils a culture throughout the project team. This book's focus is on defining and exploring those attributes of clients or organisations which enable clear communication, and as a result help ensure the project's success.

For senior construction professionals, this book explains how to approach key aspects of projects so that the client's expectations can be anticipated and understood. It also provides...

Die Bauwerksanierung nimmt eine immer wichtigere Stellung in Deutschland, Osterreich und auch in anderen Landern ein. Doch wie wird eine Sanierung richtig durchgefuhrt und was ist dabei zu beachten?

Der Autor erklart in seinem Buch die exakte Planung unter Berucksichtigung einer ganzheitlichen Gebaudesanierung. Die Bestandsaufnahme und Bauwerksanalyse sind dabei zwingende Voraussetzungen fur eine funktionstuchtige Bausanierung. Dabei sind die bauphysikalischen Komponenten von ganz besonderer Bedeutung. Unterschiedliche Baumaterialien mit unterschiedlichen chemischen und...

Residential Real Estate: Analysis and Policy introduces readers to the theory and practice of housing markets. The book investigates the links between the housing market, business cycles and the macro-economy to provide students with an understanding of the economic principles that underpin residential property markets. Key topics covered include:

• Housing supply and demand
• Affordable and public housing
• Housing market cycles
• Housing finance and the mortgage market
• Housing policy and planning

Using...

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Highlights the Economies and Construction Industries of the Asia-Pacific Region"

Spon s Asia-Pacific Construction Costs Handbook: Fifth Edition provides overarching construction cost data for 16 countries:

Brunei

Cambodia

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

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Provides an Introduction to each Country and its Construction Industry"

It contains a regional overview of the construction industry in the Asia-Pacific region...

Building upon the success of earlier versions, which sold more than 250,000 copies, Building Sheds by Joseph Truini provides all the expert advice needed to construct a shed from start to finish.

With broad appeal, Building Sheds, which includes nearly 500 photos and illustrations, offers a range of options to help do-it-yourselfers complete one of the most popular outdoor building projects. The book features instructions and plans for five different styles of sheds:

• timber-frame...

This book explores how econometric modelling can be used to provide valuable insight into international housing markets. Initially describing the role of econometrics modelling in real estate market research and how it has developed in recent years, the book goes on to compare and contrast the impact of various macroeconomic factors on developed and developing housing markets. Explaining the similarities and differences in the impact of financial crises on housing markets around the world, the author's econometric analysis of housing markets across the world provides a broad and nuanced...

Are you unsure about:

• the current US legal environment with respect to BIM and VDC?
• the evolving standards of care for design and construction professionals using BIM and VDC?
• what practical methods and techniques can be used for analyzing construction claims and disputes involving BIM technologies and VDC processes?

Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) processes are aggressively and fundamentally changing the design, construction and...