Category Archives: Building & Construction

Programming and Scheduling Techniques

Brings together the most commonly used scheduling techniques in the construction industry including bar chart, critical path, multiple activity chart and line of balance. Also addresses time and resource scheduling, earned value, critical chain scheduling and probability scheduling using both … Continue reading

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Ceramic and Glass Materials: Structure, Properties and Processing

This is a concise, up-to-date book that covers a wide range of important ceramic materials used in modern technology. Chapters provide essential information on the nature of these key ceramic raw materials including their structure, properties, processing methods and applications … Continue reading

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Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites

How do engineering materials deform when bearing mechanical loads? To answer this crucial question, the book bridges the gap between continuum mechanics and materials science. The different kinds of material deformation are explained in detail. The book also discusses the … Continue reading

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Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures

Since 1984 the EURO-C conference series (Split 1984, Zell am See 1990, Innsbruck 1994, Badgastein 1998, St Johann im Pongau 2003, Mayrhofen 2006, Schladming 2010) has provided a forum for academic discussion of the latest theoretical, algorithmic and modelling developments … Continue reading

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Capture and Reuse of Project Knowledge in Construction

An organisation’s competitive advantage lies in the knowledge of its employees and the organisation’s ability to harness that knowledge to meet business objectives. Knowledge management is recognised in the construction industry as a potential tool for providing organisational benefits, but … Continue reading

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Construction Stakeholder Management

This book captures best practice in construction stakeholder management using a range of international case studies. It demonstrates stakeholder mapping, presents the power/interest matrix and analyses a model for the timely engagement of stakeholders. The increased use of partnering and … Continue reading

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Building Materials

This text on building materials includes discussion of structural clay products, rocks and stones, wood, materials for making concrete, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and miscellaneous materials.

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Home Builder’s Guide to Continuous Improvement: Schedule, Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Cost, and Safety

Presenting well-known tools and techniques, the Home Builder’s Guide to Continuous Improvement provides important insights and necessary information to reduce cycle time duration and variation in order to improve quality and customer satisfaction and to minimize costs and accidents. Each … Continue reading

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Site Planning and Design Handbook, Second Edition

Essential site planning and design strategies, up-to-date with the latest sustainable development techniques Discover how to incorporate sound environmental considerations into traditional site design processes. Written by a licensed landscape architect with more than 20 years of professional experience, this … Continue reading

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Construction Process Planning and Management: An Owner’s Guide to Successful Projects

By their very nature, construction projects can create seemingly endless opportunities for conflict. Written by a best selling author with over 40 years of experiences in the construction and general contracting business, Construction Process Planning and Management provides you with … Continue reading

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