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Economics: A Foundation Course for the Built Environment
It will introduce you to the basics of economics as they relate to the built environment by looking at the principles of microeconomics (markets, price mechanisms, resource allocation, theory of the firm, etc.) and then put these principles into …
Health and Community Design: The Impact of the Built Environment on Physical Activity
"Health and Community Design" is a comprehensive examination of how the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity, drawing together insights from a range of research on the relationships between urban form and public health. …
Understanding It in Construction
The construction industry has been slow to utilize information technology effectively, and slower still to grasp the ways in which the multitude of design, calculation, specification and project management software applications relate to each …
This book describes how sport activities and facilities damage the environment, which possibilities there are to avoid these conflicts and which laws one has to think of. Furthermore, it shows that aims in sport and environmental concerns need …
Property Valuation: The Five Methods
An introductory, first year text on property valuation with a clear, well-defined structure based around the five valuation methods.
Tony Hunt's Structures Notebook
The purpose of the Structures Notebook is to explain, in the simplest possible terms, about the structure of 'things', and to demonstrate the fact that everything you see and touch, live in and use, living and man-made, has a structure which is …
Persuasive lighting is a subtle blend of practical know-how and artistic anticipation, but many program makers do not have the time or opportunity to study the craft in depth. That is where 'Lighting for Video' can help. It does not assume …
This is the third edition of an introduction to building fire safety that explains the principles of basic strategies of fire safety design for the building and construction professional.
Effective Writing: Improving Scientific, Technical and Business Communication
Effective communication is vital to science, engineering and business management. This thoroughly updated second edition with an additional chapter on the use of computers and word-processors gives clear, practical advice illustrated with real-…
Skilful lighting involves a subtle blend of systematic mechanics and a sensitive visual imagination. It requires anticipation, perceptiveness, patience and know-how. But learning through practice alone can take a great deal of time. This book is …
Writing Engineering Specifications
This guide to technical specifications explains the process of writing these instructions and provides advice on avoiding confusion (as well as legal disputes). Chapters cover contract law, standard forms, presentation, the effect of …
Human Resource Management in Construction Projects: Strategic and Operational Approaches
Although construction is one of the most labor-intensive industries, people management issues are given inadequate attention. Furthermore, the focus of attention with regards to HR has been on the strategic aspects of HRM function - yet most …
Brain Train: Studying for Success
Without minimizing the importance of good organization and hard work, this book stresses throughout that study must and can be fun. To experience the real benefits to be gained from study requires a positive, self directed approach.
Writing Successfully in Science
"Writing Successfully in Science" pays particular attention to the needs of scientists whose first language is not English, explaining how to avoid the main pitfalls of English grammar and how to present work in a clear and logical fashion. It …
Anyone working with lighting in the entertainment industries will find this an immensely readable source of information. The authors, themselves experienced lighting practitioners, have collected a wealth of essential lighting technology and data …
This book provides an overview of the interdisciplinary nature of facilities management. It discusses the framework within which facilites managers should operate and the key requirements of their task.
"Effective Speaking" provides the hard scientific information about audience psychology, text preparation, presentation methods, voice production, body language and persuasive advocacy which will help would-be speakers improve their performance. …
Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the …
The fully revised fourth edition of this well-established textbook takes into account recent changes to codes and technology and includes two new key chapters on acoustic design and HVAC control strategy, as well as an expansion of the chapter on …
Life Cycle Costing for Construction
This book provides an insight into how whole life costing is affecting design, construction, maintenance and disposal of structures.
Introduction to Building Procurement Systems
Building procurement systems are the organizational structures within which the design and construction of building occurs. This guide will provide the student and professional alike with the informtion that they need about the main methods …
Risk Uncertainty Dec Making Prop
Provides undergraduates in surveying and property professionals with a clear practical explanation of the various management techniques to improve their property development decisions.
Lighting Engineering: Applied Calculations
'Lighting Engineering: Applied Calculations' describes the mathematical background to the calculation techniques used in lighting engineering and links them to the applications with which they are used. The fundamentals of flux and illuminance, …
Structural Steelwork: Design to Limit State Theory
This classic textbook is a comprehensive introduction to structural steelwork design.The book describes the design theory and code requirements for common structures, connections, elements and frames. The book is structured to meet the needs of …
Construction Contracts: Law and Management
This text examines the law governing construction contracts, and the management and administration of those contracts. The study of these aspects of construction law form a core part of most building and construction courses. Revised and updated, …
Construction Economics: A New Approach
Construction economics is a core component of a wide range of undergraduate courses in the built environment. Consequently students need to grasp quickly the basic principles of economic theory and see how this relates to a unique and complex …
This introductory text bridges the gap between theoretical principles and practical implementation. This edition takes in recent government legislation in the late 1990s and highlights some of the controversial aspects of property development. …
Engineering Noise Control: Theory and Practice
The third edition of "Engineering Noise Control" has been thoroughly revised, updated and extended. Each chapter contains new material, much of which is not available elsewhere. The result is a comprehensive discussion of the theoretical …
Programme Management Demystified: Managing Multiple Projects Successfully
They say that project management is like juggling three balls - time, cost and quality. Programme management is like a troupe of circus performers standing in a circle, each juggling-three balls and swapping balls from time to time. A large part …
The eighth edition of this best-selling textbook, like its predecessors, presents the basic principles of the mechanics of fluids in a thorough and clear manner. The book contains material on this subject appropriate to an honors degree course in …