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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"For many years the way the design process was managed in the commercial design and construction industry was a topic of great interest to academics and a small cadre of professionals who were early adopters of new project delivery methods. The issue has now burst into the mainstream as the pace of change has quickened the industry's transformation to team-approach design and construction. Through candid interviews with 40 industry luminaries and...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The above powerful and unequivocal quotation from the former President of the USA reinforces the importance of ethics in the society and world we live in. It is perhaps the same quotation which has provided the focus for this book in an attempt to encourage construction practitioners to take a more proactive ethical stance in project management, change current working practices in the construction industry and improve project outcomes. Accordingly,...
Publisher
RIBA Publications
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The new CDM regulations came into force on 6th April 2015 changing the face of pre-construction health and safety management on construction projects, large and small. This handbook provides a comprehensive road map to undertaking the new Principal Designer role brings pre-construction health and safety risk management into the hands of architects and other designers. Offering authoritative and straightforward guidance to carrying out these tasks,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
On a gloomy morning in Vigàta, a call from Fazio rouses Inspector Montalbano from a nightmare. A man called Giugiù Nicotra has been found dead in the skeletal workings of a construction site--a place now entombed by a sea of mud from recent days of rain and floods. Shot in the back, he had fled into a water supply system tunnel. The investigation gets off to a slow start, but all the evidence points to the world of construction and public contracts,...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no onefrom MIT nerds to Army Corps engineershas ever built a robot that can lay bricks as well as a mason. Unlike the controlled conditions of a factory line, where robots are now ubiquitous, no two construction sites are alike, and a days work involves countless variablesbricks that range in size and quality,...
Author
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Condo residents' dreams of a luxurious life in the Florida Keys are shattered by an approaching hurricane and by Martin Liss, a greedy, indifferent developer who victimizes the residents with continuing price increases.
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Fatu provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs you'll need to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From developing a business structure to anticipating problems that can arise with clients, he builds on his own personal experiences and those of other successful contractors.
Publisher
Learning Seed
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Many professionals work together to create a house, long before it becomes a home. Explore the careers of an architect, general contractor and interior designer and other related professionals. Learn how their combined knowledge turns the idea of a house into a reality. See what each job entails-from planning to meeting with clients, to solving problems and completing a project. Discover the role business skills play and the type of education required....
Author
Series
R.R.U. bulletin volume 74
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
17) Rock bottom
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 35
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Isabelle "Izzy" Flanders and Yoko Akia are beginning a new project--a café that will be the cornerstone of a market village. Izzy knows just where to get the project off the ground: her old college classmate, Zoe Danfield, now vice president of a huge construction corporation. But buildings and bridges have been collapsing all over the world, causing hundreds of deaths, and Zoe suspects her firm's inferior foundation materials are the cause. Zoe...
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Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
At Your Best es el único libro de jugadas paso a paso para descubrir si una carrera en los oficios es adecuada para usted, educándose y obteniendo las certificaciones adecuadas, estableciéndose como un excelente aprendiz y "journeyman" en la industria, y avanzando hacia iniciar su propia pequeña empresa. En cada paso del camino, At Your Best y www.AtYourBest.com proporciona la información, recomendaciones, recursos externos y acciones concretas...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this program, we'll view the entire range of jobs needed to make solar power a reality from research and development, design and marketing, and financial analysis to construction and project management. Engineers, analysts and managers share with us both how they work in this emerging green industry and how they found the opportunity to be part of the clean energy solution. Jobs profiled in this program include:Research & Development Engineer,...
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