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E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 20081 819 kr
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To deliver a construction project on time, at cost and of appropriate quality, it is critical to manage the design and construction process effectively...
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry as they change in today’s highly competitive global environment.
It identifies the current state of the industry in the process management field, describing trends and developments (including information technology), and demonstrates these through case study evidence. Practical guidance is offered by identifying potential pitfalls, illustrating best practise drawn from construction and appropriate manufacturing applications. The overall approach is a holistic one, based on practical experience gained throughout the past decade both in the academic and industrial environments, including leading a number of research projects on process and IT related topics in construction and manufacturing industries.
Process Management in Design and Construction will provide students on construction and project management related courses with a description of the state of process management in design and construction - including current process models – as well as a future vision based on up-to-date research findings and good practice in the construction industry. The book also offers practical guidance to industrial and consultancy organisations on undertaking and implementing process management projects - including re-engineering their customer delivery processes through effective project
Häftad, Engelska
216 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2025103 kr
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The murder of Charlie Kirk is shocking, but it is not unprecedented. America's history is filled with moments where political violence shattered lives and reshaped the national conversation-from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the murders of Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, and lesser-known local leaders who stood up for justice. What makes this moment different is how violence has expanded beyond public figures to threaten entire families, communities, and even those working quietly in public service. The tragedy we re witnessing today is part of a long and troubling thread woven into our nation s story. This book explores this history in depth connecting today s headlines to centuries of assassinations, forgotten martyrs, and the evolving ways violence has been used to silence voices in American democracy.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
287 kr
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Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize.Discover the true story of St. Kilda.When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at ‘the edge of the world’ lost its permanent population after five millennia.It has long been accepted that the islanders’ failure to adapt to the modern world was its demise. Andrew Fleming overturns the traditional view. Unafraid of highlighting dark times, he shows how they sacrificed their reputation as an uncorrupted, ideal society to embrace and exploit the tourist trade. Creating a prestigious tweed, exporting the ancestors of today’s Hebridean sheep, the islanders gained access to consumer goods and learned how to play politics to their advantage.This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from earliest times, up to the evacuation and its aftermath. Previously untapped sources and fresh insights bring to life the personalities, feelings, attitudes and rich culture of the islanders themselves, as well as the numerous outsiders who engaged with the remote island community.
E-bok
Engelska, 2024148 kr
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Discover the true story of St Kilda.When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at ''the edge of the world'' lost its permanent population after five millennia.It has long been accepted that the islanders'' failure to adapt to the modern world was its demise. Andrew Fleming overturns the traditional view. Unafraid of highlighting dark times, he shows how they sacrificed their reputation as an uncorrupted, ideal society to embrace and exploit the tourist trade. Creating a prestigious tweed, exporting the ancestors of today''s Hebridean sheep, the islanders gained access to consumer goods and learned how to play politics to their advantage.This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from earliest times, up to the evacuation and its aftermath. Previously untapped sources and fresh insights bring to life the personalities, feelings, attitudes and rich culture of the islanders themselves, as well as the numerous outsiders who engaged with the remote island community.
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
175 kr
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Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize.Discover the true story of St. Kilda.When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at ‘the edge of the world’ lost its permanent population after five millennia.It has long been accepted that the islanders’ failure to adapt to the modern world was its demise. Andrew Fleming overturns the traditional view. Unafraid of highlighting dark times, he shows how they sacrificed their reputation as an uncorrupted, ideal society to embrace and exploit the tourist trade. Creating a prestigious tweed, exporting the ancestors of today’s Hebridean sheep, the islanders gained access to consumer goods and learned how to play politics to their advantage.This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from earliest times, up to the evacuation and its aftermath. Previously untapped sources and fresh insights bring to life the personalities, feelings, attitudes and rich culture of the islanders themselves, as well as the numerous outsiders who engaged with the remote island community.
E-bok
Engelska, 2026222 kr
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The De Havilland Comet was an absolute marvel of British engineering-the world's first commercial jetliner, promising to shrink the globe with unprecedented speed. But within a year of its triumphant launch, the planes began spontaneously exploding mid-flight in the clear blue sky, plummeting into the Mediterranean Sea without warning. The culprit was not sabotage or pilot error, but a devastating ignorance of high-altitude physics. This technical history dissects the aerodynamic catastrophe of metal fatigue. Early engineers designed the Comet with large, square windows, completely failing to understand how the intense, cyclical pressurization of flying at 35,000 feet would force massive stress to concentrate in the sharp corners of the glass. We examine the grueling, unprecedented underwater salvage operations and the massive water-tank stress tests that finally proved how microscopic cracks caused the fuselage to violently unzip like a balloon. Study the deadliest physics lesson in modern transportation. Understand how a simple geometric aesthetic choice forced a total revolution in global aerospace engineering.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
251 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
1 247 kr
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To deliver a construction project on time, at cost and of appropriate quality, it is critical to manage the design and construction process effectively... This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry as they change in today’s highly competitive global environment.It identifies the current state of the industry in the process management field, describing trends and developments (including information technology), and demonstrates these through case study evidence. Practical guidance is offered by identifying potential pitfalls, illustrating best practise drawn from construction and appropriate manufacturing applications. The overall approach is a holistic one, based on practical experience gained throughout the past decade both in the academic and industrial environments, including leading a number of research projects on process and IT related topics in construction and manufacturing industries.Process Management in Design and Construction will provide students on construction and project management related courses with a description of the state of process management in design and construction - including current process models – as well as a future vision based on up-to-date research findings and good practice in the construction industry. The book also offers practical guidance to industrial and consultancy organisations on undertaking and implementing process management projects - including re-engineering their customer delivery processes through effective project