Jon Broome – författare

'Mandatory reading for everyone in our design practice.' CHARLIE LUXTON'A deeply fascinating book.' MARK BRINKLEYDrawing from extensive experience, award-winning architect Jon Broome and design engineer Nick Grant celebrate undervalued ideas that have stood the test of time.The Good Building Book provides provocative and empowering insights, along with critical analysis, to help rethink design and construction.- Guides readers through project development, from single home to larger projects.- Examines performance standards and navigates commercial aspects such as budgets, contracts, and consultants.- Explores strategic design and principles of good details for building elements, weaving together aesthetics, performance, and value in context.- Offers practical principles and design strategies relevant for a rapidly changing world.- Features more than 150 photos and a further 90 diagrams.Whether you're a designer or contractor, building user or client, student or teacher, this solution-focused book provides a new way of thinking about how we shape the built environment for a sustainable future.

'Mandatory reading for everyone in our design practice.' CHARLIE LUXTON'A deeply fascinating book.' MARK BRINKLEYDrawing from extensive experience, award-winning architect Jon Broome and design engineer Nick Grant celebrate undervalued ideas that have stood the test of time.The Good Building Book provides provocative and empowering insights, along with critical analysis, to help rethink design and construction.- Guides readers through project development, from single home to larger projects.- Examines performance standards and navigates commercial aspects such as budgets, contracts, and consultants.- Explores strategic design and principles of good details for building elements, weaving together aesthetics, performance, and value in context.- Offers practical principles and design strategies relevant for a rapidly changing world.- Features more than 150 photos and a further 90 diagrams.Whether you're a designer or contractor, building user or client, student or teacher, this solution-focused book provides a new way of thinking about how we shape the built environment for a sustainable future.

‘Mandatory reading for everyone in our design practice.’ CHARLIE LUXTON‘A deeply fascinating book.’ MARK BRINKLEYDrawing from extensive experience, award-winning architect Jon Broome and design engineer Nick Grant celebrate undervalued ideas that have stood the test of time.The Good Building Book provides provocative and empowering insights, along with critical analysis, to help rethink design and construction.- Guides readers through project development, from single home to larger projects.- Examines performance standards and navigates commercial aspects such as budgets, contracts, and consultants.- Explores strategic design and principles of good details for building elements, weaving together aesthetics, performance, and value in context.- Offers practical principles and design strategies relevant for a rapidly changing world.- Features more than 150 photos and a further 90 diagrams.Whether you’re a designer or contractor, building user or client, student or teacher, this solution-focused book provides a new way of thinking about how we shape the built environment for a sustainable future.

Early Contractor Involvement: Improving the management of contract risk explains how to structure and administer a process of early contractor involvement within a two-stage tender process. It provides clear practical guidance on the range of factors that need to be considered to achieve the benefits of early contractor involvement (ECI) which includes improved design, pricing and risk management. Drawing on a range of case studies and the authors’ first-hand experience, the book gives much-needed practical insight into the optimal use of ECI as a procurement approach.

Coverage in the book includes

benefits of the ECI process and key steps to ensure the benefits are realisedhow to administer ECI under an NEC contract and comparison with other contract forms, including JCTtargeted advice for the Client, Contractor and Project Managerdiscussion of commercial considerations, risk allocation and incentives required to deliver the benefits of ECIinsights from real-world case studies.

Early Contractor Involvement offers practical guidance on a procurement approach that is becoming increasingly popular and will promote best practice within the construction industry. It will be of interest to a range of professionals working in construction procurement, including clients, contractors and project managers, as well as lawyers and professional consultants.

Early Contractor Involvement: Improving the management of contract risk explains how to structure and administer a process of early contractor involvement within a two-stage tender process. It provides clear practical guidance on the range of factors that need to be considered to achieve the benefits of early contractor involvement (ECI) which includes improved design, pricing and risk management. Drawing on a range of case studies and the authors’ first-hand experience, the book gives much-needed practical insight into the optimal use of ECI as a procurement approach.

Coverage in the book includes

benefits of the ECI process and key steps to ensure the benefits are realisedhow to administer ECI under an NEC contract and comparison with other contract forms, including JCTtargeted advice for the Client, Contractor and Project Managerdiscussion of commercial considerations, risk allocation and incentives required to deliver the benefits of ECIinsights from real-world case studies.

Early Contractor Involvement offers practical guidance on a procurement approach that is becoming increasingly popular and will promote best practice within the construction industry. It will be of interest to a range of professionals working in construction procurement, including clients, contractors and project managers, as well as lawyers and professional consultants.

Early Contractor Involvement: Improving the management of contract risk explains how to structure and administer a process of early contractor involvement within a two-stage tender process. It provides clear practical guidance on the range of factors that need to be considered to achieve the benefits of early contractor involvement (ECI) which includes improved design, pricing and risk management. Drawing on a range of case studies and the authors’ first-hand experience, the book gives much-needed practical insight into the optimal use of ECI as a procurement approach.Coverage in the book includesbenefits of the ECI process and key steps to ensure the benefits are realisedhow to administer ECI under an NEC contract and comparison with other contract forms, including JCTtargeted advice for the Client, Contractor and Project Managerdiscussion of commercial considerations, risk allocation and incentives required to deliver the benefits of ECIinsights from real-world case studies.Early Contractor Involvement offers practical guidance on a procurement approach that is becoming increasingly popular and will promote best practice within the construction industry. It will be of interest to a range of professionals working in construction procurement, including clients, contractors and project managers, as well as lawyers and professional consultants.