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New Forms of Procurement
PPP and Relational Contracting in the 21st Century
Av Marcus C. Jefferies, Steve Rowlinson
Häftad, 2018
720 kr
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The last three decades have seen the evolution of Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Relationship Contracting (RC) as alternative procurement approaches to traditional methods of delivering public infrastructure. The potential for growth in these new forms of procurement has led to an on-going …
Improving the Performance of Construction Industries for Developing Countries
Programmes, Initiatives, Achievements and Challenges
Av Pantaleo D. Rwelamila, Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz
Inbunden, 2020
2132 kr
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This book documents the experiences, development, and prospects of the construction industry in numerous developing countries. It will provide a strong base of reference for countries looking to improve their construction industries as part of their wider economic development programme.The opening …
Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context
Inbunden, 2019
2524 kr
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This book chronicles how contract cases from the construction industry have influenced, solidified, refined and particularized U.S. contract law. The book’s central claim is that the construction industry experience has helped to contextualize U.S. contract law and, therefore, has encouraged the …
Corruption in Infrastructure Procurement
Addressing the Dynamic Criticalities
Av Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu, Albert P.C. Chan
Inbunden, 2020
2743 kr
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This book presents an extensive study on the extant constructs of corruption in infrastructure-related projects and aims to contribute to the determination and elimination of its incidence and prevalence in infrastructure projects.The book conducts a comprehensive examination of the various …
Corruption in Infrastructure Procurement
Addressing the Dynamic Criticalities
Av Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu, Albert P.C. Chan
Häftad, 2022
1011 kr
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This book presents an extensive study on the extant constructs of corruption in infrastructure-related projects and aims to contribute to the determination and elimination of its incidence and prevalence in infrastructure projects.The book conducts a comprehensive examination of the various …
Work Stress Induced Chronic Diseases in Construction
Discoveries using data analytics
Inbunden, 2021
2510 kr
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This book aims to fill a gap in the current construction health and safety research and discover new knowledge about work stress induced chronic diseases among construction industry professionals. In achieving these aims, the book investigates: the nature and extent of psychosocial stressors …
Work Stress Induced Chronic Diseases in Construction
Discoveries using data analytics
Häftad, 2024
757 kr
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This book aims to fill a gap in the current construction health and safety research and discover new knowledge about work stress induced chronic diseases among construction industry professionals. In achieving these aims, the book investigates: the nature and extent of psychosocial stressors …
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Commercial Buildings
An Analysis for Green-Building Implementation Using A Green Star Rating System
Av Cuong N. N. Tran, Vivian W. Y. Tam m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2825 kr
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This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options. It also draws comparisons between some of the many green building rating tools that have been developed worldwide to support sustainable development. …
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Commercial Buildings
An Analysis for Green-Building Implementation Using A Green Star Rating System
Av Cuong N. N. Tran, Vivian W. Y. Tam m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
757 kr
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This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options. It also draws comparisons between some of the many green building rating tools that have been developed worldwide to support sustainable development. …
Improving the Performance of Construction Industries for Developing Countries
Programmes, Initiatives, Achievements and Challenges
Av Pantaleo D. Rwelamila, Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz
Häftad, 2023
749 kr
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This book documents the experiences, development, and prospects of the construction industry in numerous developing countries. It will provide a strong base of reference for countries looking to improve their construction industries as part of their wider economic development programme.The opening …
Funding and Financing Transport Infrastructure
Business Models to Enhance and Enable Financing of Infrastructure in Transport
Av Athena Roumboutsos, Hans Voordijk m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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This book seeks to enhance understanding of the impacts of project setup and its implementation environment on project performance by leveraging information from the study of a rich set of European transport infrastructure project cases. It puts forward a system’s view of project delivery and aims …
Valuing People in Construction
Av Fidelis Emuze, John Smallwood
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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Valuing People in Construction provides contemporary perspectives on the ‘glue’ that binds the construction process together; people. The book addresses people issues in the construction industry where behavioural outcomes impact upon business and project performance. The main proposition of the …
Target Cost Contracting Strategy in Construction
Principles, Practices and Case Studies
Av Daniel W.M. Chan, Joseph H.L. Chan
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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The problems inherent in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method often lead to the adversarial working relationships within the construction industry. Target cost contracts, accompanied by a gain-share/pain-share arrangement serving as a cost incentive mechanism, have emerged in the …
Fall Prevention Through Design in Construction
The Benefits of Mobile Computing
Häftad, 2020
782 kr
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The role of designers has traditionally been to design a building so that it conforms to accepted local building codes. The safety of workers is left up to the contractor building the designs. Research shows, however, that designers can have an especially strong influence on construction safety …
Leadership and Sustainability in the Built Environment
Av Alex Opoku, Vian Ahmed
Häftad, 2020
816 kr
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Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together. The real impact of legislation and guidelines designed to promote sustainability within the construction industry is closely …
Performance-Based Optimization of Structures
Theory and Applications
Häftad, 2019
1113 kr
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Performance-Based Optimization of Structures introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based …
Free-Standing Tension Structures
From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-Strut Systems
Av Binbing Wang
Häftad, 2019
1101 kr
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Architects are constantly looking for new methods to create large indoor spaces unhindered by columns and other supports. Tensile and cable-strut structures are one method of producing such spaces. They also enable the creation of different shaped spaces allowing architects more scope for …
Performance-Based Optimization of Structures
Theory and Applications
Inbunden, 2004
4354 kr
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Performance-Based Optimization of Structures introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based …
Free-Standing Tension Structures
From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-Strut Systems
Av Binbing Wang
Inbunden, 2004
3904 kr
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Architects are constantly looking for new methods to create large indoor spaces unhindered by columns and other supports. Tensile and cable-strut structures are one method of producing such spaces. They also enable the creation of different shaped spaces allowing architects more scope for …
People and Culture in Construction
A Reader
Av Andrew Dainty, Stuart Green m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
3155 kr
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Construction is one of the largest and most people-intensive industrial sectors. In many countries, however, construction is also one of the most highly criticized in terms of its employment practices and industrial relations. People and culture are too often seen as variables that must be …
Communication in Construction Teams
Av Stephen Emmitt, Christopher Gorse
Inbunden, 2006
3155 kr
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Construction teams are usually complex, interdisciplinary and temporary, and, as such, the need for effective communication is crucial. However, published data regarding the manner in which individuals interact within the temporary project team is scarce, with little other than anecdotal evidence …
Employee Resourcing in the Construction Industry
Strategic Considerations and Operational Practice
Av Ani Raiden, Andrew Dainty m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2825 kr
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Construction is one of the most challenging industrial environments for effective people management. It is characterised by geographically dispersed projects, production-oriented management styles, long working hours, high levels of staff turnover and employment practices grounded in the …
Innovation in Small Construction Firms
Av Peter Barrett, Martin Sexton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2825 kr
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Innovation in Small Construction Firms promotes the benefits of innovation, and stimulate innovation capability within and between small and medium sized (SMEs) construction firms in an effort to bring in a new 'can innovate, should innovate, want to innovate' culture to the construction industry. …
Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects
Av Chimay Anumba, John M. Kamara m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
3063 kr
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Concurrent Engineering (CE) is a systematic approach to the integrated and concurrent design of products and related processes, including aspects as diverse as manufacture and support. It is only now being carefully applied to the construction sector and offers considerable potential for increasing …
Procurement in the Construction Industry
The Impact and Cost of Alternative Market and Supply Processes
Av William Hughes, Patricia M. Hillebrandt m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2825 kr
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Do recent moves in the construction industry towards collaborative working and other new procurement procedures really make good business sense? Procurement in the Construction Industry is the result of research into this question and it includes the first rigorous categorizing of the differences …
Construction Supply Chain Economics
Av Kerry London
Inbunden, 2007
3063 kr
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This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the …
Tropical Urban Heat Islands
Climate, Buildings and Greenery
Inbunden, 2008
2825 kr
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Conventional air conditioning is not a sustainable solution to the challenge of a hot or humid climate. The climate problem is compounded in so-called Urban Heat Islands, urban areas where the air can be 3–5°C hotter than its surrounding areas and where pollution levels are consequently …
Understanding Organisational Culture in the Construction Industry
Inbunden, 2010
2743 kr
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Since the early 1980s, researchers and practitioners in the organisational and management fields have presumed a link between organisational, or corporate, culture and organisational performance. Whilst many believe this exists, other authors have been critical of the validity of such studies. Part …
Containment of High-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Wastes with Clay Barriers
Av Raymond N. Yong, Roland Pusch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
4228 kr
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One of the principal objections to or problems with the use of nuclear fuel is that a proven method for safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel has yet to be established. The central focus of most schemes underway to dispose of these high-level radioactive wastes relies on clay-based buffers and …
Managing Knowledge in the Construction Industry
Inbunden, 2009
2825 kr
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Knowledge management presents a new way of understanding organizations and companies, and is especially suited to sophisticated and highly technical firms and operations such as those in the construction industry.This new book draws on hard data from three separate research programs in Sweden and …
