Construction
Urban Infrastructure Finance and Management
K. WELLMAN & DR. MARCUS SPILLER University of Canberra, Australia; SGS Economics & Planning Pty Ltd, Australia
✤✤ Adopts interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach to urban infrastructure financing and management ✤✤ Analyses governance relationships in public – private partnerships, and government owned enterprises ✤✤ Includes case studies of Australian practice READERSHIP: Undergraduates and Master’s students in urban planning and management, civil engineering, construction and management; and government officials and professionals working in the development and management of infrastructure of cities
SEPT 2012 336PP 978-0-470-67218-1 CL €93.90
Construction Management DENNY McGEORGE & PATRICK ZOU University of New South Wales, Australia; University of Canberra, Australia
✤✤ Surveys new management trends which are of key importance to the construction industry ✤✤ Addresses new key topics of post GFC- globalisation, the emergence of Indo-Pacific influence, total safety management and opportunity management, as well as significant updates to the original material ✤✤ Serves as a good reference on topics not well covered by existing construction management texts READERSHIP: Postgraduates and undergraduates in construction and related disciplines, built environment researchers
NOV 2012 320PP 978-0-470-67401-7 PR €51.90
Cornes and Lupton’s Design Liability in the Construction Industry SARAH LUPTON Cardiff University, UK
✤✤ Discusses negligence, an issue which worries most construction professionals and their insurers who charge high premiums for cover ✤✤ Covers a new range of design liability issues which the construction professional has to face ✤✤ Features revisions and updates by a well-established author with expertise in both architecture and law ✤✤ Discusses complex legal issues in an accessible manner - with previous editions praised for being “... readable and written in such a way that complex legal issues become understandable” READERSHIP: Practising architects, engineers, contractors, and lawyers; Master’s students of engineering, surveying, and construction law
OCT 2012 352PP 978-1-444-33006-9 CL €89.90 REPLACES ISBN: 978-0-632-03261-7
Practical Guide to Diagnosing Structural Movement in Buildings MALCOLM HOLLAND Countrywide Surveyors, UK
✤✤ Serves as a concise and compact guide ✤✤ Features a rigorous and structured approach to the interpretation of the evidence of structural movement ✤✤ Aims to help the surveyor confidently diagnose the cause and impact of any structural movement READERSHIP: General practice surveyors, and undergraduates of building surveying
JUN 2012 240PP 978-0-470-65910-6 PR €38.90
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