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CONTENIDO: Introduction to the Construction Industry - The Start of the Construction Process - The General Conditions to the Construction Contract - Estimating - Project Organization - Buying Out the Job - Project Cost-Control Procedures - Change Orders and Liquidated Damage Clauses - Project Documentation - Claims, Disputes, Arbitration and Mediation - Rehabilitation of Older Buildings - Design-Build - Safety in Construction - OSHA.
Construction Calculations is a manual that provides end users with a comprehensive guide for many of the formulas, mathematical vectors and conversion factors that are commonly encountered during the design and construction stages of a construction project. It offers readers detailed calculations, applications and examples needed in site work, cost estimation, piping and pipefitting, and project management. The book also serves as a refresher course for some of the formulas and concepts of geometry and trigonometry. The book is divided into sections that present the common components of construction. The first section of the books starts with a refresher discussion of unit and systems measur...
New to this edition: New chapters on Quality Control and Quality Assurance and Successful Commencement; new material on Ethics, Estimating a Project During Design, and Design Build Market: general contracting companies; specialty subcontractors SI units are included for international usage
By their very nature, construction projects can create seemingly endless opportunities for conflict. Written by a best selling author with over 40 years of experiences in the construction and general contracting business, Construction Process Planning and Management provides you with the necessary tools to save time and money on your construction project. In this book, Sid Levy provides valuable advice for avoiding or working through the common problems that are a result of the long-term nature of construction projects, failure to select a ?project delivery system? appropriate to the project, incomplete drawing and specifications, unrealistic scheduling, poor communication and coordination a...
Essential reading for the design and construction industry to understand the Japanese construction business. Table of Contents: This Shrinking World; Kajima Corporation--A Chemistry and One Half of Integrity; Takanaka Corporation--A Japanese Dynasty; Obayashi Corporation--Renaissance for the 21st Century; Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd.--Creating the Buildings and Infrastructure Sociey Requires; Taisei Corporation--Building "For a Lively World; " Shimizu Corporation--Striving for Excellence; Big Six Research and Development; What Does it all Mean? Index. 70 illustrations.
A title which forms part of a series which details construction and procedures in a reference format. It is intended to aid the reader in planning projects estimating costs and materials and installing various systems as well as compliance with building specs and codes and on-site problems.
One thing that mature, developing, or undeveloped nations have incommon in today's global economy is the necessity to construct,repair, refurbish, and modernize their infrastructure. More andmore governments are turning to the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)process to accomplish this expensive and enormously challengingtask--allowing private developers to design, finance, construct,and operate revenue-producing public projects, and then turn themover to the community at the end of an agreed payback period. The first book to explore this innovative approach toprivatization, Build, Operate, Transfer covers the creation of BOTprojects from the ground up. Using a real-world, case-orientedapproach, ...
U.S. audience: architects (113,000), construction managers (389,000), engineers (228,000), urban and regional planners (32,000) All federally funded construction projects must be, by law, design-build projects
This volume assembles all Sidney J. Levy's and his collaborators significant essays and studies in the field of marketing. His work includes marketing's role in management, how managers develop products and brands and how the marketplace is studied.
Peter Diamandis' exciting discovery will be shared by every reader of Strategic Database Marketing. Rob Jackson and Paul Wang have swept aside the confusion that surrounds database technology and replaced it with the knowledge and competitive spirit it takes to create the kind of marketing system that will drive the growth of every successful organization. This important book looks into the future and shows marketers and business managers how to take advantage of the countless opportunities new technologies have made available to them. With the emergence of the database comes the means for organizations to communicate one-on-one with consumers - and to tailor all products, messages, and cust...