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Sustainable Construction
1. Sustainable Construction
CBD Price: £29.99
Author(s): Halliday, S
Sustainability occurs when a society can meet the needs of people today without compromising its ability to meet the needs of tomorrow. In a sustainable society, economic, social and environmental concerns are adequately addressed in a way that does not (more)
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Health and Safety Starter Pack
2. Health and Safety Starter Pack
CBD Price: £35.00
Author(s): HSE
If you're a new business or just looking for help for the first time, health and safety law may seem a bit overwhelming. That's why HSE has produced the Health and Safety Starter Pack - to provide a comprehensive, low cost introduction to health and (more)
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Code of Measuring Practice: A Guide for Property Professionals - 6th Edition
3. Code of Measuring Practice: A Guide for Property Professionals - 6th Edition
CBD Price: £30.00
Author(s): RICS
Long established and understood professional responsibilities to clients are matched by statutory obligations to users of property. It is a criminal offence for those involved in estate agency or property development business to give false or misleading (more)
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Guide to MW05
4. Guide to MW05
CBD Price: £29.95
Author(s): RIBA
Guide to MW05, the new edition of Sarah Lupton's successful Guide to MW98, acts as a working aid to the operation and administration of the JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2005 (MW05). It points out the important new changes to the contract, which now (more)
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Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data - 3rd Edition
5. Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £34.99
Author(s): Adler, D: D Littlefield
The metric handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects. This new edition has been updated to include the most recent changes to regulation and practice - in particular the increasing emphasis on environmental legislation - (more)
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Construction UK: Introduction to the Industry - 2nd Edition
6. Construction UK: Introduction to the Industry - 2nd Edition
CBD Price: £19.99
Author(s): Morton, R
This book gives a clear overview of how this vast industry operates as well as exploring its main features - the markets, the principle players, ways of working - and provides the perfect foundation on which to base further study. It also offers a (more)
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Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work - 4th Edition
7. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work - 4th Edition
CBD Price: £24.99
Author(s): Brook, M
Estimators need to understand the consequences of entering into a contract, often defined by complex conditions and documents, as well as to appreciate the technical requirements of the project. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work explains the (more)
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Watts Pocket Handbook 2008
8. Watts Pocket Handbook 2008
CBD Price: £22.95
Author(s): RICS
New and updated for 2008, The Watts Pocket Handbook is the essential guide to property and construction, as used by professionals since 1983. It enjoys a unique position in the property market. Written by practising experts for professionals and (more)
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Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction - 3rd Edition
9. Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £41.99
Author(s): Hughes, Phil; Ferrett, Ed
The Handbook for Construction Professionals and students on NEBOSH and other construction courses. Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction covers the specific challenges faced by the construction industry as well as the basics of occupational (more)
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Construction: Health and Safety 2008/2009
10. Construction: Health and Safety 2008/2009
CBD Price: £70.00
Author(s): Croner; CIOB
With contributions by leading experts and advisors in the field of construction health and safety, this comprehensive handbook is a useful companion for clients, contractors, CDM-co-ordinators and managers with responsibility for health, safety and (more)
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CDM 2007: Questions and Answers
11. CDM 2007: Questions and Answers
CBD Price: £29.99
Author(s): Perry, Pat
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) simplifies and brings together the updated CDM 1994 Regulation and the Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulation into a single regulatory package. Compulsory as of April 2007, (more)
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Which Contract - 4th Edition
12. Which Contract - 4th Edition
CBD Price: £45.00
Author(s): Cox , Stanley and Clamp, H
Which Contract? 4th Edition is the most up-to-date and reliable comparative analysis of the burgeoning number of standard forms of building contract currently available in the UK. Ever since its first publication in 1989, architects and other (more)
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The JCT Design and Build Contract 2005 - 3rd Edition (Book)
13. The JCT Design and Build Contract 2005 - 3rd Edition (Book)
CBD Price: £59.50
Author(s): Chappell, D
Book: Design and Build is a very popular form of procurement for construction work and the JCT Standard Form for Design and Build work is well established and used widely. In 2005 the Joint Contracts Tribunal produced a revised Design and Build Contract (more)
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Building Regulations in Brief - 5th Edition
14. Building Regulations in Brief - 5th Edition
CBD Price: £19.99
Author(s): Tricker, Ray; Algar, Rozz
Baffled by the Building Regs? Confused by codes of practice? Mystified by materials and puzzled by planning permission? Then look no further! This handy and affordable guide is a time-saver for both professionals and enthusiasts. The information is (more)
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SBC05 Contract Administration Guide
15. SBC05 Contract Administration Guide
CBD Price: £22.50
Author(s): Chappell, D
The new Contract Administration Guides have been fully revised to include worked examples of each of the forms with notes about their use, completion and issue. They include fully referenced checklists of the Architects' or Contract Administrators' (more)
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The Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated - 13th Edition
16. The Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated - 13th Edition
CBD Price: £55.00
Author(s): Billington, M; Bright, K; Waters, JR
The Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated provides a detailed, authoritative and well illustrated guide to building control in England and Wales. Since the last edition was revised in 2003, six Approved Documents have been revised or published (more)
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Code of Practice for Project Management - 3rd Edition
17. Code of Practice for Project Management - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £37.00
Author(s): CIOB, CIOB
FREE P&P for UK Mainland. Publishers recommended price 49.99 GBP. This incredible book just keeps on being top of our best seller list! It's the book everyone involved in any aspect of Project Management should have. Like previous editions, this third (more)
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Project Management - 9th Edition
18. Project Management - 9th Edition
CBD Price: £30.00
Author(s): Lock, Dennis
Dennis Lock's book has been completely restructured and largely rewritten for this 9th Edition, so that the sequence now follows even more closely the life-cycle of a typical project from its earliest definition to final close-out. Case examples and (more)
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Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts - 3rd Edition
19. Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £300.00
Author(s): Pickavance, Keith
Since the first edition was published in 1997, this award-winning book has become the definitive work on this subject. The most authoritative and comprehensive coverage of delay and disruption in construction and civil engineering contracts has now been (more)
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CDM 2007: A Guide for Clients and their Advisors
20. CDM 2007: A Guide for Clients and their Advisors
CBD Price: £45.00
Author(s): Baker, Tony
CDM 2007 now applies to all construction projects regardless of their size or duration. The Regulations change the role and duties of several key duty holders, including clients, who are now required to take a more active role in discharging their (more)
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Partnering in the Construction Industry
21. Partnering in the Construction Industry
CBD Price: £24.99
Author(s): Bennett, John; Peace, Sarah
Offer. 50% off . £24.99 from £49.99. Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve even higher levels of efficiency and certainty to provide (more)
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Guidance for Principal Contractor - Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2007
22. Guidance for Principal Contractor - Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2007
CBD Price: £21.00
Author(s): CIP
Guidance for Principle Contractor. This guide is aimed at contractors who carry out the role of Principal Contractor in projects which are notifiable under CDM 2007 and provides good practice guidance to contractors acting as Main Contractors on all size (more)
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Managing Health and Safety in Construction (Design and Management) CDM Regulations 2007
23. Managing Health and Safety in Construction (Design and Management) CDM Regulations 2007
CBD Price: £15.00
Author(s): Health and Safety Exec
This Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) provides practical guidance on complying with the duties set out in the Regulations. It replaces HSG224, the ACOP to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994. The key aim of CDM2007 is to integrate (more)
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Site Safe And You
24. Site Safe And You
CBD Price: £10.00
Author(s): CIP
This pocket sized book published by Construction Industry Publications, is a handy guide on how to create safe working conditions on sites and in workshops. In a new spiral bound format this useful guide is a must for all employees working on (more)
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Building Construction Handbook - 7th Edition
25. Building Construction Handbook - 7th Edition
CBD Price: £23.99
Author(s): Greeno, R; Chudley, R
INCORPORATING CURRENT BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS. Building Construction Handbook is an authoritative reference for all students and professionals. It is full of detailed drawings that clearly illustrate the construction of building elements. The (more)
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A Client's Guide to Health and Safety for a Construction Project
26. A Client's Guide to Health and Safety for a Construction Project
CBD Price: £9.50
Author(s): RIBA
A Client's Guide to Health and Safety for a Construction Project is a fully up-to-date and straightforward 26 page leaflet style guide. It aims to assist construction clients in understanding the health and safety duties imposed upon them by the (more)
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Value and Risk Management
27. Value and Risk Management
CBD Price: £29.95
Author(s): Dallas, Michael F
Offer. £29.95 from £39.95. Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they relate to one another. It (more)
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CIOB Facilities Management Contract Guidance Notes
28. CIOB Facilities Management Contract Guidance Notes
CBD Price: £15.00
Author(s): CIOB, CIOB
Provides general guidance to each Clause of the CIOB Facilities Management (more)
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CIOB Mini Form of Contract (Home Improvement Agencies) Pk of 15 Contracts
29. CIOB Mini Form of Contract (Home Improvement Agencies) Pk of 15 Contracts
CBD Price: £27.03
Author(s): CIOB
- January 2007 Edition: Pack of x15 contracts: - These documents are prepared for use as integrated sets and are recommended for contracts up to the value of £8,000 at 2004 prices. - The Contract was originally developed by the ASI (merged with the CIOB (more)
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CIOB Minor Works Contract - 2004 Edition
30. CIOB Minor Works Contract - 2004 Edition
CBD Price: £8.22
Author(s): CIOB, CIOB
Scope: This form should not be used where quantities are involved; it is intended for minor works to be carried out on a lump sum basis, with no nominated sub-contractors. The form may be used for Local Authority contracts provided that the appropriate (more)
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CIOB Small Works Contract
31. CIOB Small Works Contract
CBD Price: £10.77
Author(s): CIOB
Scope: This contract is intended for use with smaller works (such as a private house, or alterations, or extensions), described by drawings and/or a specification of works, but not using bills of quantities; it provides for nominated sub-contractors and (more)
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