construction,books,building,architecture,surveying,estimating,tendering,site,land,property,design,build,law,mail order,construction books direct Chartered Institute of Building
Search the site
Any wordsExact Phrase
Click for Advanced Search Facility
The official bookshop of the Chartered Institute of Building offering an extensive range of construction and building books and contracts.
pad
  Home Construction Books Direct Home Page
padding
  New Titles New Titles
padding
  Bestsellers Bestsellers
padding
  Special Offers Special Offers
padding
  Clearance Items Clearance Items
padding
  Forthcoming Titles Clearance Items
padding
  For Interest Interest Items
padding
  CBD Recommends Recommend
padding
  Customer Comments Customer Comments
padding
  Reading Lists Reading Lists
padding
  Book Reviews Books Reviews
padding
  About CBD About CBD
padding
  Contact Us Contact Us
padding
  Browse By Subject Browse By Subject
padding
 ArchitectureCategory
padding
 Bre BooksCategory
padding
 Building Law And ContractsCategory
padding
 Building RegulationsCategory
padding
 Building ServicesCategory
padding
 Ciob ContractsCategory
padding
 ConstructionCategory
padding
 Contract ManagementCategory
padding
 Croner PublicationsCategory
padding
 Croner ServicesCategory
padding
 EducationCategory
padding
 Environmental IssuesCategory
padding
 Estimating & TenderingCategory
padding
 FloodingCategory
padding
 Health And SafetyCategory
padding
 Jct ContractsCategory
padding
 Jct Revisions 2009Category
padding
 Land & PropertyCategory
padding
 MaintenanceCategory
padding
 ManagementCategory
padding
 MerchandiseCategory
padding
 MiscCategory
padding
 Site ManagementCategory
padding
 Student TextsCategory
padding
 Studies In Contractual ClaimsCategory
padding
 SubscriptionsCategory
padding
 SurveyingCategory
padding
 TechnologyCategory
padding
 
Cards Accepted
Health and Safety Starter Pack
1. 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)
Add   to my basket 
Spon`s House Improvement Price Book: 4th Edition
2. Spon`s House Improvement Price Book: 4th Edition
CBD Price: £55.00
Author(s): Spain, Bryan
Bryan Spain is a consultant quantity surveyor who specialises in building and civil engineering costs. He has worked in local goverment, private practice and contracting organisations. He has also written over 50 books, mainly on construction costs. This (more)
Add   to my basket 
Corporate Strategy in Construction: Understanding todays theory and practice
3. Corporate Strategy in Construction: Understanding todays theory and practice
CBD Price: £49.99
Author(s): McCabe, Steven
This book draws together the main elements of strategic management theory and considers their relevance to contemporary practice in construction. It assists students understand what corporate strategy involves and how it is possible to develop a (more)
Add   to my basket 
Dispute Boards:Procedures and Practice
4. Dispute Boards:Procedures and Practice
CBD Price: £55.00
Author(s): Owen, G P; Totterdill, B W
The book outlines the various contract procedures which require or permit the use of Dispute Boards. It gives a detailed explanation of the interpretation and application of each requirement, both practical and legal/contractual, while referring to the (more)
Add   to my basket 
CIOB Mini Form of Contract (Home Improvement Agencies) Pk of 15 Contracts
5. CIOB Mini Form of Contract (Home Improvement Agencies) Pk of 15 Contracts
CBD Price: £27.02
Author(s): CIOB
- July 2009 Edition: Pack of x 15 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)
Add   to my basket 
CIOB Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development: 4th Edition
6. CIOB Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development: 4th Edition
CBD Price: £44.99
Author(s): CIOB
In 1991 the Chartered Institute of Building initiated a multi-institute task force and a Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development was published in 1992, with second and third editions in 1996 and 2002. Like previous (more)
Add   to my basket 
The Rising Damp Myth
7. The Rising Damp Myth
CBD Price: £16.99
Author(s): Howell, Jeff
This book written by Jeff Howell, FCIOB, is indispensable reading for house sellers, buyers, surveyors, property professionals and construction students. It describes how 'rising damp' has been promoted as a marketing device by the chemical damp proofing (more)
Add   to my basket 
Guide to RIBA Agreements 2010
8. Guide to RIBA Agreements 2010
CBD Price: £20.00
Author(s): Phillips, Roland
With worked examples and guidance about matters affecting professional contracts and designed to be read in conjunction with the Notes and Model Letters accompanying each of the contracts in the suite, this new 2010 edition explains how to use the brand (more)
Add   to my basket 
CIOB Facilities Management Contract - Revised Jan 2008
9. CIOB Facilities Management Contract - Revised Jan 2008
CBD Price: £19.99
Author(s): CIOB
A purpose-built standard form facilities management contract designed to cover the provision of a wide spectrum of facilities management services from simple to highly complex arrangements. Appropiate for use in both the private sector and public (more)
Add   to my basket 
Code of Estimating Practice: 7th Edition
10. Code of Estimating Practice: 7th Edition
CBD Price: £33.99
Author(s): CIOB
RRP £46.99: CBD Price £33.99, saving you £13!. This code of practice, long established as a leading publication for the construction industry, provides an authoritative guide to essential principles and good practice in estimating for building work. The (more)
Add   to my basket 
CIOB Facilities Management Contract Guidance Notes
11. 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)
Add   to my basket 
Value and Risk Management
12. Value and Risk Management
CBD Price: £17.99
Author(s): Dallas, Michael F
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 describes the different issues to (more)
Add   to my basket 
CIOB Mini Form of Contract (General Use)
13. CIOB Mini Form of Contract (General Use)
CBD Price: £3.60
Author(s): CIOB, CIOB
This document is recommended for contracts up to the value of £8,000 at 2004 (more)
Add   to my basket 
Partnering in the Construction Industry
14. Partnering in the Construction Industry
CBD Price: £20.79
Author(s): Bennett, John; Peace, Sarah
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 world class buildings and infrastructure (more)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Technology: Analysis and Choice - 2nd Edition
15. Construction Technology: Analysis and Choice - 2nd Edition
CBD Price: £29.99
Author(s): Bryan, T
Written by Tony Bryan, Principal Lecturer in Construction Management and Engineering at the University of the West of England. This second edition of 'Construction Technology: Analysis & Choice' has been expanded to include commercial buildings. This now (more)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Skills: Managerial and Professional Health and Safety Test: All the Questions and Answers: 2009: Issue 1
16. Construction Skills: Managerial and Professional Health and Safety Test: All the Questions and Answers: 2009: Issue 1
CBD Price: £8.49
Author(s): CITB
This guide has been written to help you prepare for the Managerial and professional Health and Safety Test. The purpose of the test is to help reinforce the existing health and safety knowledge of professionally qualified persons who, although engaged in (more)
Add   to my basket 
Easy Guide to Health and Safety
17. Easy Guide to Health and Safety
CBD Price: £15.99
Author(s): Hughes, Phil & Hughes, Liz
Do you need to get to grips with health and safety principles but don't have time to wade through all the legislation and guidance? Do you need practical step-by-step guidance on health and safety issues for your small business? If so then this is the (more)
Add   to my basket 
Managing Health and Safety in Construction (Design and Management) CDM Regulations 2007
18. 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)
Add   to my basket 
CDM 2007: Questions and Answers
19. CDM 2007: Questions and Answers
CBD Price: £31.99
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)
Add   to my basket 
Guidance for Principal Contractor - Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2007
20. Guidance for Principal Contractor - Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations 2007
CBD Price: £22.00
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)
Add   to my basket 
CDM 2007: A Guide for Clients and their Advisors
21. CDM 2007: A Guide for Clients and their Advisors
CBD Price: £47.50
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)
Add   to my basket 
Building Construction Handbook - 8th Edition
22. Building Construction Handbook - 8th Edition
CBD Price: £24.99
Author(s): Chudley, R; Greeno R
The 'Building Construction Handbook' is an authoritative reference for all construction students and professionals. It is full of detailed drawings that clearly illustrate the construction of building elements. The principles and processes of (more)
Add   to my basket 
Building Services Handbook  - 5th Edition
23. Building Services Handbook - 5th Edition
CBD Price: £21.99
Author(s): Hall, F; Greeno, R
This edition contains extended information on water system components, control systems for hot water and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, drainage, gas appliance flues and further examples of design calculations. It has been revised and (more)
Add   to my basket 
The Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated - 13th Edition
24. The Building Regulations Explained and Illustrated - 13th Edition
CBD Price: £62.99
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)
Add   to my basket 
Building Regulations in Brief - 5th Edition
25. Building Regulations in Brief - 5th Edition
CBD Price: £20.99
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)
Add   to my basket 
Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings - 2nd Edition
26. Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings - 2nd Edition
CBD Price: £27.99
Author(s): Emmitt, Stephen
This new edition of ‘Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings’ retains the emphasis on larger-scale buildings: primarily residential, commercial and industrial buildings constructed with load bearing frames. New material has been added but the text (more)
Add   to my basket 
Spon's Architects and Builders Price Book 2010
27. Spon's Architects and Builders Price Book 2010
CBD Price: £145.00
Author(s): Davis langdon
Compiled by Davis Langdon, Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information currently available for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year, (more)
Add   to my basket 
Good Practice Guide: Marketing Your Practice
28. Good Practice Guide: Marketing Your Practice
CBD Price: £19.95
Author(s): Elias, H
Drawing on the expertise of a range of industry insiders, this practical and accessible guide shows how effective marketing can give your practice the edge. With examples, tips, and guidelines that can easily be applied to a practice of any size, (more)
Add   to my basket 
Understanding Housing Defects - 3rd Edition
29. Understanding Housing Defects - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £34.99
Author(s): Marshall, Duncan; Worthing, Derek ; Heath, Roger
This third edition of 'Understanding Housing defects' provides a coherant and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing. Each of the 18 chapters covers a specific building element and includes a brief (more)
Add   to my basket 
Site Safe And You
30. 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)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Site Fire Prevention Checklist: Third Edition
31. Construction Site Fire Prevention Checklist: Third Edition
CBD Price: £14.00
Author(s): FPA
This updated checklist is designed to be used in conjunction with the joint Code of Practice, Fire Prevention on Construction Sites, 7th Edition. Aimed at those who have responsibility for assembling and implementing the Site Fire Safety Plan, an (more)
Add   to my basket 
Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work - 4th Edition
32. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work - 4th Edition
CBD Price: £25.99
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)
Add   to my basket 
Watts Pocket Handbook 2010
33. Watts Pocket Handbook 2010
CBD Price: £26.95
Author(s): Watts Group Plc
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 students, it is filled to the (more)
Add   to my basket 
Which Contract - 4th Edition
34. Which Contract - 4th Edition
CBD Price: £47.50
Author(s): Cox,S; Lupton, S; Clamp, H
This title explains the tried and trusted techniques for selecting the kind of contract to use and a contract-by-contract analysis, grouped by type and organised to facilitate comparison, makes the actual choice much simpler. The final chapter sketches (more)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Law - 10th Edition
35. Construction Law - 10th Edition
CBD Price: £28.95
Author(s): Uff , John
Law and Practice relating to the Construction Industry By John Uff CBE, QC, ph.D, BSc.(Eng.) FREng., FICE, FCIArb. Chartered Engineer, Barrister, Bencher of Gray`s Inn, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Law, King`s College, London. Construction Law - (more)
Add   to my basket 
Green Guide to Specification: Fourth Edition
36. Green Guide to Specification: Fourth Edition
CBD Price: £69.50
Author(s): Anderson, Jane; Shiers, David
The edition of 'The Green Guide to Specification' has been revised and updated by BRE to provide designers and specifiers with easy -to -use guidance on making the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components. It is (more)
Add   to my basket 
Code of Measuring Practice: A Guide for Property Professionals - 6th Edition
37. 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)
Add   to my basket 
Sustainable Construction
38. Sustainable Construction
CBD Price: £31.99
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)
Add   to my basket 
Architect's Pocket Book - 3rd Edition
39. Architect's Pocket Book - 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £19.99
Author(s): Baden-Powell, Charlotte
This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on site or in the studio. The book is full of tips and tricks of the trade, from complying with the Building Regulations, to helping with (more)
Add   to my basket 
JCT (MW) Minor Works Building Contract: Revision 2 2009
40. JCT (MW) Minor Works Building Contract: Revision 2 2009
CBD Price: £21.31
Author(s): JCTribunal
Appropriate: where the work involved is simple in character; where the work is designed by or on behalf of the Employer; where the Employer is to provide drawings and/or a specification and/or work schedules to define adequately the quantity and quality (more)
Add   to my basket 
Bids, Tenders & Proposals: Winning business through best practice: 3rd Edition
41. Bids, Tenders & Proposals: Winning business through best practice: 3rd Edition
CBD Price: £35.00
Author(s): Lewis, Harold
This 3rd edition builds on and expands the successful second edition. This is an indispensable guide for every organisation that is competing for business. It is well written publication serves as a practical guide for winning contracts and funding. The (more)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Skills Health & Safety Test: 2008 Edition: Issue 3
42. Construction Skills Health & Safety Test: 2008 Edition: Issue 3
CBD Price: £8.49
Author(s): CITB
The Construction Skills Health and Safety Test plays an important role in meeting legislation included in the CDM regs, and forms part of the requirement to obtain a CSCS or affiliated card. It continues to be a vital tool in helping the industry improve (more)
Add   to my basket 
Construction Planning, Programming and Control - Third Edition
43. Construction Planning, Programming and Control - Third Edition
CBD Price: £28.99
Author(s): Cooke, B and Williams, Peter
This book offers a clear explanation of the principles and practice of construction planning, programming and control during the preparation and construction stages of a project. The book is written in the context of current procurement and contractual (more)
Add   to my basket 
Your Basket
View your basket View Your Basket
Your basket is currently empty
Newsletter
Enter your email address to join our mailing list
Privacy Click for help
Click for more details
dot
dot
dot
dot
FREE Guide to JCT Contracts
dot
Apply for a trade account
dot
Construction Research and Innovation - Subscribe Here
Your Account
You are not logged in
Email
Password
Remember Me
  Click for help
New Customer? New Customer?
Forgotten Password? Forgotten password?
All contents ©2010 Construction Books Direct > Home > Top > FAQ > Terms > Privacy > Unsubscribe