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| Building Maintenance Management |
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Price: £38.99
Author(s): Chanter, Barrie; Swallow, Peter |
| This book explains to the construction professional and owner of larger buildings the key management aspects of maintenance. It offers coverage of performance evaluation techniques (KPIs, Best Value), the trends in procurement strategies (PFI, (more) |
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| Understanding Building Failures |
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Price: £28.99
Author(s): Douglas, James; Ransom, Bill |
| This new edition of Bill Ransom's classic short textbook provides a good introduction to the study of defects in buildings and, in consequence, to good practice and to conservation and repair. More attention is being given to this than previously, (more) |
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| The Complete Loft Conversion Book |
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Price: £19.99
Author(s): Owen, Julian |
| Planning, Managing and Completing Your Conversion. A practical, informative book which guides the reader through the entire building project following the sequence of events for a real project. Brimming with useful advice, it contains information not (more) |
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| The Rising Damp Myth |
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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) |
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| Achieving Results: How to Create Value |
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Price: £30.00
Author(s): Woodhead, Roy |
| Customer loyalty is diminishing and the ability to adapt quickly has become essential to the long-term survival of most organisations. This book explains how rational thinking is the key to leadership and competitive advantage. Its scope is from Socrates (more) |
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| Building Maintenance |
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Price: £29.99
Author(s): Wood, Brian |
| Maintaining a building is often given low priority even though it costs more to run a building than to build it. 'Building Maintenance' covers the technical aspects of maintenance for undergraduate students on built environment courses, particularly (more) |
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| Construction Management: Principles and Practice |
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Price: £35.99
Author(s): Griffith, A |
| Behind the success of any construction project is the effective site management of the works by the principal contracting organization. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the key management concepts, principles and practices that (more) |
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| Improving People Performance in Construction |
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Price: £30.00
Author(s): Cooper, David |
| This book is a very down-to-earth guide to managing performance. The author recognizes the particular challenges of the industry, explains the basic approach to people performance and provides a menu of proven techniques for communicating your (more) |
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