Construction and building industry Books

Book SynopsisThis book combines a critique of more than a century of housing reform policies, including public and other subsidized housing as well as exclusionary zoning, with the idea that simple low-cost housing—a poor side of town—helps those of modest means build financial assets and join in the local democratic process. It is more of a historical narrative than a straight policy book, however—telling stories of Jacob Riis, zoning reformer Lawrence Veiller, anti-reformer Jane Jacobs, housing developer William Levitt, and African American small homes advocate Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, as well as first-person accounts of onetime residents of neighborhoods such as Detroit’s Black Bottom who lost their homes and businesses to housing reform and urban renewal. This is a book with important policy implications—built on powerful, personal stories.

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Book SynopsisEver wish you could renovate your marketing strategy? Now you can.In the construction industry, reputation is everything. Whether you’re a distributor, manufacturer, builder, or installer, you want the pride of building something that will last and make a difference. While you may be an expert in your craft, marketing your business may feel like trying to drive a nail with a tape measurer—it just doesn’t work.In Building Better Brands, Elton Mayfield provides you with the tools and raw materials to plan and build a business marketing plan. Hailing from a construction background and with over twenty years of experience helping businesses build their brands as the President and Co-Founder of ER Marketing, he understands the challenges of marketing within the construction industry.With his firsthand experience in B2B marketing, Mayfield confronts the marketing challenges unique to the building and materials industry. In these pages, he lays out a simple framework which can allow any leader to rejuvenate their B2B marketing strategy:• Survey: What do people say about you? What do you want them to say about you? • Blueprint: What do you need to have in place to deliver the brand you want? • Build: How do you deliver the brand you promised and keep it up to code?With simple, down-to-earth concepts, he cuts through the noise to show how you Survey your business, draft a Blueprint, and then Build your brand through curb appeal and delivering on customer expectations. With topics covering how to handle negative reviews, crafting a strong mission statement, leveraging social media, and optimizing your web presence, this tactical manual for B2B marketing and operations strategy provides you with a foundation of tried-and-true methods. With each of these concepts, he lays out practical examples and action steps so you can build a brand to be proud of.

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Book SynopsisDue to the increase in construction activities worldwide and in Australia, the generation rate of construction and demolition (C&D) waste has significantly grown in recent years. In Australia, construction projects (i.e. housing, buildings and transport infrastructure) are being delivered at an unprecedented rate. Between 2009 and 2019, the annual average growth rate in this industry was 3.33%. The industry is identified as the fourth largest contributor to Australia's growth domestic product (GDP). Unsurprisingly, this quantity of construction brings about a considerable quantity of waste. In 2019, the construction industry generated 27 million tons (or megatonnes) of waste from construction and demolition activities in Australia. Given the size of the construction market and waste generated in this industry, any change will create huge impacts. The adequate management of such a quantity has now become a priority for policymakers around the world. A holistic national approach is required to handle the growing issue of C&D waste management in Australia. Therefore, this book identifies discrepancies and inconsistencies related to C&D waste management in different Australian jurisdictions. The included chapters discuss regulations governing the C&D waste stream, discrepancies in defining waste, Australia's place in the worldwide C&D waste market, opportunities for reducing C&D waste, and the perception among C&D waste stakeholders on relevant issues and proposed reforms, among other topics. Overall, the book contributes to the Australian understanding of effective management of C&D waste by providing a clear picture of C&D waste state of play. The book can benefit policymakers and whoever is interested in C&D waste to better plan for innovative and efficient C&D waste resulting in the further diversion of C&D waste from landfills.Table of ContentsList of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Discrepancies in Regulations Governing C&D Waste Stream; A Consistent Approach to Define and Measure C&D Waste; Economic Factors and Drivers that Govern the C&D Waste Management; Waste Marketplace Models: Worldwide Successful Examples; An Economic Evaluation of C&D Marketplace; Brick-Resource Circular Economy: Opportunities to Reduce Waste Across the Supply Chain; Concrete-Resource Circular Economy: Opportunities to Reduce Waste Across the Supply Chain; Steel-Resource Circular Economy: Opportunities to Reduce Waste Across the Supply Chain; Glass-Resource Circular Economy: Opportunities to Reduce Waste Across the Supply Chain; Timber-Resource Circular Economy: Opportunities to Reduce Waste Across the Supply Chain; Perceptions of Stakeholders: Survey Results; Appendices; Survey Responses; Index.

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Book SynopsisA nation’s construction industry is essentially home grown, a derivative of its culture, history, geography and economic circumstances with every building or road a unique product, always a prototype, unlike the honed prototypes set up for efficient production runs of other industries. In terms of what was built and the standards achieved, Construction Industry Advance and Change: Progress in Eight Asian Economies since 1995 describes construction industry progress between 1995 and 2019 in Hong Kong , India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The 25-year accounts provide insight into the nature of these individual construction industries, their shared characteristics, and their differing priorities. The book will add knowledge and contextual reference for construction industry professionals, public policy makers and academic researchers studying the industry. New students in construction industry management courses, will find the information and context needed to appreciate the nature of construction industries and the factors affecting industry output performance.Table of ContentsForeword; Ozawa Keiichi Chapter 1. Country Chapters Overview; Michael Anson, Y.H. Chiang, Daisuke Hosoda, Chandima Swarnamali Karunaratne, Patrick Lam, Nagamine Yukinobu, Pham Van Bo, Krishna S. Pribadi, Madhuri Jyothi Rani, Jianfu Shen, Biemo W. Soemardi, Che Saliza Che Soh, Datuk Ir Ahmad ‘Asri Abdul Hamid, and Ahmad Farrin Mokhtar Chapter 2. 25 years of Hong Kong Construction Industry Progress 1995 to 2019; Michael Anson, Y.H. Chiang, Jianfu Shen, and Patrick Lam Chapter 3. Indian Construction Industry Progress Since 1995; Madhuri Jyothi Rani Chapter 4. The Indonesian Construction Industry, 1995- 2019; Biemo W. Soemardi and Krishna S. Pribadi Chapter 5. Activities and Progress of the Japanese Construction Industry The 25 years, 1995 – 2019; Nagamine Yukinobu and Daisuke Hosoda Chapter 6. Malaysia – 25 Years of Construction Industry Progress 1995 – 2019; Datuk Ir Ahmad ‘Asri Abdul Hamid, Ahmad Farrin Mokhtar, Che Saliza Che Soh, and Nur Ima Zainol Abidin Chapter 7. Construction Industry Progress of South Korea: 1995 to 2019; Chijoo Lee Chapter 8. Sri Lanka The Construction Industry: 1995-2019; Chandima Swarnamali Karunaratne Chapter 9. The Vietnam Construction Industry The 25 Years, 1995-2019; Pham Van Bo

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Book SynopsisValue management has been applied to construction projects throughout the world, but in some regions, it is just gaining popularity. Therefore, it is necessary to create awareness of value management among stakeholders and understand various obstacles to its implementation. Value Management Implementation in Construction addresses various factors that can enhance the application of the discipline as well as its adoption among concerned stakeholders. This book discusses the practice of value management in various developed and developing countries by exposing the techniques and models that can be employed in value management exercises, with a view to achieving sustainable development while delivering projects to the satisfaction of clients. This book provides guidance on value management as a tool for improving the delivery of infrastructural projects for construction professionals, employers of labour, researchers and students alike with evidence from various countries around the world.Table of ContentsPart 1. Background Information of the Book Chapter 1. General Introduction Part 2. Value Management in Selected Developed Countries Chapter 2. Value Management in Australia Chapter 3. Value Management in Canada Chapter 4. Value Management in France Chapter 5. Value Management in Hong Kong Chapter 6. Value Management in Northern Cyprus Chapter 7. Value Management in Scotland Chapter 8. Value Management in England Chapter 9. Value Management in United States of America Part 3. Value Management in Selected Developing Countries Chapter 10. Value Management in China Chapter 11. Value Management in Ghana Chapter 12. Value Management in Malaysia Chapter 13. Value Management in Nigeria Chapter 14. Value Management in Saudi Arabia Chapter 15. Value Management in South Africa Chapter 16. Value Management in Sri Lanka Chapter 17. Value Management in United Arab Emirates Part 4. Concluding Summary of the Book Chapter 18. General Summaries on Value Management

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Book SynopsisSupply chain management in the construction industry has passed through different eras – yet throughout, the construction industry has experienced fragmentation, late project delivery and other Gordian Knots due to its slow adoption of innovative modern technologies and principles in the supply chain processes. Addressing the need to harmonise the construction supply chain and establish the industry as the lynchpin of the economy, Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era acts as a roadmap, re-aligning the activities of the construction supply chain stakeholders with the principles and tenets of Industry 4.0. Gathering evidence on both the benefits and disruptive potentials within the current construction supply chain management domain, this collection determines the acceptable practice and standard for regulatory bodies and managers, appealing also to researchers as it expands the frontiers of knowledge in the fourth industrial era.Table of ContentsChapter 1. General Introduction Chapter 2. Current Era and Practice of Supply Chain Management in the Construction Industry Chapter 3. Construction Supply Chain Management Practice in Developed Countries Chapter 4. Construction Supply Chain Management Practice in Developing Countries Chapter 5. Construction Supply Chain Management Practice in Nigeria Chapter 6. Theoretical Background Supporting Construction Supply Chain Management Chapter 7. Gaps in the Construction Supply Chain Management Model Chapter 8. Results from the Delphi Study Chapter 9. Construction Supply Chain Management Model in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Book SynopsisThe CIC Scope of Services comprises lists of tasks which are to be undertaken by all members of the project team. From these lists, parties can draw up schedules of services for the appointment of consultants, specialists and contractors by allocating the tasks to whoever is to undertake them. All participants therefore know what they are to do, and what others are to do as well. Responsibilities are transparent, and the inter-dependence of the various roles is clearly demonstrated. The result is a set of services that are fully integrated across all disciplines and roles. The CIC Scope of Services are for use on major building projects and can be used with the CIC Consultants'' Contract Conditions, or with other forms of contract, and with whatever procurement route is chosen. Whilst customers/users can complete The CIC Scope of Services by hand, the easiest and simplest way to prepare the schedule of services for a contract will be to use the DefinIT allocation software package. Purc

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Book SynopsisThe Phoenix Commotion is a local building initiative created to prove that constructing homes with recycled and salvaged materials has a viable place in the building industry. This process uses only apprentice labor and teaches marketable skills to anyone with a work ethic who is willing to swing a hammer. By keeping labor costs low and using donated or found materials, the homes created are truly affordable. (www.phoenixcommotion.com)This book is an examination of the history of Phoenix Commotion and the philosopy of Dan Phillips, the prime mover of the enterprise. Here readers will be introduced to the major projects of Phillips and Phoenix Commotion: the story behind them and the specifics of these unique structures, complete with black-and-white and color plates.Trade ReviewI have watched Dan Phillips at work for nearly forty years, and I must say that he constantly surprises me with his ability to create something magnificent out of "trash" others have consigned to the city dump or left at the curb to be hauled off. License plates, shattered tiles, bottle caps, wine corks, gnarled bois d'ark limbs, sawed-off ends of timber--in the hands of this master craftsman all become the finest of building materials. He is a magician in the world of home construction. In this book you will learn all about Dan and be introduced to some of his remarkable projects."--Paul Ruffin, Director, Texas Review Press“Dan Phillips combines the passion of an artist with the wisdom of a philosopher to create inimitable living spaces that are as full of life and personality as the people who inhabit them. Harnessing the power of apprentice labor provided by an army of willing novices, Dan fashions structures from salvaged materials that become affordable yet aesthetically unique homes for artists, single parents, and families with low incomes. This book will open your eyes to the uplifting spirit of Dan Phillips, who chooses to see the possibilities rather than the limitations in both the buildings and the builders as he quietly goes about the business of improving the planet, one project at a time.”–Don R. Bates, for the editors

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the analysis and design of reinforced concrete structural members in conformity with the 2014 version of the CSA A23.3 Canadian standard. Such members are often encountered in practice, particularly in buildings. This second edition considers all the changes brought into the 2014 CSA A23.3 Canadian standard. In addition, with respect to the first edition, two new chapters related to the design of walls and of prestressed concrete structures are introduced. Using an original approach, the author presents the subject matter as clearly and effectively as possible. Each aspect is carefully illustrated and is the subject of a thorough theoretical development. This is followed by a step-by-step procedure for both design and verification, along with many fully developed numerical applications.This book is intended for practicing engineers as well as for students of that field. Engineers will find a valuable and concise reference which complements the standards and other engineering tools for their daily tasks. Students will use it as a textbook on reinforced concrete structures presented in an original and easy-to-use format.

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to educate and equip aspiring professionals, industry practitioners, and students in the knowledge and practice of contract administration and procurement in the Singapore Construction Industry. It discusses the roles of and relationships between the different parties (e.g. Owner, Architect, Quantity Surveyor), tendering procedures, project delivery methods, payments, variations, final account, and other aspects for the administration of construction contracts in Singapore.This second edition has been updated to include:The book is written in an easy and readable form. Technical jargon is minimised. The topics include both common and less common issues in industry that practitioners and students should be aware. Most of the examples are obtained from industry (with modifications) and reflect current practices. Timelines, flowcharts, sample forms, sample letters, and other documents illustrating the processes are provided in this work, for the easy understanding of the readers.The contract administration process takes into account the Singapore Institute of Architects' Measurement Contract (9th Edition), the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (7th edition), and also the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act.

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to educate and equip aspiring professionals, industry practitioners, and students in the knowledge and practice of contract administration and procurement in the Singapore Construction Industry. It discusses the roles of and relationships between the different parties (e.g. Owner, Architect, Quantity Surveyor), tendering procedures, project delivery methods, payments, variations, final account, and other aspects for the administration of construction contracts in Singapore.This second edition has been updated to include:The book is written in an easy and readable form. Technical jargon is minimised. The topics include both common and less common issues in industry that practitioners and students should be aware. Most of the examples are obtained from industry (with modifications) and reflect current practices. Timelines, flowcharts, sample forms, sample letters, and other documents illustrating the processes are provided in this work, for the easy understanding of the readers.The contract administration process takes into account the Singapore Institute of Architects' Measurement Contract (9th Edition), the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (7th edition), and also the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to consolidate, structure and articulate collective knowledge on construction project delivery, procurement and contracting, so that it can serve as a gateway to the contiguous topics of construction project delivery. In addition to supporting the education of student researchers, as well as broadening and deepening the knowledge of practitioners, the book is also intended to serve as a foundation for future education and as a reference book. Academicians can use it to benchmark and support their research and also as a textbook for an undergraduate or graduate course on the topics of project delivery, procurement and contracting.

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Book Synopsis This book contains the materials of the Conference "Construction and Development: Life Cycle-2020" (CDLC-2020), held at Chuvash State University, Russia. The content of this volume is devoted to improving methods for calculating building structures, strengthening them and assessing their suitability for use, monitoring buildings, improving building technologies, geotechnics, energy efficiency of building envelopes and energy systems, introducing new structures and materials, and economic assessment of construction. It also consists of test data for load-bearing building structures. This volume will prove to be a valuable resource for those in academia and industry. Table of ContentsArchitecture and Urbanism.- Calculation and design of building structures.- Reliability, durability and design of the reconstruction of buildings and structures.- Monitoring of buildings and structures.- Geotechnics, soil mechanics and foundations for construction and renovation of buildings.- Technology, Project Planning, Construction Management and Economics of buildings construction and renovation.

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