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This thoroughly readable overview of the nature and history of the construction industry offers a clear understanding of how this vast and complex industry operates. Exploring its main features – the markets, the principal players, and ways of working – it provides a strong basis for further study.
Construction UK: introduction to the industry takes a fresh approach to today′s key issues – sustainability, safety, efficiency, employment practices and procurement. It explains why things are the way they are and investigates the powerful trends for change.
This new edition is updated with:
∗ the latest DTI statistics, including new information on causes accidents
∗ an examination of the effectiveness of initiatives post–Egan
∗ a new section on the influence of European initiatives
∗ expanded coverage of sustainability and the environmental drivers affecting construction – as well as the industry′s response
∗ an enlarged section on labour resources and the skills gap
∗ a new look at the role of IT and how it is changing the design, construction and operation of buildings
∗ new case studies on Holyrood and on Wembley Stadium.
Students and all those interested in the built environment – architecture, engineering, surveying, construction – will find this a highly accessible and stimulating approach.
Construction UK: introduction to the industry takes a fresh approach to today′s key issues – sustainability, safety, efficiency, employment practices and procurement. It explains why things are the way they are and investigates the powerful trends for change.
This new edition is updated with:
∗ the latest DTI statistics, including new information on causes accidents
∗ an examination of the effectiveness of initiatives post–Egan
∗ a new section on the influence of European initiatives
∗ expanded coverage of sustainability and the environmental drivers affecting construction – as well as the industry′s response
∗ an enlarged section on labour resources and the skills gap
∗ a new look at the role of IT and how it is changing the design, construction and operation of buildings
∗ new case studies on Holyrood and on Wembley Stadium.
Students and all those interested in the built environment – architecture, engineering, surveying, construction – will find this a highly accessible and stimulating approach.
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This thoroughly readable overview of the nature and history of the construction industry offers a clear understanding of how this vast and complex industry operates. Exploring its main features – the markets, the principal players, and ways of working – it provides a strong basis for further study.
Construction UK: introduction to the industry takes a fresh approach to today’s key issues – sustainability, safety, efficiency, employment practices and procurement. It explains why things are the way they are and investigates the powerful trends for change.
This new edition is updated with:
- the latest DTI statistics, including new information on causes accidents
- an examination of the effectiveness of initiatives post–Egan
- a new section on the influence of European initiatives
- expanded coverage of sustainability and the environmental drivers affecting construction – as well as the industry’s response
- an enlarged section on labour resources and the skills gap
- a new look at the role of IT and how it is changing the design, construction and operation of buildings
- new case studies on Holyrood and on Wembley Stadium.
Students and all those interested in the built environment – architecture, engineering, surveying, construction – will find this a highly accessible and stimulating approach.
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Morton, R and Ross, A have made this such an easy read when compared to some of the construction literature I have endured.
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