Construction Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. Introduction to Estimating for Construction

   By Brian Greenhalgh

   Students and professionals encountering estimating for the first time need an approachable introduction to its principles and techniques, which is up to date with current practice. Introduction to Estimating for Construction explains both the traditional techniques, and best practice in...

   Published January 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Construction Economics

   A New Approach, 3rd Edition

   By Danny Myers

   Construction Economics provides students with the principles and concepts underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. The New Approach adopts an argument that economics is central to government initiatives concerning sustainable construction. This edition has...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. Modern Methods of Valuation

   11th Edition

   By Eric Shapiro, David Mackmin, Gary Sams

   The new and improved eleventh edition of this essential valuation textbook reflects the changes in the property market since 2009, whilst presenting the tried and tested study of the principles governing the valuation of land, houses and buildings of the previous editions. The eleventh&...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Estates Gazette
4. Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book

   2nd Edition

   By Duncan Cartlidge

   This second edition of the Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book is fully updated in line with NRM1, NRM2 and JCT(11), and remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners. Its focussed coverage of the data, techniques, and skills essential to the quantity surveying role make it an...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. Urban and Environmental Economics

   An Introduction

   By Graham Squires

   The importance of the built environment to environmental protection is well established, with strict environmental regulations now a feature of the working lives of planners, contractors, building designers, and quantity surveyors alike. Those new to, or preparing to join this industry must have an...

   Published July 31st 2012 by Routledge
6. Whole Life Costing

   A New Approach

   By Peter Caplehorn

   Whole life costing has been a subject waiting to come of age for many years. What was previously of mainly academic interest is now becoming a key business tool in the procurement and construction of significant projects. With the advent of PPP and in particular of PFI, details of the project...

   Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. Risk and Insurance in Construction

   2nd Edition

   By Nael G. Bunni

   Those involved in construction have to cope with so much learning in their own discipline that they shun further involvement in subjects such as insurance and law which in themselves are so deeply and intensely complex. However, insurance and law are interwoven in the basic procedures used in the...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Contemporary Issues in Construction in Developing Countries

   Edited by George Ofori

   Series: CIB

   Economic growth and socio-economic development are particuliarly important for developing countries, and the construction industry plays a central role in driving both of these. Traditionally the issues faced have been assumed to be merely offshoots of those encountered in industrialised...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
9. New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries

   Edited by George Ofori

   Series: CIB

   Developing countries face the challenge of maintaining economic growth and socio-economic development, at the core of which sits the construction industry. Considerable research on construction in developing countries took place in the 1970's and 1980's, but little since, a gap which this book...

   Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge
10. Life Cycle Assessment in the Built Environment

    By Robert Crawford

    Life cycle assessment enables the identification of a broad range of potential environmental impacts occurring across the entire life of a product, from its design through to its eventual disposal or reuse. The need for life cycle assessment to inform environmental design within the built...

    Published March 7th 2011 by Routledge