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Welcome To The Building and Construction Catalogue 2012

2011 was quite a year for our construction list, with the acquisition of hundreds of excellent titles from Butterworth Heinemann, Earthscan, and Newnes on top of the continued expansion of the existing SPON Press program. The resulting construction “super group” has this year been rebranded under the prestigious Routledge imprint, where it joins our Planning and Architecture books.

So we entered 2012 expanded and rebranded. In the pages of this Routledge Building and Construction catalogue you will find some new editions of our long-running classics (such as the ninth edition of Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts and the second edition of Portfolio and Program Management Demystified), some renowned imports (Building Construction Handbook and the Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book), and a host of brand new titles written by an everexpanding pool of world-class authors, not to mention the growing number of cutting edge IHS BRE Press publications we have been distributing worldwide for close to two years now.

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  1. Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students

    3rd Edition

    By S.G. Naoum

    User-friendly, easy to dip into guide for all Built Environment students Takes the reader from the stage of choosing a topic to writing a well-structured dissertation Best case practice illustrated with numerous examples, case studies and references. Dissertation Research and Writing for...

    Published July 24th 2012 by Routledge

  2. The Impact of Building Information Modelling

    Transforming Construction

    By Ray Crotty

    Construction projects involve a complex set of relationships, between parties with different professional backgrounds trying to achieve a very complex goal. Under these difficult circumstances, the quality of information on which projects are based should be of the highest possible standard. The...

    Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Human Resource Management in Construction

    Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Andrew Dainty, Martin Loosemore

    The construction sector is one of the most complex and problematic arenas within which to manage people. As a result, the applicability of much mainstream human resource management (HRM) theory to this industry is limited. Indeed, the operational realities faced by construction organizations mean...

    Published June 12th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods

    By Ljubomir Jankovic

    As we increasingly become aware of the causes and consequences of the climate change, there is a sense that we are dealing with an almost impossible problem to solve; that our targets for zero carbon buildings are far in the future; and that our targets are hard to achieve. This book develops a...

    Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge

  5. 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

  6. Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts

    9th Edition

    By David Chappell

    This ninth edition of David Chappell’s bestselling guide has been revised to take into account changes made in 2011 to payment provisions, and elsewhere. This remains the most concise guide available to the most commonly used JCT building contracts: Standard Building Contract with quantities,...

    Published March 27th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Building Construction Handbook

    8th Edition

    By Roy Chudley, Roger Greeno

    Building Construction Handbook contains everything you need to know about the construction process. Up-to-date examples of everyday practices and processes, accompanied by detailed drawings to illustrate the construction building elements, make this text a core reference for both students and...

    Published February 7th 2010 by Routledge

  8. Building Services Handbook

    6th Edition

    By Fred Hall, Roger Greeno, Roger Greeno, Fred Hall

    Building Services Handbook summarizes the application of all common elements of building services practice, technique and procedure, to provide an essential information resource for students as well as practitioners working in building services, building management and the facilities administration...

    Published April 12th 2011 by Routledge

  9. 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

  10. Traditional Construction for a Sustainable Future

    By Carole Ryan

    Since the spread of classical design and construction amongst the upper echolons of British society in the late seventeenth century, traditional construction methods have largely fallen by the wayside. Centuries later, as the construction industry faces up to its environmental responsibilities...

    Published January 12th 2011 by Routledge