Construction contracting: a practical guide to company management

Construction Contracting, the industry's leading professional reference for five decades, has been updated to reflect current practices, business methods, management techniques, codes, and regulations. A cornerstone of the construction library, this text presents the hard-to-find information essential to successfully managing a construction company, applicable to building, heavy civil, high-tec…

Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering an…

Being the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Industrial Engineering, IEEM 2015 aims to provide a high-level international forum for experts, scholars and entrepreneurs at home and abroad to present the recent advances, new techniques and applications face and face, to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers and profes…

Construction scheduling: principles and practices

Edition

2nd ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9780135137826

Collation

xxi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Series Title

-

Call Number

[TSI-LIB-153]

Reinforced concrete structures

Sets out basic theory for the behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements and structures in considerable depth. Emphasizes behavior at the ultimate load, and, in particular, aspects of the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures. Based on American practice, but also examines European practice.

Design of prestressed concrete structures

Presents basic theory of prestressed concrete along with the load balancing, working-load and ultimate-load methods for prestressed concrete design. Material revised in light of substantial advances in the field includes: materials, prestressing systems, loss of prestress, shear and bond, camber and deflection. Design examples based on the 1977 ACI Code with its latest revisions. Appendix conta…

Prestressed concrete analysis and design: fundamentals

Edition

2nd ed.

ISBN/ISSN

0967493919

Collation

xxxii, 1072 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[TSI-LIB-130]

Project management for environmental, construction and manufacturing engineer…

As a companion to books on project-management theory, this book illustrates, in a down-to-earth, comprehensive style, how to put that theory into practice. It shows not only what needs to be done, but how to do it. In addition to the many examples that illustrate procedures, the book includes over 25 case studies, each one addressing a specific theme.

Construction project scheduling and control

An easy-to-follow guide to the theory and practice of project scheduling and control No matter how large or small the construction project, an efficient, well-thought-out schedule is crucial to achieving success. The schedule manages all aspects of a job, such as adjusting staff requirements at various stages, overseeing materials deliveries and equipment needs, organizing inspections, and esti…

Construction management

The management of construction projects is a wide ranging and challenging discipline in an increasingly international industry, facing continual challenges and demands for improvements in safety, in quality and cost control, and in the avoidance of contractual disputes. Construction Management grew out of a Leonardo da Vinci project to develop a series of Common Learning Outcomes for European …

Eco-efficient construction and building materials

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780857298911

Collation

viii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series Title

-

Call Number

[TSI-LIB-49]