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| Business Organisation for Construction | |||||||
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| Taylor & Francis | S | ISBN-10: 0415370108 ISBN-13: 9780415370103 | PGS: 212 | List: 44.95 YOUR PRICE: 42.70 | |||
| Business Organisation for Construction | |||||||
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| Taylor & Francis | ISBN-10: 0415370094 ISBN-13: 9780415370097 | PGS: 212 | List: 150.00 YOUR PRICE: 142.50 | ||||
| CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS FORMS CD ROM | |||||||
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| Accounting Forms; Business Forms; Contract Forms; Estimating Forms; Field Forms.The Atlas Business Forms CD consists of 122 essential forms to keep your business transactions looking professional and organized. Atlas Business Forms come in both Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format. The Word Forms come in both Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format. The word forms are fully customizable so you can change and/or add information, tailoring each form to meet a specific job application. Just add your company name and information for fully customized, professional looking forms. All PDF forms come in a fill-it-in before-you-print format and you can print as many copies as you like. You can also save your completed PDF documents to your computer if you own a read/write Adobe Acrobat Program. Listed below us a sampling of the 122 essentials forms on this CD-ROM: Waiver of Lien Partial; Daily Construction Report; Project Management Contract; Subcontract Agreement; Contractors Invoice; Time Management Sheet; Accident REport by Supervisor; Job Site Safety Checklist; Job Invoice; Transmittal; Daily Log; Change Order; Job Site Survey; Fax Cover Sheet; Warranty; Purchase Order; Clarification Notice; Change Order Request; Employee Evaluation; Notice to Proceed; summary to Estimate; Job Progreess Chart; SAfety Meeting Report; Ytuck Inspection sheet; Material Estimate Sheet | |||||||
| W MARKETING | ISBN-10: 1199100692 ISBN-13: 9781199100696 | PGS: N/A | List: 49.95 YOUR PRICE: 49.95 | ||||
| Construction Business Management | |||||||
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| Only 43 per cent of U.S. construction firms remain in business after four years. Why? Inadequate management, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. This is surprising because most construction firms are formed by ambitious construction project managers, executives and tradesmen who have excelled at what they have been doing. But as experienced as these entrepreneurs may be, they are not likely prepared to take on the full range of responsibilities forced on them in managing the business of construction in its entirety. While this business failure rate and its causes are based on U.S. experience, available data from a number of other industrialized countries shows they are similar. This book describes in detail what the business side of the construction equation requires of the construction firm owner. The contractor who quickly learns these requirements can identify and avoid or manage around the pitfalls that cause the high failure rate in our industry and put his or her construction firm on a level playing field with the best-run companies in the business. The detailed duties of the owner, whether in the U.S., U.K., Australia or Canada, are a common theme throughout the book. The author, Nick Ganaway, speaks peer-to-peer, and the book is sprinkled with supporting examples from his own experience. He is immersed in the industry and this book is "based on the things I've learned, used, and refined as a light-commercial general contractor in the course of starting and operating my own construction firm for 25 years." The contractor doing $5 million or $50 million or more in annual sales or the equivalent amount in other countries, or the entrepreneur who is just starting up, can use the tried and proven material in this book to build a business that is profitable, enjoyable, and enduring. Additionally, the book devotes a chapter to specializing in chain-store construction. * Learn what you need to succeed in the construction sector * How to target, land and retain profitable customers * Avoid the pitfalls of running your own construction business | |||||||
| Butterworth-Heinemann - ELSEVIER | ISBN-10: 075068108X ISBN-13: 9780750681087 | PGS: 224 | List: 58.95 YOUR PRICE: 56.00 | ||||
| Construction Business Management - POD | |||||||
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| Starting Out. Your Organization. Assessing Financial Capabilities. Estimating. Types of Contracts. Owner-Architect-Engineer Relations. Accounting and Cost-Keeping Systems. Job Organization. Labor Relations. Equipment. Safety and Insurance. Marketing. Trade Associations. Joint Ventures. How Is Success Measured?. Appendix. Index. | |||||||
| Wiley-Interscience | H | ISBN-10: 0471536369 ISBN-13: 9780471536369 | PGS: N/A | List: 150.00 YOUR PRICE: 142.50 | |||
| Construction Business Management, 1st Ed. | |||||||
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| Chapter 1 — Introduction 1.1 Nature of Construction Business 1.2 Primary Causes of Business Failure 1.3 Bus | |||||||
| Prentice Hall - PEARSON | H | ISBN-10: 0130907863 ISBN-13: 9780130907868 | PGS: N/A | List: 97.00 YOUR PRICE: 92.15 | |||
| Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles, 2nd Ed. | |||||||
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1. Interface of the Law with the Construction Industry. 2. Contract Formation, Privity of Contract, and Other Contract Relationships. 3. The Prime Contract—An Overview. < | |||||||
| Prentice Hall - PEARSON | H | ISBN-10: 0130910554 ISBN-13: 9780130910554 | PGS: 356 | List: 129.00 YOUR PRICE: 122.55 | |||
| e-Business in Construction | |||||||
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| CONTENTS: Chapter 1. Introduction (Prof. Chimay Anumba/Dr Kirti Ruikar – Loughborough University).@pChapter 2. Fundamentals of e-Business (Dr Kirti Ruikar/Prof. Chimay Anumba – Loughborough University).@pChapter 3. e-Business: The Construction Context (Dr Kirti Ruikar/Prof. Chimay Anumba/Prof. Patricia Carrillo – Loughborough University).@pChapter 4. Organisational Readiness for e-Business (Dr Kirti Ruikar/Prof. Chimay Anumba/Prof. Patricia Carrillo – Loughborough University).@pChapter 5. Integrated Multi-Disciplinary e-Commerce Infrastructure Framework (Dr V. Kamat et al – University of Michigan).@pChapter 6. The Role of Extranets in Construction e-Business (Paul Wilkinson, BIW Technologies).@pChapter 7. Agent-based e-Commerce (Dr Esther Obonyo – University of Florida/ Prof. Chimay Anumba – Loughborough University).@pChapter 8. The Role of e-Hubs in e-Business (Dr Z. Ren – University of Glamorgan/ Prof. Chimay Anumba/ Dr Tarek Hassan – Loughborough University).@pChapter 9: Web Services and aecXML-based e-Commerce for Construction Products Procurement (Stephen Kong and Prof. Heng Li – Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Prof. Chimay Anumba – Loughborough University).@pChapter 10. Next Generation Web Technologies for e-Commerce (Dr Darshan Ruikar – Arup/ Prof. Chimay Anumba – Loughborough University/ Dr Alistair Duke – BT plc).@pChapter 11. Trust in e-Commerce (Dr Z. Ren – University of Glamorgan/ Dr Tarek Hassan – Loughborough University).@pChapter 12. Legal Issues in e-Commerce (Dr V. Kamat et al – University of Michigan).@pChapter 13. Knowledge Management for Improved e-Business Performance (Prof. Charles Egbu – Glasgow Caledonian University).@pChapter 14. e-Business in UK Construction - Industrial Case Studies (Tim Cole, Causeway Technologies).@pChapter 15. e-Business Implementation in the US Construction Industry (Prof. Raymond Issa et al – University of Florida).@pChapter 16. Summary and Concluding Notes (Dr Kirti Ruikar and Prof. Chimay Anumba – Loughborough University).@pReferences.@pAppendices | |||||||
| Wiley-Blackwell | H | ISBN-10: 1405182342 ISBN-13: 9781405182348 | PGS: 304 | List: 139.99 YOUR PRICE: 132.99 | |||
| eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction | |||||||
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| Taylor & Francis | H | ISBN-10: 0415359384 ISBN-13: 9780415359382 | PGS: N/A | List: 299.95 YOUR PRICE: 284.95 | |||
| eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: ECPPM 2008, 1st Ed. | |||||||
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| Taylor & Francis - TAYLOR & FRANCIS | H | ISBN-10: 0415482453 ISBN-13: 9780415482455 | PGS: 750 | List: 269.95 YOUR PRICE: 256.45 | |||
| eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Product | |||||||
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| Taylor & Francis | H | ISBN-10: 0415416221 ISBN-13: 9780415416221 | PGS: N/A | List: 229.95 YOUR PRICE: 218.45 | |||
| HOW TO SUCCEED WITH YOUR OWN CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS | |||||||
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| Contents: Taking the Plunge; Knocking on Opportunity's Door; Digging Up Business; Making the Sale; Dealing with Clients; Making It Legal; Financing; How Much to Charge & How to Bill It; Estimating with Accuracy; Scheduling the Job; Finding & Keeping Good Employees; Running an Efficient Office; Paper Shuffle; Keeping the Books; Buying Insurance; Looking Ahead. | |||||||
| CRAFTSMAN BOOK CO. | S | ISBN-10: 0934041598 ISBN-13: 9780934041591 | PGS: 329 | List: 28.50 YOUR PRICE: 22.80 | |||
| Managing Construction Projects, 2nd Edition | |||||||
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| CONTENTS: Preface to 1st Edition.@pPreface to 2nd Edition.@pPart I Introduction.@p1 The Management of Construction Projects.@p1.1 Introduction.@p1.2 Projects as the creation of new value.@p1.3 The project as an information processing system.@p1.4 Project management and the management of projects.@p1.5 Projects and resource bases.@p1.6 The five generic project processes.@p1.7 Critiques of the first edition.@p1.8 A theoretical perspective on managing construction projects.@p1.9 A practical contribution to managing construction projects.@p1.10 The plan of the book.@p1.11 Summary.@pCase 1 The Channel Fixed Link.@p2 The Context of Construction Project Management.@p2.1 Introduction.@p2.2 The industry recipe for construction.@p2.3 National business systems in construction.@p2.4 The regulatory context.@p2.5 The construction cycle.@p2.6 The development of concession contracting.@p2.7 Summary.@pCase 2 The UK Construction Business System.@pFurther reading.@pPart II Defining the Project Mission.@p3 Deciding What the Client Wants.@p3.1 Introduction.@p3.2 From artefact to asset: facilities as new value.@p3.3 Understanding spatial quality and business processes.@p3.4 Indoor environmental quality and business processes.@p3.5 Symbolic quality: beyond peer review.@p3.6 Justifying the investment.@p3.7 Strategic misrepresentation in investment appraisal.@p3.8 Defining the project mission: a conceptual framework for product integrity.@p3.9 Summary.@pCase 3 Defining the Mission at the University of York.@pFurther reading.@p4 Managing Stakeholders.@p4.1 Introduction.@p4.2 Which are the project stakeholders?@p4.3 Mapping stakeholders.@p4.4 The regulatory context.@p4.5 Managing consent.@p4.6 Ethics in project mission definition.@p4.7 The role of visualisation.@p4.8 Summary.@pCase 4 The Rebuilding of Beirut Central District.@pFurther reading.@pPart III Mobilising the Resource Base.@p5 Forming the Project Coalition.@p5.1 Introduction.@p5.2 The principal/agent problem in construction.@p5.3 Procuring construction services.@p5.4 The formation of project coalitions.@p5.5 Selecting resource bases.@p5.6 Forming more effective project coalitions.@p5.7 The development of e-procurement.@p5.8 Probity in procurement.@p5.9 Summary.@pCase 5 Partnering Between Marks & Spencer and Bovis.@pFurther reading.@p6 Motivating the Project Coalition.@p6.1 Introduction.@p6.2 The problem of moral hazard in construction projects.@p6.3 The problem of switching costs.@p6.4 Managing the problem of moral hazard.@p6.5 Contractual uncertainty and risk allocation.@p6.6 Governing the contract and the role of third parties.@p6.7 The dynamic of adversarial relations.@p6.8 Alliancing.@p6.9 Summary.@pCase 6 NHS ProCure 21.@pFurther reading.@p7 Managing the Dynamics of the Supply Chain.@p7.1 Introduction.@p7.2 Horizontal and vertical governance.@p7.3 Internal resource mobilisation.@p7.4 Shirking.@p7.5 The role of sequential spot contracting in construction employment.@p7.6 Managing the supply chain.@p7.7 Managing consortia and joint ventures.@p7.8 The dynamics of supply chains.@p7.9 Clustering the supply chain.@p7.10 Summary.@pCase 7 Building Down Barriers.@pFurther reading.@pPart IV Riding the Project Life Cycle.@p8 Minimising Client Surprise.@p8.1 Introduction.@p8.2 Projecting a perfect future.@p8.3 Strategies for imagining the future: options thinking.@p8.4 Moving from phase to phase: gating the process.@p8.5 The gap analysis approach.@p8.6 What do we mean by project success?@p8.7 The nature of information flows in problem solving.@p8.8 Process representation.@p8.9 Knowledge management and learning from projects.@p8.10 Summary.@pCase 8 Riding the Life Cycle on the Glaxo Project.@pFurther reading.@p9 Defining Problems and Generating Solutions.@p9.1 Introduction.@p9.2 Tame and wicked problems in the project process.@p9.3 Solving the briefing problem.@p9.4 Client organisation for briefing and design.@p9.5 Solving the design problem.@p9.6 The cult of wickedness.@p9.7 The management of design.@p9.8 Summary.@pCase 9 Designing the Sheffield Arena.@pFurther reading.@p10 Managing the Budget.@p10.1 Introduction.@p10.2 Levels of accuracy in project budgets.@p10.3 Developing a budgetary system.@p10.4 Using the PBS to control the budget.@p10.5 Value engineering and cost management.@p10.6 Constructability.@p10.7 Controlling the budget.@p10.8 Earned value analysis.@p10.9 Mitigating optimism bias.@p10.10 Budget overruns and escalating commitments.@p10.11 Summary.@pCase 10 The Centuria Project Budget.@pFurther reading.@p11 Managing the Schedule.@p11.1 Introduction.@p11.2 Critical path method.@p11.3 Resourcing the project.@p11.4 The limitations of the critical path method.@p11.5 New approaches to project scheduling.@p11.6 The dynamics of the project schedule.@p11.7 Summary.@pCase 11 Centuria Project Schedule.@pFurther reading.@p12 Managing Conformance.@p12.1 Introduction.@p12.2 The principles of quality management systems.@p12.3 Inspection.@p12.4 Quality control.@p12.5 Quality assurance.@p12.6 Integrated management systems for quality, environment, safety and health.@p12.7 Creating a culture of improvement.@p12.8 Quality awards and self-assessment.@p12.9 Conformance management in a project environment.@p12.10 Standardisation and pre-assembly.@p12.11 Summary.@pCase 12 From Navvies to White Van Man: Managing Conformance at T5.@pFurther reading.@p13 Managing Uncertainty and Risk on the Project.@p13.1 Introduction.@p13.2 Risk and uncertainty: a cognitive approach.@p13.3 The elicitation of subjective probabilities.@p13.4 Propensity for risk and uncertainty.@p13.5 The practice of managing risk and uncertainty.@p13.6 Managing opportunities and threats on projects.@p13.7 The strategic management of project risk and uncertainty.@p13.8 Summary.@pCase 13 Managing Front-End Risks Through Networks: Boston Central Artery/Tunnel.@pFurther reading.@p14 Managing the Project Information Flow.@p14.1 Introduction.@p14.2 The principles of integrated project information.@p14.3 The development of information and communication technologies.@p14.4 Engineering information management systems.@p14.5 Enterprise resource management systems.@p14.6 e-construction.@p14.7 Project extranets.@p14.8 The role of the project manager in managing project information.@p14.9 Summary.@pCase 14 Building Information Modelling at One Island East.@pFurther reading.@pPart V Leading the Project Coalition.@p15 Designing Effective Project Organisations.@p15.1 Introduction.@p15.2 The rise of the project management concept.@p15.3 Projects, programmes and portfolios.@p15.4 The responsibilities of the client.@p15.5 Who is the project manager?@p15.6 Organising the project through the life cycle.@p15.7 Project organisation in construction.@p15.8 Determining the organisation breakdown structure.@p15.9 Project teamworking.@p15.10 Constructing the team.@p15.11 Summary: project organisation design.@pCase 15 Glaxo Project Organisation.@pFurther reading.@p16 Infusing the Project Mission.@p16.1 Introduction.@p16.2 Appropriate leadership.@p16.3 Leadership style.@p16.4 Construction project leadership.@p16.5 Resolving conflict on the project.@p16.6 The levers of power.@p16.7 Project culture and leadership.@p16.8 Leading the construction project.@p16.9 Summary: infusing the project mission.@pCase 16 Patrick Crotty: Project Director on the Waterloo International Project.@p16.10 The project life cycle.@p16.11 Keeping control.@pFurther reading.@p17 Conclusions: Managing Construction Projects Consummately.@p17.1 Revaluing construction.@p17.2 Managing for product integrity.@p17.3 Managing for process integrity.@p17.4 Construction as a manufacturing process.@p17.5 Systems thinking and managing projects.@p17.6 Professionalism and managing construction projects.@p17.7 Judgement in managing construction projects.@p17.8 Summary of the book.@p17.9 A concluding thought.@pCase 17 Tinker Bell Theory in Practice.@pFurther reading.@pReferences.@pPeople Index.@pProject Index.@pSubject Index. | |||||||
| Wiley-Blackwell | S | ISBN-10: 1405184574 ISBN-13: 9781405184571 | PGS: 544 | List: 67.99 YOUR PRICE: 64.59 | |||
| MANAGING THE SMALL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS | |||||||
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| This new edition of a classic gives real examples of how over 60 small-volume contractors use their own techniques of negotiating contracts, estimating and scheduling jobs, keeping accurate accounts, and manage their relationships with employees, subs and customers. Full of great ideas on bidding strategies, unit pricing, change orders, job-site safety, bookkeeping basics, overhead and profit, scheduling, personnel polices, pricing small jobs, low-cost marketing tricks, and conflict resolution. | |||||||
| CRAFTSMAN | ISBN-10: 1928580009 ISBN-13: 9781928580003 | PGS: 328 | List: 34.95 YOUR PRICE: 27.96 | ||||
| Start Your Own Construction and Contracting Business | |||||||
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| Entrepreneur Press - MCGRAW | S | ISBN-10: 1599181231 ISBN-13: 9781599181233 | PGS: N/A | List: 17.95 YOUR PRICE: 17.05 | |||
| The Practice of Construction Management: People and Business Performance, 4th Edition | |||||||
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| CONTENTS: The development of management thinking; Managers and their jobs; Organisation; Leadership; Communication; Conflict and conflict management; Individuals, group behaviour and teamwork; Motivation and human performance; Conflict; Problem-solving and decision-making; Managing change; Value and risk management; Managing innovation in construction; Managing supply chains and construction networks; Human Resources Management; Recruitment and staff development; Health and safety; Industrial relations; Managing quality and environmental impact | |||||||
| Wiley-Blackwell | S | ISBN-10: 1405111100 ISBN-13: 9781405111102 | PGS: 368 | List: 54.99 YOUR PRICE: 52.24 | |||
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