Download or read book Building Construction Information Sources written by Howard B. Bentley and published by Detroit : Gale Research Company. This book was released on 1964 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Sources in Architecture and the Construction Industry written by Tricia Lawton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies and critically reviews the most useful sources of information relevant to the construction industry. Aimed at both the information and the construction professional, it assists the reader in assessing the value of the various sources on offer and in choosing between rival services at this time of unparalleled change. It also recommends texts within the broad fields of interest. Lawton concentrates on publicly available information and also explores the area of knowledge management. She makes useful suggestions as to how information internal to an organization can be collected, recorded and exploited to the organization's benefit, including recommended further reading. The net result is a book that contributes to the industry's move towards greater information exchange, efficiency and streamlining.
Download or read book The Construction Net written by Alan Bridges and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using this book can help the busy architect/engineer/contractor to optimize online time by determining the key sites to visit before connecting to the Internet. Topics are conveniently arranged by subject showing where to find the "index sites" together with details of many specialist sites.
Download or read book Information Sources in Architecture and Construction written by Valerie J. Nurcombe and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition (first, 1983) comprises 24 chapters, each written by an expert in the field who describes sources and, in addition, provides instructions in methodology and hints on keeping up with advances in information. Coverage includes architectural history, conservation, contracts and liabilit.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Associations and Information Sources for Architects Designers and Engineers written by and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia concentrates on resources that are useful, in an easy-to-use format to enable the Architect to access this wealth of knowledge. More than a simple listing, the Encyclopedia provides the "intelligence" to find, evaluate, and contact the resources that can save time and money in the day-to-day practice of an Architect. The Encyclopedia will have a system to indicate to readers which listings are the most targeted in terms of the "best" sources. There will be four indexes: Keyword index, Name index, Master Format index, and Acronym index.
Download or read book Integrated Construction Information written by M. Betts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction industry is an information-intensive sector and low levels of productivity are often blamed on inadequate integration of information. This book shows how the different types and sources of information can be integrated to benefit individual construction projects, construction companies and in the construction industry at world-wide level.
Download or read book Sources of Construction Information Books written by Jules B. Godel and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Annotated bibliography of books relating to building in general and the construction industry in particular - covers architecture, urban planning, contracting, building materials, civil engineering, electrical engineering, design, general safety, etc., and forms part of a four-volume guide to information sources.
Download or read book Information Sources in Architecture written by Valerie Jean Nurcombe and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1983 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Construction Industry written by George Ofori and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This basic text offers a comprehensive and fundamental description of the construction industry and the construction process, citing examples from several countries at various stages of development. It considers the features of the industry, describes factors influencing the demand for, and supply of construction, problems facing the industry and ways of planning for and managing its development.The book should be a basic source of information on the construction industry for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture, construction management, quantity surveying, related engineering fields and estate management. It should also be of relevance to administrators of the construction industry.
Download or read book International Directory of Building Research Information and Development Organizations written by International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every entry follows a standard pattern: after the address and telephone number of the institution there is a brief description of its history and financial support, followed by the names of the senior staff, total number of staff, the institution's structure and services, its main research programmes and a list of its publications. For this new edition a subject index has been added, allowing the reader to identify centres of research activity on individual construction topics throughout the world. The world-wide investment in construction industry research is enormous. This unique directory is a guidebook to that investment which will enable its readers to isolate sources of advice on practical problems, information on national standards and requirements and potential research collaborators.
Download or read book eWork and eBusiness in Architecture Engineering and Construction written by Attila Dikbas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-08-15 with total page 1167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biannually since 1994, the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry has provided a review of research, given valuable future work outlooks, and provided a communication platform for future co-operative research and development at both European and global levels.This volume, of special interest t
Download or read book Information Sources in Metallic Materials written by M. N. Patten and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of each volume of this series Guides to Information Sources is to reduce the time which needs to be spent on patient searching and to recommend the best starting point and sources most likely to yield the desired information. The criteria for selection provide a way into a subject to those new to the field and assists in identifying major new or possibly unexplored sources to those who already have some acquaintance with it. The series attempts to achieve evaluation through a careful selection of sources and through the comments provided on those sources.
Download or read book International Directory of Building Research Information and Development Organizations written by International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every entry follows a standard pattern: after the address and telephone number of the institution there is a brief description of its history and financial support, followed by the names of the senior staff, total number of staff, the institution's structure and services, its main research programmes and a list of its publications. For this new edition a subject index has been added, allowing the reader to identify centres of research activity on individual construction topics throughout the world. The world-wide investment in construction industry research is enormous. This unique directory is a guidebook to that investment which will enable its readers to isolate sources of advice on practical problems, information on national standards and requirements and potential research collaborators.
Download or read book Innovation in Construction written by Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles the complex topic of implementing innovation and the successful application of advanced technology in the construction industry. It provides a practical guide for the transformation of the industry by detailing appropriate and effective implementation methods, required skill sets and structural changes necessary to facilitate the practical and innovative application of technology. The construction industry is behind other industries in its level of innovation and adoption of technology, and is of critical importance to many of today’s global challenges, such as climate change, global warming and resource scarcity. There is therefore a need for smarter and more efficient ways of managing available resources. This book elaborates on how the innovative application of technology could offer hope for the construction industry in it’s imperative to rise to current and future global challenges. It includes the real-world case studies of innovative projects that go beyond the current state-of-the-art academic research, and have improved productivity, quality and performance in the construction sector. This book provides readers from both industrial and academic backgrounds with a comprehensive guide on transforming the construction industry with the efficient and effective implementation of technologies and modern methods of construction.
Download or read book Sources of Business Information written by Edwin Truman Coman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Data Driven Design and Construction written by Randy Deutsch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture. It is data. Big data. Data as driver. . .This book offers us the chance to become informed and knowledgeable pursuers of data and the opportunities it offers to making architecture a wonderful, useful, and smart art form.” —From the Foreword by James Timberlake, FAIA Written for architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and educators, and based on today’s technology and practices, Data-Driven Design and Construction: 25 Strategies for Capturing, Applying and Analyzing Building Data addresses how innovative individuals and firms are using data to remain competitive while advancing their practices. seeks to address and rectify a gap in our learning, by explaining to architects, engineers, contractors and owners—and students of these fields—how to acquire and use data to make more informed decisions. documents how data-driven design is the new frontier of the convergence between BIM and architectural computational analyses and associated tools. is a book of adaptable strategies you and your organization can apply today to make the most of the data you have at your fingertips. Data-Driven Design and Construction was written to help design practitioners and their project teams make better use of BIM, and leverage data throughout the building lifecycle.
Download or read book Sources of Business Information written by Edwin T. Coman Jr. and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.
