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Download or read book JCT Contract Administration Pocket Book written by Andy Atkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is quite simply about contract administration using the JCT contracts. The key features of the new and updated edition continue to be its brevity, readability and relevance to everyday practice. It provides a succinct guide written from the point of view of a construction practitioner, rather than a lawyer, to the traditional form of contract with bills of quantities SBC/Q2016, the design and build form DB2016 and the minor works form MWD2016. The book broadly follows the sequence of producing a building from the initial decision to build through to completion. Chapters cover: Procurement and tendering Payments, scheduling, progress and claims Contract termination and insolvency Indemnity and insurance Supply chain problems, defects and subcontracting issues Quality, dealing with disputes and adjudication How to administer contracts for BIM-compliant projects JCT contracts are administered by a variety of professionals including project managers, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and construction managers. It is individuals in these groups, whether experienced practitioner or student, who will benefit most from this clear, concise and highly relevant book.

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Download or read book Quantity Surveyor s Pocket Book written by Duncan Cartlidge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners. Its focused coverage of the data, techniques and skills essential to the quantity surveying role makes it an invaluable companion for everything from initial cost advice to the final account stage. Key features and updates included in this new edition are as follows: The impact of Brexit on construction and public procurement; New developments in digital construction; Renewed focus on ethics in the industry; Up-to-date analysis of NRM1, 2 and 3; Latest practice guidance notes and government publications; Post-contract administration; A companion website with alternative approaches to taking off quantities using spreadsheets. This text includes recommended formats for cost plans, developer’s budgets, financial reports, financial statements and final accounts. This is the ideal concise reference for quantity surveyors, project and commercial managers, and students of any of the above.

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Download or read book Global Oligopoly written by Chris Carr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of globalisation brought waves of consolidation in business ownership alongside Leviathon-like state actors. Digital disruption too can leave market power in a relatively small number of hands. In organisational and economic terms, global oligopoly is now a fundamental idea for business and society, which this book explores and analyses. This book focuses on global oligopolies, starting with an analysis of global concentration and profits in all sectors, before moving on to illuminate the geographical spread and global strategic orientation choices and performance outcomes of global oligopoly. Contemporary cooperation modes, such as cross-border M&As and strategic alliances, niche and Emerging Market champion strategies are also analysed in detail to move the reader towards understanding likely future directions for the field. Presenting empirical data on strategies and performance outcomes, the book covers a range of industries to provide practical, research-based guidance for more effective global business strategies and policy perspectives.

Download or read book Quantity Surveyor s Pocket Book written by Duncan P. Cartlidge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now substantially revised and fully up-to-date with NRM1 and NRM2, the Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book remains the essential reference for newly qualified and student quantity surveyors. Outlines all of the practical skills, contractual and management techniques needed in the profession with a no-nonsense approach"--

Download or read book Key Account Manager s Pocketbook written by Roger E. Jones and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, 2nd edition of the Key Account Manager's Pocketbook gives practical advice on how to keep and develop important customers, thereby maximising ongoing revenue streams, reducing sales costs, improving investment planning and increasing market knowledge. It opens by describing the key account manager's role and then goes on to describe how to rise up the so-called customer perception ladder, moving from a simple commodity supplier to developing a solid, long-term business partnership with your key customers. The author next explains how to develop the 'key account development plan', how to increase your influence with the decision-maker in your key account (relationship management) and how to win new business. The final chapter runs through the essential steps of key account handling. There are short exercises throughout which, if carried out, will help to reinforce the key learning points.

Download or read book Salesperson s Pocketbook written by Clive Bonny and published by Management Pocketbooks. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the techniques for successful selling are here, from planning a sales campaign and prospecting for business through to making the sales pitch and developing customer relationships. The Salesperson's Pocketbook is a clear concise guide to improving sales results. The book follows an 8-stage model (The Direct Sales Cycle) with each stage being covered in a separate chapter. The author has extensive experience of direct sales - UK and overseas, public and private sector - and of sales training. He combines both to good effect in this lively and highly visual Pocketbook.

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Download or read book Estimator s Pocket Book written by Duncan Cartlidge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Estimator’s Pocket Book, Third Edition is a concise and practical reference covering the main approaches to pricing, as well as useful information such as how to process sub-contractor quotations, tender settlement and adjudication. It is fully up to date with the New Rules of Measurement (NRM2) (2nd Edition) throughout and based on up-to-date wage rates, legislative changes and guidance notes. The book includes instructions on how to carry out: · an NRM order of cost estimate, · unit-rate pricing for a range different trades, · pro rata pricing for variations, and · the preparation and pricing of builders’ quantities and approximate quantities. This book is an essential source of reference for quantity surveyors, cost managers, project managers and anybody else with estimating responsibilities.