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This digital document is an article from Mississippi Business Journal, published by Venture Publications on June 2, 2003. The length of the article is 1091 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Waycaster & Associates guides renovation, revitalization. (Focus Architects & Engineers).
Author: Becky Gillette
Publication: Mississippi Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 2, 2003
Publisher: Venture Publications
Volume: 25Issue: 22Page: 32(1)

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Management of Construction introduces all aspects of management practice to students and professionals based in the construction industry. It is also important for those involved in allied fields such as design, project development, and site monitoring and inspection.

The book addresses each stage of the construction project from conception to completion, giving a perspective on the whole life cycle often missing from textbooks. The author also balances engineering concerns with the human resource and personal aspects of construction management that are so important to the successful outcome of a project.

*Structured on the project life cycle
*Covers design-build, build-own-operate-transfer, and construction management
*Discusses environmental issues important in today's construction practice ... Read more

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The economic analysis of a building is a complex subject and traditionally it has focused on a single aspect of the structure or a single part of the construction process. Dr Tempelmans Plat is a leading proponent of a new methodology which focuses on the building as a stock of services to be supplied over a long lifespan. This method is more realistic since it takes into account the changes in use and the adaptation of the building over its life. This book will be the first to make this method comprehensible to a wide audience of postgraduate students and professionals in the field of construction economics.

unique in its focus on the building as a durable means of production
presents an innovative and valuable new approach to building economics
includes many examples to highlight the practical relevance of the approach ... Read more

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To put together Management Ideas That Work!, we took the best articles that have appeared in the Zweig Letter, the weekly management advisor for A/E/P and environmental consulting firms. Each chapter stands pretty much on its own. The organization is merely alphabetical. This is a book you can pick up and start reading anywhere, though we suggest you start at the beginning and read through to the end at lease once! There is a thorough table of contents in the front and an index in the back to help you locate ideas. The book is not intended to be a comprehensive, complete reference book that will tell you everything you need to know about what to do in every case. It is intended to be an introduction to a new way of thinking, a resource to point you down a different path and, perhaps, a new solution to whatever situation you or your firm may be in. We hope you'll refer to it often. Any principal that reads this book, takes our advice to heart, and makes a sincere effort to implement these management ideas will be more successful. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Florida Trend, published by Trend Magazines, Inc. on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 393 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Creating an environment. (Trendsetters).(Julio Grabiel of Spillis Candela DMJM)
Author: Mike Vogel
Publication: Florida Trend (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Trend Magazines, Inc.
Volume: 45Issue: 7Page: 14(1)

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As the emphasis in construction moves from building new bridges to maintenance and rehabilitation of existing stock, bridge management is becoming an increasingly important subject. 'Bridge Management' is a comprehensive, single volume book for professionals and postgraduates on bridge management. It focuses on inspection, assessment, testing, evaluation, repair, as well as financial aspects such as whole life costing. Highly illustrated with colour, and including examples of practice and techniques drawn from around the world, the book will be invaluable to the bridge engineer.

GIVES comprehensive coverage of this important subject
COVERS not only testing, assessment etc but also the financial/management issues
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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on April 14, 2003. The length of the article is 724 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Designing duo: architecture and graphic design combine to form a unique business. (PowerCouple).(Haverson Architecture & Design PC)(Company Profile)
Author: Elizabeth Hlotyak
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 14, 2003
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 42Issue: 15Page: 19(1)

Article Type: Company Profile

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This digital document is an article from College Planning & Management, published by Peter Li, Inc. on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 17616 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Products. (Access Control System--Handicapped Accessibility).(Directory)
Publication: College Planning & Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Peter Li, Inc.
Volume: 4Issue: 9Page: 12(22)

Article Type: Directory

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The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice

l Information on this subject is in high demand

l Covers strategic planning, programme design and assessment while taking into consideration the culture of different design firms

l Assessment worksheets and questionnaires allow readers to personalise their books while discovering and implementing their own professional development goals and strategies

l Practical, applied, concise, affordable and user-friendly ... Read more

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Construction Contract Administration Review
This book will function as an excellent cookbook on industrial construction contract administration. Contract language, field notices, change orders, scheduling, etc. are all covered in great detail with easy to follow fill in the blanks forms. This book is a "must have" for plant managers, plant purchasing agents, plant engineers, and construction company managers and supervisors. It is focused on the latest non-computer based communication systems and will work well in most industrial construction settings.

While not directly geared to commercial, and highway and heavy construction, it has lessons presented that will clearly apply to these other construction situations. This book is well-worth the price.

Guide to administering construction contracts
This book was written as a useful guide and reference to help Owner and Contractor personnel, students, and others associated with privately awarded construction contracts to achieve the often elusive goal of completing their contracts successfully (safely, on time, within the budget, meeting design limits, and with no unresolved claims).

The author has worked with Owners and Contractors over the past 50 years in offshore and domestic mining, process, refinery, smelter, petro-chemical, and environmental improvement, reclamation, and remediation facilities in the fields of engineering, operations, maintenance, design, estimating, construction, startup and shakedown, and claims resolution.

Contents are presented in three parts. Part one addresses the identification, selection, production, and assembly of the many elements required to produce bid packages, qualify and select bidders, and award construction contracts. Part two reviews the requirements for a reasonable, fair, practical, logical, and orderly contract administration system based on the sample bid package included in appendix B. Part three presents four case studies of construction project contracts that have difficulties; hopefully readers may use them to recognize and correct potential problem areas in their own contracts before they become claims. Some of the latest advances in information technology that can be used for construction contract management applications are also identified and discussed in part three.

Appendix A, Checklist for Processing from Start to Start-up, by Lester F. Engle, and first published in Mining Engineering magazine in May of 1966, presents an excellent checklist of items that must be considered or accomplished when preparing, writing, and awarding, contracts right through the construction, acceptance, and start-up phases.

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Provided here are practical guidelines on how to value the cost of designing commercial or residential interiors. From the designer's creative input to the pricing of decorating products and procedures, this guide allows interior designers to establish prices and budgets that satisfy their clients and make their business profitable. Interviews with experienced interior designers, case studies, and sidebars of projects highlight professional pitfalls and how to master them. ... Read more

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This essential guidebook gives readers a crash course on the federal marketing process for architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms. Standard Forms 254 and 255 (SF254 and SF255) are the questionnaires that design firms must complete in order to compete for any federal project. Not surprisingly, confusion abounds about how to make your submittal stand out from the crowd and stay within the federal guidelines. The book takes readers step-by-step through the SF254 and SF255 with illustrations and examples on what to do, and not to do, in each block. Experienced marketers will also gain new insight and ideas for improving submittals, including dozens of tips and tricks for novices and veterans alike. The guide is packed with checklists, forms, worksheets, and other resources you can copy and start using immediately, and even comes bundled with complete sets of the SF254 and SF255. Also, includes interviews with actual government contracting officers on their likes and dislikes in A/E and environmental firm submittals. It wiill be your guide to getting more government work with fewer, better submittals! ... Read more

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A guide to the principles and applications of computer integrated systems as applied to construction management. Computer-Integrated Building covers the fundamentals of construction project management, the design process for production and opportunities for CAD-integration. ... Read more