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There is a regular call for UK housing statistics to compare them with international countries. However, statistics in the UK are compiled from the four separate and different housing stock surveys in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England which is difficult to combine as a unified whole....
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by IHS BRE Press
Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world with 30,000 buildings realised to date. Yet, remarkably, until now no book in English has been published which clearly explains how to design and build passivhaus. As a technical reference for architects, engineers and...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
A practical introduction to woodworking and purpose-made joinery, this book starts with the basics of interpreting drawings and works right the way through to designing and making stairs. Les Goring introduces each chapter with a brief historical overview of the topic, then goes on to explain how...
To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
In this updated and expanded second edition, Keith Potts and Nii Ankrah examine key issues in construction cost management across the building and civil engineering sectors, both in the UK and overseas. Best practice from pre-contract to post-contract phases of the project life-cycle are...
To Be Published October 9th 2013 by Routledge
The Real Estate Solar Investment Handbook explains the business case for property professionals to pursue solar projects. A project’s value is determined by its potential risks and rewards; these are explained thoroughly in terms understood by the real estate industry. It...
To Be Published October 16th 2013 by Routledge
In England mediation became a key part of the civil justice reform agenda after the Woolf Reforms of 1996, as disputants were deflected from litigation towards settlement outside the court system. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) give courts the power to ‘encourage’ mediation through judicial case...
To Be Published October 22nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Expert
The role of the energy manager has evolved significantly as the task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has become increasingly important. Managers are now technical experts, negotiators, construction project managers, procurement specialists, efficiency advocates and often provide...
To Be Published October 24th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Critical Concepts in Built Environment
The ‘fit for purpose’ of the built environment has been a focus of attention since classical times, both in the West and in the East. However, an explicit focus on ‘sustainable buildings’ is relatively new. The last two decades in particular have seen an explosion of published material on the...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Critical Concepts in Construction
The evolution of the construction industry is closely linked with the introduction and evolution of information technologies. Today, collaboration, distributed document management, and instant communications are joining classic scheduling and estimating applications as the standard tools employed...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
Despite policy directives, standards and guidelines, Indoor Environmental Quality is still poor in many cases. The Healthy Indoor Environment aims to help architects, building engineers, and anyone concerned with the wellbeing of building occupants, to better understand the effects of spending time...
To Be Published November 5th 2013 by Routledge
