Forthcoming Property Books

Forthcoming Books

1. A Practical Guide to Facilities Management

   By Ian C. Barker

   Based upon the author's many years of experience, A Practical Guide to Facilities Management gives an overview of most FM theories and applies them in the workplace. It is a thought provoking approach to FM practice and illustrates what the author has found to work. Throughout the text thematic...

   To Be Published July 14th 2013 by Whittles Publishing
2. Resilient Downtowns

   A New Approach to Revitalizing Small- and Medium-City Downtowns

   By Michael Burayidi

   Resilient Downtowns provides a guide to communities in reviving and redeveloping their core districts into resilient, thriving neighborhoods. While the National Main Street program’s four-point approach of organization, promotion, economic restructuring, and design has been standard practice...

   To Be Published July 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Inspections and Reports on Dwellings

   Assessing Age, 2nd Edition

   By Philip Santo

   Identifying the age of a property is a fundamental step in understanding its form of construction and in being prepared to differentiate between the characteristic defects of that age of property and defects which are more unusual and may warrant particular care in investigation and assessment....

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Estates Gazette
4. EGLR 2013 V1

   Edited by Hazel Marshall

   Series: Estates Gazette Law Reports

   The Estates Gazette Law Reports are an indispensable reference for property law practitioners researching and advising on all aspects of landlord and tenant law, valuation, professional negligence, conveyancing, real property, leasehold enfranchisement and compensation. They comprise the law...

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Estates Gazette
5. Compulsory Purchase and Compensation

   10th Edition

   By Barry Denyer-Green

   Compulsory Purchase and Compensation is the essential guide to this complex and increasingly relevant area of the law. Now in its 10th edition, no other book presents the same level of information on the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation in England and Wales in such an accessible...

   To Be Published July 31st 2013 by Estates Gazette
6. Public Private Partnerships in International Construction

   Learning from case studies

   By Albert P. C. Chan, Esther Cheung

   Over the last ten years public private partnerships have become ever more popular worldwide, expanding the body of experience among construction professionals, government agencies, and industry. In these economically challenging times, PPP has emerged as a crucial framework for providing...

   To Be Published August 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. High-Performance Buildings

   A Guide for Owners and Managers

   By Anthony Robinson

   This book provides a blueprint for action for readers making decisions about how to improve the energy efficiency and performance of new or existing buildings. Suitable for both seasoned veterans and new managers, it takes an objective and orderly approach to what is often a complex, costly, and...

   To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Fairmont Press
8. Skins, Envelopes, and Enclosures

   Concepts for Designing Building Exteriors

   By Mayine Yu

   Integrate the best building envelope construction methods, materials science, and structural principles in your work using this book as a resource to help you… With more than seventy significant case studies located in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia from prehistory to the present,...

   To Be Published September 3rd 2013 by Routledge
9. Hybridising Housing Organisations

   Meanings, Concepts and Processes of Social Enterprise in Housing

   Edited by David Mullins, Darinka Czischke, Gerard Van Bortel

   Social housing has long been delivered through mixed economy mechanisms, but there has been little focus in housing studies on what this means for housing organisations themselves. This book presents recent international research applying concepts of social enterprise and hybridity to illuminate...

   To Be Published September 8th 2013 by Routledge
10. Infrastructure Planning and Finance

    A Smart and Sustainable Guide

    By Vicki Elmer, Adam Leigland

    Infrastructure Planning and Finance is a non-technical guide to the engineering, planning, and financing of major infrastucture projects, providing both step-by-step guidance, and a broad overview of the technical, political, and economic challenges of creating lasting infrastructure in the 21st...

    To Be Published September 11th 2013 by Routledge