Design and Construction [Paperback]

The design and construction of buildings is a lengthy and expensive process, and those who commission buildings are continually looking for ways to improve the efficiency of the process. In this book, the second in the Building in Value series, a broad range of topics related to the processes of design and construction are explored by an international group of experts. The overall aim of the book is to look at ways that clients can improve the value for money outcomes of their decisions to construct buildings.
The book is aimed at students studying in many areas related to the construction industry including architecture, construction management, civil engineering and quantity surveying, and should also be of interest to many in the industry including project managers, property developers, building contractors and cost engineers.

1. Introduction : Innovation in Design and Construction
2. Industry Performance and Innovation

Part 1 Design and Construction

3. Architectural design 1970-2000 (a review of post-modern/high tech architecture since 1970: Venturi, Moore, Graves, Piano, Foster, Rodgers etc)
4. Generation and assessment of alternative solutions
5. Design practice and management
6. Embodied energy, material selection, design for deconstruction
7. Energy issues (modelling, assessment of design alternatives, compliance with codes, prescription and performance)
8. Controls and approvals (building codes, statutory requirements, heritage and conservation controls, compliance)

Part 2 - Project Procurement and Management

8. Project finance and procurement
9. Project management and construction management (broad view of the processes and procedures)
10. Construction l£P