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Book review It deals in a practical and reasonable way with
many of the estimating problems which can
ISBN arise where building and civil engineering works
9781409452690 are carried out and to include comprehensive
estimating data within the guidelines of good
Title practice. The early part of the book has been
Project management. 10th Edition completely rewritten to contain chapters
useful to students and practitioners alike for
Author (s) the development of the estimating process
Dennis Lock resulting in the presentation of a tender for
construction works. The second and major
Publisher & Year part of the book contains estimating data fully
Burlington, VT : Gower, 2013 updated for the major elements in building and
civil engineering work, including a new chapter
Dennis Lock’s masterly exposition of on piling, and a wealth of constants for practical
the principles and practice of project use in estimating. The estimating examples are
management has been pre-eminent in its based on the current edition of the Standard
field for 45 years and was among the first Method of Measurement for Building Works
books to treat project management as a (SMM7). The comprehensive information on
holistic subject. But Project Management basic principles of estimating found in ‘Spence
has been kept completely up to date by Geddes’ is still as valid today as the first edition.
regular and sensitive revisions to ensure In this edition the prevailing rates of labour and
that it remains fresh and totally relevant. costs of materials are taken whenever possible
Project Management explains the entire as a round figure. Readers will appreciate
project management process in great detail, in the construction industry that prices are
demonstrating techniques from simple charts continually changing, rise and fall, and that
to detailed computer applications. Everything worked examples should therefore be used as
is reinforced with clear diagrams and case a guide to method of calculation substituting in
examples, many new for this edition. The any specific case the current rates applicable
author has expanded discussion of topics to it. In the case of plant output dramatic
such as supply chain management and increases have been experienced in productivity
the project management office (PMO), and over recent years and again estimators with
there are new chapters about implementing their own records should substitute values
change management projects and the role appropriate to their work.
of senior managers in supporting projects.
Obsolescent or less frequently used methods ISBN
have been stripped out, but readers of the 9780470672334
hardback Tutor’s Edition will find that this
deleted material lives on as new chapters on Title
the accompanying CD-ROM, which has itself The challenges of the housing economy : an
also been thoroughly revised. Importantly, international perspective
that disc includes comprehensive Power
Point presentations with hundreds of well Author (s)
designed slides that tutors can use directly edited by Colin Jones, Michael White, Neil
as a valuable resource for their lectures. Dunse
Students have always commented on this
book’s reader-friendly style, which is free of Publisher & Year
unnecessary jargon, with clear diagrams Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996
and a construction that is logically organized,
well indexed and simple to navigate. This This timely book addresses key challenges
10th Edition is certain to maintain the book’s faced by policy makers and the house-building
acclaimed status as the standard work for industry in a post-credit crunch world. It
managers and students alike. examines the implications for households,
the housing market, the economy, as well
ISBN as for government’s policy choices. It brings
0750627972 together experts from around the world to
Title examine recent housing market trends. The
Estimating for building and civil engineering contributions reveal common long-term
works /. 9th ed. / edited by John Williams trends in housing markets worldwide. This
is an essential advanced text for students
Author (s) and researchers of land economy and land
Spence Geddes management; property and real estate;
housing policy; and urban studies.
Publisher & Year
Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann,
1996
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