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The Politics of Maps

Cartographic Constructions of Israel/Palestine

par Christine Leuenberger, Izhak Schnell ...

The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Valley has been one of the most disputed territories in history. Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Palestinians and Israelis have each sought claim to the national identity of the land through various martial, social, and scientific tactics, but no method has offered as much legitimacy and national controversy as that of ... En savoir plus

$69.83 CAD

The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Valley has been one of the most disputed territories in history. Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Palestinians and Israelis have each sought claim to the national identity of the land through various martial, social, and scientific tactics, but no method has offered as much legitimacy and national controversy as that of
... En savoir plus
Pinpoint

How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds

par Greg Milner ...

"One of the most mesmerizing and exhilarating, yet alarming modern technology books…an extraordinary tale." —Gillian Tett, Financial TimesPinpoint tells the fascinating story of a hidden system that touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Tracking the development of GPS from its origins as a bomb guidance system to its present ubiquity, Greg Milner examines the technology’s double-edged effect ... En savoir plus

$15.74 CAD

"One of the most mesmerizing and exhilarating, yet alarming modern technology books…an extraordinary tale." —Gillian Tett, Financial TimesPinpoint tells the fascinating story of a hidden system that touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Tracking the development of GPS from its origins as a bomb guidance system to its present ubiquity, Greg Milner examines the technology’s double-edged effect
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Textbook of Surveying

par C Venkatramaiah ...

This comprehensive textbook on surveying covers, in a single volume, all the topics prescribed at the undergraduate level in civil engineering in India. It presents the various methods of surveying and the underlying concepts of surveying, including modern and advanced surveying techniques and instruments such as Total Station. The narrative is enlivened with glimpses of the historical development ... En savoir plus

$24.35 CAD

This comprehensive textbook on surveying covers, in a single volume, all the topics prescribed at the undergraduate level in civil engineering in India. It presents the various methods of surveying and the underlying concepts of surveying, including modern and advanced surveying techniques and instruments such as Total Station. The narrative is enlivened with glimpses of the historical development
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Luxury Watches

A purchasing guide

par Leonard Lowe ...

Collections Livre 1 - Luxury Watches
★★★★ »Good reference for those considering a luxury watch: Good overview of luxury watch manufacturers and significance of each. Reviews some leading models. Covers reasons to invest in a luxury watch…«★★★★★ »I enjoyed the book and now must rob a bank to afford a Rolex or Patek-Philippe.«★★★★ »The information contained in this book is quite useful.★★★★ »That was an interesting book. I am ready to ... En savoir plus

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★★★★ »Good reference for those considering a luxury watch: Good overview of luxury watch manufacturers and significance of each. Reviews some leading models. Covers reasons to invest in a luxury watch…«★★★★★ »I enjoyed the book and now must rob a bank to afford a Rolex or Patek-Philippe.«★★★★ »The information contained in this book is quite useful.★★★★ »That was an interesting book. I am ready to
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BIM and Quantity Surveying

Modifié par Steve Pittard, Peter Sell ...

The sudden arrival of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a key part of the building industry is redefining the roles and working practices of its stakeholders. Many clients, designers, contractors, quantity surveyors, and building managers are still finding their feet in an industry where BIM compliance can bring great rewards.This guide is designed to help quantity surveying practitioners ... En savoir plus

$71.45 CAD

The sudden arrival of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a key part of the building industry is redefining the roles and working practices of its stakeholders. Many clients, designers, contractors, quantity surveyors, and building managers are still finding their feet in an industry where BIM compliance can bring great rewards.This guide is designed to help quantity surveying practitioners
... En savoir plus
Routledge Companion to Real Estate Development

Modifié par Graham Squires, Erwin Heurkens, Richard Peiser ...

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment. Around the world, real estate development reflects both universal human needs and region-specific requirements, and with the rise of globalization there is an increasing need to better understand the full complexity of global real estate development. This Companion provides ... En savoir plus

$87.46 CAD

Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a crucial role in determining our built environment. Around the world, real estate development reflects both universal human needs and region-specific requirements, and with the rise of globalization there is an increasing need to better understand the full complexity of global real estate development. This Companion provides
... En savoir plus
Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2025

Modifié par AECOM ...

Collections series Spon's Price Books
Compiled by AECOM, the 2025 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of higher inflation and labour shortages.It includes 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified construction items, the majority with labour constants and detailed build-ups. All prices have been updated via ... En savoir plus

$310.17 CAD

Compiled by AECOM, the 2025 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of higher inflation and labour shortages.It includes 20,000 prices for the most frequently specified construction items, the majority with labour constants and detailed build-ups. All prices have been updated via
... En savoir plus
Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2025

Modifié par AECOM ...

Collections series Spon's Price Books
Now in its 44th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2025 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts, and forms an indispensable reference book for quantity surveyors, landscape architects, contractors and local authority managers – essential for ... En savoir plus

$296.18 CAD

Now in its 44th edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2025 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape contracts, and forms an indispensable reference book for quantity surveyors, landscape architects, contractors and local authority managers – essential for
... En savoir plus
Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2019

Modifié par AECOM ...

Collections series Spon's Price Books
SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2019 from AECOM gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works. It provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated. cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general functional costs to detailed resource costing, and in conformity with CESMM4 and ... En savoir plus

$316.38 CAD

SPON'S CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HIGHWAY WORKS PRICE BOOK 2019 from AECOM gives costs for both general and civil engineering works and highway works. It provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements, with labour rates updated. cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general functional costs to detailed resource costing, and in conformity with CESMM4 and
... En savoir plus
Reeds Marine Surveying

par Dr Thomas Ask, Valerio De Rossi ...

Collections series Reeds Professional
Reeds Marine Surveying is aimed at students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners, and covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behaviour of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition ... En savoir plus

$48.32 CAD

Reeds Marine Surveying is aimed at students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners, and covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behaviour of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition
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EMF: Survival Guide. Discover the Real Problems Caused by Modern Radiation (5g, Wifi, Cell Phones etc.), to Protect Yourself and People Around you Better

par David Mallow ...

What dangers are hidden in the technological objects that invade our lives? What precautions should we follow in order to minimize our exposure to them?Discover them and protect yourself better with this book. Keep reading.Nowadays, humans live in an extremely modern world. Compared to just 30 or 40 years ago, technology has made great strides, bringing a lot of innovation as well as many hidden ... En savoir plus

$6.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

What dangers are hidden in the technological objects that invade our lives? What precautions should we follow in order to minimize our exposure to them?Discover them and protect yourself better with this book. Keep reading.Nowadays, humans live in an extremely modern world. Compared to just 30 or 40 years ago, technology has made great strides, bringing a lot of innovation as well as many hidden
... En savoir plus
Understanding Housing Defects

par Duncan Marshall, Derek Worthing, Roger Heath, Nigel Dann ...

Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings.For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added. There are four new chapters covering:How defects are definedAn overview of building and architectural historyExternal ... En savoir plus

$142.90 CAD

Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings.For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added. There are four new chapters covering:How defects are definedAn overview of building and architectural historyExternal
... En savoir plus
Real Estate Investment

A Strategic Approach

par Andrew Baum ...

Real Estate Investment: A Strategic Approach introduces professional and technical approaches to building and managing large real estate portfolios. The new edition has been fully rewritten and reorganised and includes five new chapters, 25 new international case studies and a renewed focus on topics such PropTech (property technology), innovation and ESG.Andrew Baum outlines the market and the ... En savoir plus

$98.55 CAD

Real Estate Investment: A Strategic Approach introduces professional and technical approaches to building and managing large real estate portfolios. The new edition has been fully rewritten and reorganised and includes five new chapters, 25 new international case studies and a renewed focus on topics such PropTech (property technology), innovation and ESG.Andrew Baum outlines the market and the
... En savoir plus
Construction Economics

A New Approach

par Danny Myers ...

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its new approach specifically examines the problems of securing sustainable construction and this fifth edition broadens the message to address the immediacy of the problems relating to the carbon-based world that we have constructed.Embracing the whole ... En savoir plus

$89.93 CAD

Construction Economics provides students with the principles underlying the relationship between economic theory and the construction industry. Its new approach specifically examines the problems of securing sustainable construction and this fifth edition broadens the message to address the immediacy of the problems relating to the carbon-based world that we have constructed.Embracing the whole
... En savoir plus
Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price Book 2024

Modifié par AECOM ...

Collections series Spon's Price Books
Compiled by AECOM, the 2024 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.It provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements for civil and highway works. Cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general ... En savoir plus

$332.65 CAD

Compiled by AECOM, the 2024 edition has been updated with the latest pricing information to help you manage your projects over the next 12 months through this challenging period of high inflation and financial uncertainty.It provides a full breakdown of labour, plant and material elements for civil and highway works. Cost guidance is given at a number of levels, varying from the more general
... En savoir plus
Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction

Theory and Practice

par Temitope Seun Omotayo, Udayangani Kulatunga, Bankole Awuzie ...

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management. This book addresses continuous improvement practices from the perspective of cost management and applies case study examples to question the readers’ perspective of ... En savoir plus

$91.16 CAD

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management. This book addresses continuous improvement practices from the perspective of cost management and applies case study examples to question the readers’ perspective of
... En savoir plus
Research Methodology in the Built Environment

A Selection of Case Studies

Modifié par Vian Ahmed, Alex Opoku, Zeeshan Aziz ...

Built environment students are not always familiar with the range of different research approaches they could be using for their projects. Whether you are undertaking a postgraduate doctoral programme or facing an undergraduate or masters dissertation, this book provides general advice, as well as 13 detailed case studies from 16 universities in 7 countries, to help you get to grips with ... En savoir plus

$91.16 CAD

Built environment students are not always familiar with the range of different research approaches they could be using for their projects. Whether you are undertaking a postgraduate doctoral programme or facing an undergraduate or masters dissertation, this book provides general advice, as well as 13 detailed case studies from 16 universities in 7 countries, to help you get to grips with
... En savoir plus
Spon's Estimating Costs Guide to Minor Works, Alterations and Repairs to Fire, Flood, Gale and Theft Damage

Unit Rates and Project Costs, Fourth Edition

par Bryan Spain ...

Collections series Spon's Estimating Costs Guides
All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.Do you work on jobs between 50 and 50,000? Then this book is for you.Specially written for contractors, quantity surveyors and clients carrying out small works, this book contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material ... En savoir plus

$125.66 CAD

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.Do you work on jobs between 50 and 50,000? Then this book is for you.Specially written for contractors, quantity surveyors and clients carrying out small works, this book contains accurate information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material
... En savoir plus
NEC3 Construction Contracts: 100 Questions and Answers

par Kelvin Hughes ...

Which member of the NEC3 family of contracts should I use?How do I choose and use my main and secondary options?What are the roles and responsibilities of the various parties?How should I effectively manage early warnings and compensation events?Important questions can arise when working with NEC3 contracts, some of them have simple answers and others require more a detailed response. Whether you ... En savoir plus

$91.16 CAD

Which member of the NEC3 family of contracts should I use?How do I choose and use my main and secondary options?What are the roles and responsibilities of the various parties?How should I effectively manage early warnings and compensation events?Important questions can arise when working with NEC3 contracts, some of them have simple answers and others require more a detailed response. Whether you
... En savoir plus
BIM and Big Data for Construction Cost Management

par Weisheng Lu, Chi Cheung Lai, Tung Tse ...

This book is designed to help practitioners and students in a wide range of construction project management professions to understand what building information modelling (BIM) and big data could mean for them and how they should prepare to work successfully on BIM-compliant projects and maintain their competencies in this essential and expanding area.In this book, the state-of-the-art information ... En savoir plus

$87.46 CAD

This book is designed to help practitioners and students in a wide range of construction project management professions to understand what building information modelling (BIM) and big data could mean for them and how they should prepare to work successfully on BIM-compliant projects and maintain their competencies in this essential and expanding area.In this book, the state-of-the-art information
... En savoir plus
Advanced Construction Mathematics

par Surinder Virdi ...

Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level 3 and 4 mathematics for the Pearson BTEC National and BTEC HNC/HND in Construction, Building Services, and Civil Engineering.Packed with easy to follow examples, its 18 chapters cover algebra (equations, transposition and evaluation of formulae), differentiation, integration, ... En savoir plus

$75.14 CAD

Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level 3 and 4 mathematics for the Pearson BTEC National and BTEC HNC/HND in Construction, Building Services, and Civil Engineering.Packed with easy to follow examples, its 18 chapters cover algebra (equations, transposition and evaluation of formulae), differentiation, integration,
... En savoir plus
Professional Practice for Quantity Surveyors in the 21st Century

par Andrew Ebekozien, Clinton Aigbavboa ...

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession. It begins by explaining the construction industry structure, followed by the quantity surveying practice modalities, professional ethics, roles of regulatory bodies, continuous professional development, and code of professional conduct of quantity surveying practice. Further topics covered include ... En savoir plus

$109.64 CAD

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession. It begins by explaining the construction industry structure, followed by the quantity surveying practice modalities, professional ethics, roles of regulatory bodies, continuous professional development, and code of professional conduct of quantity surveying practice. Further topics covered include
... En savoir plus
Spon's African Construction Cost Handbook

par Franklin ...

Collections series Spon's International Price Books
This unique publication provides the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Africa.Thirteen chapters cover individual countries (Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'lvoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia) providing:key data on the main economic and construction indicatorsan outline of the national construction ... En savoir plus

$800.82 CAD

This unique publication provides the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Africa.Thirteen chapters cover individual countries (Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'lvoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia) providing:key data on the main economic and construction indicatorsan outline of the national construction
... En savoir plus
Building and Facilities Maintenance Management

An Innovative Operational Approach

par Jason Challender, Robert Challender ...

Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course. The book plugs a gap in the current curriculum and literature which must now seek to educate emerging professionals about the ... En savoir plus

$91.16 CAD

Building and Facilities Maintenance Management: An Innovative Operational Approach is a new introductory textbook aimed at students who are studying building maintenance and asset management for the first time as part of their undergraduate or foundation course. The book plugs a gap in the current curriculum and literature which must now seek to educate emerging professionals about the
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