CIB

Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Construction

An International Perspective

Edited by Edward Davies, Peter Fenn, Michael O'Shea

Series: CIB

Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming common across the industry worldwide. This book is an invaluable guide to international construction law, written by a team of experts and focusing on the following...

Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge

Contemporary Issues in Construction in Developing Countries

Edited by George Ofori

Series: CIB

Economic growth and socio-economic development are particuliarly important for developing countries, and the construction industry plays a central role in driving both of these. Traditionally the issues faced have been assumed to be merely offshoots of those encountered in industrialised...

Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge

Culture in International Construction

By Wilco Tijhuis, Richard Fellows

Series: CIB

Despite the wide range of technologies involved, the construction industry still relies heavily on one old-fashioned component: the human. The clients, managers, designers, investors, and a whole host of other stakeholders are all involved in a crucial series of relationships that are just as...

Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge

New Perspectives on Construction in Developing Countries

Edited by George Ofori

Series: CIB

Developing countries face the challenge of maintaining economic growth and socio-economic development, at the core of which sits the construction industry. Considerable research on construction in developing countries took place in the 1970's and 1980's, but little since, a gap which this book...

Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge

Green Buildings and the Law

Edited by Julie Adshead

Series: CIB

In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings represents approximately fifty percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Pressure to improve the environmental performance of buildings during both construction and occupancy, particularly to reduce carbon...

Published April 5th 2011 by Routledge

Mediation in the Construction Industry

An International Review

Edited by Penny Brooker, Suzanne Wilkinson

Series: CIB

The application of construction dispute procedures has changed dramatically in the last decade. This has resulted in an increased use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in many countries, and mediation in particular. Construction is one of the major industries using mediation, in the UK and in many...

Published July 11th 2010 by Routledge

Response Control and Seismic Isolation of Buildings

By Masahiko Higashino, Shin Okamoto

Series: CIB

This state of the art report from an international task group (TG44) of CIB, the International Council of Building Research Organizations, presents a highly authoritative guide to the application of innovative technologies on response control and seismic isolation of buildings to practice worldwide...

Published September 4th 2006 by Routledge

Construction Safety Management Systems

Edited by Steve Rowlinson

Series: CIB

The construction industry has a distressingly poor safety record, whether measured in absolute terms or alongside other industries. The level of construction safety in a country is influenced by factors such as variations in the labour forces, shifting economies, insurance rates, legal...

Published April 28th 2004 by Routledge

Innovation in Construction

An International Review of Public Policies

Edited by Andre Manseau, George Seaden

Series: CIB

How can innovation in the construction industry be strengthened? What instruments and approaches are being used by governments to promote it? What works and under what circumstances? These key questions have profound implications. This book presents a framework for the analysis of innovation models...

Published May 23rd 2001 by Routledge

Residential Open Building

By Stephen H. Kendall, Jonathan Teicher

Series: CIB

Residential Open Building, the result of a CIB Task Group 'Open Building Implementation', provides a state-of-the-art review of open building, fundamental principles, recent developments, and international coverage of current projects on both the public and private arena. Open Building is a highly...

Published November 24th 1999 by Spon Press