Department of Professional Building

Recommended Sources Of Information For Construction & Civil Engineering Units Construction Technology

Chudley, 2008. Building Construction Handbook. 7th ed. ButterworthHeinemann. Chudley, 2006. Advanced Construction Technology. 4th ed. Prentice Hall/Pearson. Emmitt, 2006. Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings. WileyBlackwell. Osbourn, 2006. Introduction to Building. 4th ed. Prentice Hall. Foster, 2006. Structure and Fabric: Part. 1. 7th ed. Prentice Hall. Foster, 2000. Structure and Fabric: Part. 2. 6th ed. Longman. Riley, 2008. House Construction. 2nd ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Riley, 2007. Industrial and Commercial Building. Palgrave Macmillan Topliss, 2007. BTEC National Construction, Building Services Engineering and Civil Engineering Student Book. Heinemann. Journals such as New Civil Engineer, Building, Construction News and Contract Journal (online access is possible).

Civil Engineering Technology

Holmes, 1995. Introduction to Civil Engineering Construction. 3rd ed. College of Estate Management. Warren, 1996. Civil Engineering Construction. Palgrave Macmillan. Harris, 1994. Modern Construction and Ground Engineering Equipment and Methods 2nd ed. Longman. Tomlinson, 1995. Foundation Design and Construction. 6th ed. Addison-Wesley. Foster, 2000. Structure and Fabric: Part. 2. 6th ed. Longman. Journals such as New Civil Engineer, Building, Construction News and Contract Journal (online access is possible). In addition, the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Works Construction Guides are useful, if brief, summaries of various topics which they cover. ICE, 1996. Civil Engineering Procedure. 5th ed. Thomas Telford.

Health, Safety & Welfare

Hughes, 2008. Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction. 3rd ed. Butterworth Heinemann. HSE, 2007. Managing Health and Safety in Construction: CDM 2007. HSE Books. Griffith, 2001. Construction Health and Safety Management. Longman

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Construction Skills, 2009. Construction Site Safety - Health, Safety & Environmental Information 2009. Construction Skills. www.hse.gov.uk (be specific when quoting the site / page). Fryer, 2004. The Practise of Construction Management. 4th ed. WileyBlackwell. Harris, 2006. Modern Construction Management. 6th ed. Blackwell Publishing. Cooke, 2004. Construction Planning, Programming and Control. 2nd ed. WileyBlackwell. CIOB, 2002. Code of Practice for Project Management (Construction Management). 3rd ed. WileyBlackwell. Walker, 2007. Project Management in Construction. 5th ed. WileyBlackwell. Sales, 2006. The Site Manager's Bible. Ebury Press. Nagel, 2007. Basics Site Management. Birkhauser Verlag.

Management Principles

Applied Mathematics for Construction and the Built Environment

Virdi, 2006. Construction Mathematics. Butterworth-Heinemann. Greer, 1989. BTEC National NIII - Mathematics for Technicians. 2nd ed. Nelson Thornes. Taylor, 2004. BTEC National Mathematics for Technicians. 3rd ed. Third Edition Nelson Thornes Greer, 1982. BTEC First - Mathematics for Technicians. 2nd ed. Nelson Thornes. Tourret, 1997. Applying Maths in Construction. ButterworthHeinemann.

Science & Materials / Environmental Science

Mcmullan, 2007. Environmental Science in Building. 6th ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Lyons, 2006. Materials for Architects and Builders. 3rd ed. ButterworthHeinemann. Taylor, 2000.Materials in Construction: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Longman. Everett, 1994. Materials. 5th ed. Longman. Burberry, 1997. Environment and Services. 8th ed. Longman. Halliday, 2007. Sustainable Construction Butterworth-Heinemann Kibert, 2007. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons.

Surveying / Setting Out

Irvine, 2005. Surveying For Construction. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill Uren, 2010. Surveying for Engineers. 5th ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Clancy, 1991. Site Surveying and Levelling. 4th ed. ButterworthHeinemann. Muskett, 1988. Site Surveying. BSP Professional Books

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Structural Mechanics

Durka, 2002. Structural Mechanics: Loads, Analysis, Design and Materials. 6th ed. Prentice Hall. Smith, 2001. An Introduction to Structural Mechanics. Palgrave Macmillan. Hulse, 2000. Structural Mechanics. 2nd ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Cobb, 2003. Structural Engineer's Pocket Book. ButterworthHeinemann. www.corusconstruction.com (be specific when quoting the site / page).

Design Principles

Osbourn, 2006. Introduction to Building. 4th ed. Prentice Hall. Tunstall, 2006. Managing the Building Design Process. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann. Thompson, 1998. Architectural Design Procedures. 2nd ed. Architectural Press. RIBA, 2008. Outline Plan Of Work. RIBA Halliday, 2007. Sustainable Construction Butterworth-Heinemann Kibert, 2007. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons. Chudley, 2008. Building Construction Handbook. 7th ed. ButterworthHeinemann. Chudley, 2006. Advanced Construction Technology. 4th ed. Prentice Hall/Pearson. Emmitt, 2006. Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings. WileyBlackwell. Whitlow, 2000. Basic Soil Mechanics. 4th ed. Prentice Hall. Smith, 2006. Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics. 8th ed. WileyBlackwell Waltham 2001. Foundations of Engineering Geology. 2nd ed. Taylor & Francis. Bell, 2006. Engineering Geology. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann.

Geology & Soil Mechanics

Building Services

Hall, 2007. Building Services Handbook. 4th ed. ButterworthHeinemann. 6th ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Mcmullan, 2007. Environmental Science in Building. 6th ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Chadderton, 2007. Building Services Engineering: 1. 5th ed. Taylor & Francis. Burberry, 1997. Environment and Services. 8th ed. Longman.

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Construction Economics

Gruneberg, 1997. Construction Economics: An Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan. Myers, 2008. Construction Economics. 2nd ed. Taylor & Francis. Hillebrandt, 2000. Economic Theory and the Construction Industry. 3rd ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Gruneberg, 2000. The Economics of the Modern Construction Firm. Palgrave Macmillan. Shutt, 1995. Economics for the Construction Industry. 3rd ed. Longman

Construction Law & Contract

Uff, 2005. Construction Law. 9th ed. Sweet & Maxwell. Murdoch, 2007. Construction Contracts: Law and Management. 4th ed. Taylor & Francis. Owen, 1998. Law for the Construction Industry. 2nd ed. Longman. Chappell, 2007. Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts. 8th ed. Taylor & Francis. Adriaanse, 2007. Construction Contract Law: The Essentials. 2nd ed. Palgrave.

Building Surveying

Glover, 2006. Building Surveys. Butterworth-Heinemann; 6th ed. Irvine, 2005. Surveying For Construction. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill. Hollis, 2006. Pocket Surveying Buildings. 2nd ed. RICS Books. Brook, 2008. Estimating and Tendering for Construction Work. Butterworth-Heinemann. Buchan, 2003. Estimating for Builders and Surveyors. 2nd ed. Butterworth-Heinemann. Seeley, 1998. Building Quantities Explained. 5th ed. Palgrave Macmillan. RICS, 1988. SMM7: Standard Method of Measurement of Building Works. 7th ed. RICS Books. Ashworth, 2007. Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor. 12th ed. Blackwell Publishing. Seeley, 1997. Quantity Surveying Practice. 2nd ed. Palgrave Macmillan. Byrnes, 2007. AutoCAD 2008 for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. McFarland, 2008. AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009: No Experience Required. John Wiley & Sons. Heathcote, 2004. Key Skills in Information Technology Levels 2 and 3. 2nd ed. Payne-Gallway.

Measuring, Tendering & Estimating

IT / CAD

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