{"title":"CONSTRUCTION \u0026 ENGENERING BOOKS","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"innovations-in-construction-industry-towards-sustainable-future-implementation-assessment-and-opportunities","title":"Innovations in Construction Industry towards Sustainable Future: Implementation, Assessment and Opportunities","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1894020928\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"dpt3t1-2t2uxg-b649pi-d9hvdo\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescriptionBox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescriptionBox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"5zklon-bw1u6k-z3892-tavvr7\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"3764370327\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"sg190u-1rtisr-p8f0cr-6wwolk\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"007041999X\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescriptionBox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"3725838364\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"an7bzv-a5espa-507okj-4y4or4\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstruction is one of the major industries that contribute to economic development, generating significant revenues and producing significant gross domestic product (GDP) for a country. This Special Issue aims to investigate drivers, impediments, opportunities, and implementation that can facilitate innovations towards a truly sustainable construction industry. 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a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescriptionBox\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISO 9000 Practices in Construction is a unique book of its kind for application of ISO 9000 management system standards in construction to develop international quality standards. 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However, identifying the causes of delays, and the effects they have on the project, is often difficult and the burden on the party seeking to prove delay is a heavy one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book provides the construction professional with an analysis of how construction projects become delayed, the practical measures which can be taken to avoid such delays, and how the parties can protect their positions in the face of delays. It goes on to look at the requirements for producing a successful claim. 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This book guides the reader through the steps on framing floors, walls, roofs, door and window openings, and stairs. Hundreds of color photographs and illustrations help the reader understand the basics as well as advanced framing methods. This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSecond Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is updated to match the framing techniques to the 2009 International Building Code, and introduces the concept of \"green framing\" regarding material use and handling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeals with the new corrosive treating methods that began to be used in 2004 for pressure treated wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovers the time and energy-saving benefits of positive placement nail guns, which have become the industry standard for fastening light gage hardware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes a glue-laminated beam weight chart, along with a description of crane operations for setting these beams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStarting with the basics, this book begins with types of lumber, nails, and what tools are needed, followed by detailed, fully illustrated steps for framing each building element—from planning and layout through specific nailing patterns. 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A widely respected training text for aspiring architects and engineers, the book provides detailed product information and efficient installation methodology. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeventh Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features updates in gypsum products, including ultralight panels, glass-mat panels, paperfaced plastic bead, and ultralightweight joint compound, and modern specialty acoustical and ceiling product guidelines. 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USG is also the global leader in the manufacture of ceiling suspension systems and are recognized as the premier acoustical panel and specialty ceiling systems innovator.  USG, through its subsidiary L\u0026amp;W Supply, is also the nation's largest distributor of drywall and related building products.  USG employs over 9,000 individuals worldwide and in 2011 had sales of  $3 billion.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-section\" id=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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It provides useful practical tips for managing a construction project and is aimed at construction professionals as well as those studying construction project management. Managing a construction project isn’t an easy job and requires many skills. Some skills are learned by attending courses and colleges. Others, however, are only learned by experience, and often the hard way – learning from mistakes. This book will show you how to avoid the many pitfalls in construction. It includes chapters on planning the project, starting it, scheduling, running the project, completing it, people, materials, equipment, quality, safety, subcontractors, contractual and financial. These chapters are broken into multiple sections providing a step-by-step guide to successfully managing a construction project, and, including what-not-to-do to avoid costly mistakes. Key features of the book are it:•is written for construction professionals by a construction professional•avoids being too ‘textbook’ in nature•has numerous practical examples•includes topics essential to managing projects which aren’t included in most other project management books•has the information clearly set out•includes useful and relevant information dealing with the everyday issues of managing a projectBy reading and using this book Project Managers will avoid many problems frequently encountered on construction projects. The book is an excellent reference which can continually be referred to so important steps in the construction management process aren’t omitted.'Building a Successful Construction Company - The Practical Guide' by the same author is a valuable companion book to this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"mlo5mh-bx18yy-295a1-cx2wi2\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"hmdtes-w174ck-yw00pq-d2hmt8\" data-cel-widget=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"nakkcf-pncloe-g22rh1-hc1t1m\" data-cel-widget=\"rich_product_information\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"content-section\" class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-section-item\" class=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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landscape of digital innovation in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields. Emphasizing the need for a holistic approach that focuses on process improvements alongside technology deployment, the book guides readers through evaluating, implementing, and optimizing both existing and emerging technologies, including BIM, VDC, robotics, and AR\/VR.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eWritten by a team of experienced industry professionals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003eManaging Construction Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e offers actionable strategies to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustained success. Step by step, the authors equip AEC stakeholders with tools to assess the cost-benefit balance of technology investments, craft systems for ongoing evaluation, and foster collaboration across project teams. Throughout the book, detailed management principles and diverse case studies help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of digital transformation tailored to various project types and organizational structures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eProviding a detailed blueprint for embracing technological innovation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003eManaging Construction Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pf1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003ePresents a proven methodology for evaluating and implementing cutting-edge technologies in the AEC industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pf1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eIncludes real-world examples showcasing successful digital technology applications across diverse project types and scales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pf1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eFeatures management principles designed to maximize ROI and streamline decision-making processes for technology investments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pf1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eAddresses critical topics such as cost-benefit analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and long-term infrastructure planning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pf1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eHighlights long-term developments and trends shaping the future of digital construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003eManaging Construction Technology: People, Process, and Product\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in construction technology, BIM, and digital project management within architecture, engineering, and construction management programs. It is also an invaluable reference for contractors, developers, architects, engineers, technology managers, and other professionals in the AEC industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eKurt Maldovan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e is a technologist, strategist, and educator focused on advancing digital delivery and innovation in the AEC industry. Since the early 2000s, he has led successful implementations of BIM, immersive visualizations, and project planning tools. Kurt contributed to Penn State’s BIM Project Execution Planning Guide and the USACE Industry BIM Consortia, and co-authored several national BIM guides. He has served on boards for LCI and SAME, presented at over 70 conferences, and collaborated with more than a dozen institutions. In 2019, he was recognized by SAME DC Post for his contributions to technology in engineering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eChitwan Saluja\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e is a digital transformation leader who pioneers the integration of emerging technologies in large-scale construction projects. As a technologist, she spearheads BIM implementation and digital innovation strategies that are reshaping project delivery methods. Named among Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) National Top 20 Under 40, Chitwan’s expertise spans across digital twin development, automated workflows, and smart construction methodologies. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between traditional construction practices and cutting-edge technology solutions, helping organizations navigate the evolving landscape of digital construction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eVincent Testa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e leads Strategic Grown for Procon Consulting, specializing in future technologies and implementation strategies. A leader in the Construction Management Association of America, Vincent has served on its National Technology Committee since 2014 and is a past President of the CMAA Florida Chapter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eBrian Tracy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e is a seasoned leader in construction technology and project management, with experience at top general contractors and program management firms. He specializes in bridging technology with project delivery, driving innovation in capital programs, and fostering high-performing teams. A sought-after speaker and educator, Brian has led internal training initiatives, presented to industry organizations, and mentored future professionals through university courses, blending technical instruction with career coaching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eMarty Turner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e is Project Director, Program Advisory for Turner \u0026amp; Townsend. With over 25 years of experience in multi-billion-dollar program management, Marty specializes in integrating business intelligence and innovative solutions. A frequent presenter at CMAA national conferences, Marty is a recognized leader in technology-driven program management.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eForeword by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003eStephen Devito\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e vii\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e2 The Construction Tech Landscape 9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e3 Taking the Leap 39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e4 Digital Design 69\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e5 Reality Augmentation 87\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e6 Data Governance 111\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e7 Business Intelligence 131\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e8 Prefabrication and Modular 155\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e9 Automation and Robotics 175\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e10 Jobsite Connectivity 199\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e11 All Things AI 211\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e12 Summary and Concluding Thoughts 225\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eReferences 233\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"mlo5mh-bx18yy-295a1-cx2wi2\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"hmdtes-w174ck-yw00pq-d2hmt8\" data-cel-widget=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"nakkcf-pncloe-g22rh1-hc1t1m\" data-cel-widget=\"rich_product_information\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"content-section\" class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-section-item\" class=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDiscover an insightful examination of the property investment appraisal process from leaders in the industry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book explains the process of property investment appraisal: the process of estimating both the most likely selling price (market value) and the worth of property investments to individuals or groups of investors (investment value). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eValuations are important. They are used as a surrogate for transactions in the measurement of investment performance and they influence investors and other market operators when transacting property. Valuations need to be trusted by their clients and valuers need to produce rational and objective solutions.  Appraisals of worth are even more important, as they help to determine the prices that should be paid for assets, even in times of crisis, and they can indicate market under- or over-pricing.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a style that makes the theory as well as the practice of valuation accessible to students and practitioners, the authors provide a valuable critique of conventional valuation methods and argue for the adoption of more contemporary cash-flow methods. They explain how such valuation models are constructed and give useful examples throughout.  They also show how these contemporary cash-flow methods connect market valuations with rational appraisals.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe UK property investment market has been through periods of both boom and bust since the first edition of this text was produced in 1988. As a result, the book includes examples generated by vastly different market states. Complex reversions, over-rented properties and leaseholds are all fully examined by the authors.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Fourth Edition includes new material throughout, including brand new chapters on development appraisals and bank lending valuations, heavily revised sections on discounted cash flow models with extended examples, and on the measurement and analysis of risk at an individual property asset level. The heart of the book remains the critical examination of market valuation models, which no other book addresses in such detail. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aboutauthors-section\" class=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW E. BAUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Professor of Practice at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where he leads the Future of Real Estate Initiative. He is also Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College and Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading. He is Chairman of Newcore Capital Management and advisor to several property organisations. He has held senior positions with Nuveen, CBRE Global Investors, Grosvenor and other investors and fund managers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEIL CROSBY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Professor of Real Estate in the Department of Real Estate and Planning at the University of Reading. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, has been awarded life membership of the Investment Property Forum and a fellowship of the Society of Property Researchers, and is a member of the RICS Valuation Standards Board. He originally qualified and practised as a Chartered Valuation Surveyor in the UK before holding academic positions at Nottingham Trent and Oxford Brookes Universities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVEN DEVANEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an Associate Professor at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, where he teaches both investment appraisal and market valuation methods. He was previously a Lecturer in Real Estate at the University of Aberdeen and worked as an analyst at Investment Property Databank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"permissions-section\" class=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tableofcontents-section\" class=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Property Investment Appraisal in its Context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1         What is appraisal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2         The appraisal process\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3         What makes a good appraisal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3.1      Accuracy, bias, smoothing and lagging of valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3.2      Client Influence on valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4         Conventional and discounted-cash-flow approaches to appraisal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Principles of Investment Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2         Types of investments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.1      Cash deposits\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.2      Fixed-interest securities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.3      Index-linked securities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.4      Ordinary shares (equities)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.5      Property\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.6      Summary of investment types\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3         Qualities of investments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.1      Income and capital growth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.2      Operating expenses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.3      Liquidity, marketability and transfer costs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.4      Real options\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.5      Leverage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.6      Tax efficiency\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4         Sources of risk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5         Comparing investments: NPV and IRR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.6         Initial yield analysis and construction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.7         Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. The DCF Appraisal Model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1         The cash flow model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2         The inputs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.1      The holding period\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.2      The lease and lease events\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.3      Depreciation, refurbishment and redevelopment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.4      Forecasting rental growth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.5      The resale price\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.6      Exit Capitalisation rate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.7      Expenses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.8      Void allowances\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.9      Transaction costs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.10Taxes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.11Debt finance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3         The discount rate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3.1      The risk free rate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3.2      The risk premium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4         Examples\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5         Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two Market Valuation Models\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Evolution of Freehold Market Valuation Models\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2         The evolution of conventional techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2.1      The changing perception of investors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2.2      Historical application of the basic valuation model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3         Rationale of the pre-1960 appraisal approach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4         The post-1960 conventional market valuation model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4.1      The fully let freehold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4.2      The reversionary freehold\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4.3      Over-rented properties\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.5         Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Contemporary Freehold Market Valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2         Analysing transactions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.1      Implied rental growth rate analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.2      Calculation of the implied rental growth rate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.3      Implied Target Rate Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3         Full Explicit and Short-cut DCF valuation models\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3.1      Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3.2      An explicit cash-flow model including short cut DCF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3.3      DCF by Formula\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. 4        Alternatives to DCF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.1      Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.2      Real value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.3      Arbitrage model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5         Reversionary Freehold Valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.1      Analysis of transactions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.2      Short Cut DCF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.3      Real Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.4      Arbitrage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6         Over-rented contemporary model valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6.1      Analysis of transactions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6.2      Short Cut DCF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6.3      Real Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6.4      Arbitrage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.7         Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Freehold Market Valuations - Applications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2         Analysis of Transactions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3         Rack Rented or Vacant Property Investments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4         Two-stage reversionary freeholds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.1      Basic two stage reversionary freeholds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.2      Long reversions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.3      Over-rented properties\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. 5        More complex reversionary freeholds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.1      Lease events\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.2      Alternative review forms: indexation and fixed increases\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.3      Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5         Comparing conventional and contemporary techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.1      Defending conventional techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.2      Target-Rate Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.3      Fully let freeholds: contemporary versus conventional valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.4      Reversionary freeholds contemporary versus conventional valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.6         Taxation and market valuation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7         Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Leasehold Valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2         The evolution of conventional leasehold valuations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3         Contemporary Leasehold Valuations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.1      Fixed leasehold profit rents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.2      Geared leasehold profit rents Reviewable rent received, fixed rent paid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4         Conventional versus contemporary techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.7         Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Measurement and Pricing of Risk in Appraisals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2         Nature and sources of risk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3         Measuring risk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3.1      Risk-adjusted discount rate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3.2      Sensitivity analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3.2      Scenarios\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3.3      Simulations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4         Risk Pricing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4.1      Assessing the risk premium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4.2      Certainty-equivalent cash flows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5         Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Development Appraisal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1         Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2         Valuation Methods\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.1      Basic Residual Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.2      Discounted Cash Flow Residual Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.3         Developers profit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.4         Changes in costs and values and phasing of developments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.5         Finance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.6         Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Bank Lending Appraisals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.1       Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2       Market Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3       Mortgage Lending Value\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.4       Investment value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.5       Illustration of the three approaches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.6       Performance of the three valuation bases over the last two property market downturns in the UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. 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In the absence of any clear advice from UK Government on how this can be achieved, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnerPHit\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estandard offers a very clear methodology. This is a practical guide that gives architects the tools to retrofit buildings to the highest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnerPHit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e standard. It equips the reader with the key information on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnerPHit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (as the most effective benchmark for performance), the practical know-how and tips to ensure effective retrofit throughout all Plan of Work stages of a project to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnerPHit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e standard. Backed with real-life case studies, it enables you to understand how to achieve successful outcomes tailored to suit available budgets and programmes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"n5ifc5-zbbprv-rh5pwh-oxwryk\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1859468195\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"s1zi2n-pmblfi-g0x1xe-t0zh7p\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1859468195\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"dqpoow-v7jang-xjt8jx-wmiarf\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1859468195\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_6\" data-csa-c-id=\"a12yel-f3xtm8-jdxr5c-807cwy\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-7\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mix-claimed=\"true\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_6\" id=\"CardInstance2IJVebNfe-QGnP1DlOYKJA\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e2. What is EnerPHit?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e3. The Challenges of EnerPHit.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e4. Step-by-Step to EnerPHit -\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e5. Targeting EnerPHit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e6. Residential Case Studies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e7. Commercial Case Studies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1859468195\"\u003e8. 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Despite the best intentions of designers and planners, interactive frontages have dwindled over the past century in Europe and North America. This book demonstrates why even our best intentions for interactive frontages are currently unable to turn a swelling tide of economic and technological evolution, land consolidation, introversion, stratification, and contagious decline. It uses these lessons to offer concrete locational, programming, design, and management strategies to maximize street-level interaction and trust between street-level architecture, its inhabitants, and the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book demonstrates that designers, developers, planners, and managers ultimately have to create the right preconditions for inhabitants and passersby to bring frontages to life. These preconditions connect architecture to its urban, social, economical, and technological context. 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This book empowers the many participants in this ecosystem to build, inhabit, and enjoy truly urbane architecture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Hans Karssenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetroit – Eye level death and resurrection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirmingham – The concrete collar unleashed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hague – The layered city at eye level\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVancouver – The frontage formula\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frontage ecosystem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommercial life – Eye level transactions in the city\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife beyond transactions - New destinations in the city\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving at eye level - Prospect and refuge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion - Living it up\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor(s)\u003cbr\u003eBiography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConrad Kickert, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning. Conrad has a background in urbanism and architecture from the TU Delft (the Netherlands) and holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Michigan. He has worked as an urban researcher and designer for various design offices, property developers and nonprofit organizations in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. His research focuses on the evolving relationship between urban form, urban life and the urban economy. Dr. Kickert has authored peer-reviewed articles, edited books on bottom-up urbanism and urban retail, and recently authored the award-winning Dream City – Creation, Destruction and Reinvention in Downtown Detroit. His research and studio work has been supported by numerous corporations, foundations, and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHans Karssenberg is a partner at STIPO, a team for urban development, with offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Athens and projects throughout Europe. 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data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"94b1p9-hba8y3-ooxjzn-frtn0e\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGet Productive Fast with AutoCAD 2022: Master the Newest AutoCAD Features and Interface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this guide, expert AutoCAD instructors and practitioners show how to efficiently use AutoCAD 2022's powerful features in any interior design, architecture, or space planning project. Covering both 2D and 3D drawings, the authors walk you step-by-step through using AutoCAD 2022 prompts and commands, and fully mastering AutoCAD's current interface, including the revised Start tab and floating Drawing tabs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAutoCAD 2022 for Interior Design and Space Planning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes since AutoCAD 2015, from importing content with DesignCenter to creating solid modeling walkthroughs with 3DWALK and Animation Motion. It's packed with features for better classroom and self-paced learning:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e600+ updated illustrations and 100+ exercises demonstrating AutoCAD's role in modern interior design, architecture, and space planning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoves from basic commands to complex drawings, helping learners build on what they've learned and quickly get productive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumbered step-by-step exercises help students learn in realistic situations, and then practice on their own\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes drawing layouts, plotting drawings, and using architectural scales to measure distances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeveral projects guide learners to create a tenant space, a hotel room, lecture and conference rooms, and a wheelchair-accessible commercial restroom appropriate for interior design, space planning, and architecture students\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"o8j1x1-2pxtr3-x8lvak-up9yhs\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1894020928\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBEVERLY KIRKPATRICK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has worked with AutoCAD for 30+ years, developing interior designs, space plans, and finish schedules for schools, banks, hospitals, churches, and car dealerships. She taught AutoCAD at college and high school levels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJAMES KIRKPATRIC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eK worked with and taught AutoCAD for 40+ years, established Eastfield College's AutoCAD Training Center, and authored 30+ books in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHOSSEIN ASSADIPOUR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e teaches CAD, CNC, CAM, and related topics, and wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLearning AutoCAD in 20 Projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is professor of Division of Mathematics, Engineering Technologies \u0026amp; Computer Sciences at Essex County College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDAVID BYRNES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spent 38 years in design, drafting, and 3D modeling, working with AutoCAD since v. 1.4. A CAD consultant, instructor, and author since 1988, he contributed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCadalyst\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine for 15 years, and taught 2D\/3D design software at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the University of British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 117px; top: -20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ebooklok","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":56753641521483,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/1204\/8971\/files\/61klQ84E3kL._SL1020.jpg?v=1773058228"},{"product_id":"turning-point-in-timber-construction-a-new-economy","title":"Turning Point in Timber Construction: A New Economy","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"mony29-5a3c4a-9p1iv6-5965rv\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"3035608644\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"rjuq7r-j30bje-f70tuq-bhthva\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaced with climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing population, society needs to rethink the way buildings are made. 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data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCollage and Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains an invaluable resource for students and practitioners as the first book to cover collage as a tool for analysis and design in architecture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince entering the contemporary art world over a century ago, collage has profoundly influenced artists and architects throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCollage and Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Jennifer A. E. Shields explores its influence, using the artworks and built projects of leading artists and architects, such as Mies van der Rohe, Daniel Libeskind, and Teddy Cruz to illustrate the diversity of collage techniques. This new edition includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stronger focus on contemporary practices, including digital methods;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew designers and architects, including Marshall Brown, WAI Architecture Think Tank, and Tatiana Bilbao, bringing their methods and work to life;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn expanded global and diverse perspective of architecture as collage;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCollage is an important instrument for analysis and design. Through its 261 color images, this book shows how this versatile medium can be adapted and transformed in your own work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1. Collage Methodologies In Architectural Analysis + Design Speculation  \u003c\/strong\u003e1.1 \u003ci\u003ePapier Collé\u003c\/i\u003e and Found Materials - Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand \/ Bernhard Hoesli \/ Eduardo Chillida  1.2 Collage-drawing - Constructs Geometric Order \/ Mies van der Rohe \/ Daniel Libeskind \/ Ben Nicholson \/ James Corner \/ Mathur\/da Cunha \/ Constructs: Narratives of social order \/ The Metabolists and Associates \/ Archigram \/ Superstudio \/ Rem Koolhaas \/ Time[scape]lab \/ Nathan Williams   1.3 Photomontage - Photo Fragments: Found Paper \/ Nils-Ole Lund \/ David Wild \/ Marshall Brown \/ Photo Pragments: Found Pixels \/ FELD studio \/ WAI Architecture Think Tank \/ Photo Fragments: Constructed \/ Gordon Matta-Clark \/ Mary Miss \/ Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT)   \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2. 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Additionally, the author examines the historical development of Islamic geometric patterns, the significance of geometric design within the broader context of Islamic ornament as a whole, the formative role that geometry plays throughout the Islamic ornamental arts (including calligraphy, the floral idiom, dome decoration, geometric patterns, and more), and the underexamined question of pattern classification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing over 600 beautiful color images, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIslamic Geometric Patterns: Their Historical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDevelopment and Traditional Methods of Con\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003estruction is a valuable addition to the literature of Islamic art, architecture and geometric patterns. 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data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eChoosing a construction method creates contractual working relationships and interactions between parties. These working relationships and interactions are the building construction process. Typically, the parties include the owner, contractor(s), and design consultants. Building contractors and design consultants conduct business engaged in the building construction process but rarely does the owner. As a result, the owner often lacks knowledge of the process, which can cost them thousands of dollars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis unique book explains the building construction process in easy-to-understand non-technical language. It provides the knowledge owners and or their representatives need to have some control over the process regarding cost and risk reduction. After all, the owner pays for the construction and should have some say in the process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeople working in the building construction industry or with some knowledge of the process will also benefit from the book, as will educators and their students. The book is a knowledge elevator and goes well beyond the minimum required to understand and be involved successfully in a building construction project.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauth bio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeon P. Gander has been in the construction industry since he graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1968. Since 1971, his experience has been in North America, specifically in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1980 he began operating a consulting practice in the design of electrical services for buildings among other aspects of electrical consulting. He is a Professional Engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeon has a keen interest for the inner workings of building construction and in 1999 self-published the first version of this book, which has now been updated for relevance in 2022 and beyond. The perceived need for a knowledge-elevating book resulted from observations made in all-participant construction site meetings where the only person(s) lacking knowledge and experience were the owner and or their representative(s). Yet owners are paying for the construction and when issues arise, they are often required to pay more. 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This book explains how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of all kinds. Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and professionals new to partnering need to take is given followed by advice about the actions individual firms can take to get the maximum benefits from partnering. Finally the book describes how highly developed forms of partnering are developing into strategic collaborative working that turns construction into a genuinely modern industry able to meet all customers’ needs. The book is designed to be used flexibly by a variety of readers, with coloured sections and executive summaries built into the body of the text to enable senior managers to get a quick overview of the guidance provided. The detailed guidance provides those at the workface with the ammunition needed to cooperate with those around them in doing their best work. The guidance is supported by check lists that help ensure everyone involved knows what they need to do to match and then exceed today’s best practice. Construction clients will learn how to get high quality, reliable and fast completion and a firm price that represents best value for money. This book helps everyone in the construction industry be fairly rewarded for delivering best practice. 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data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description-section page-section\" id=\"description-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content\"\u003eThis well established reference book brings together leading cases on building contracts to illustrate legal principles. It provides a statement of the principle established, a summary of the facts and the decision and, for most cases, a verbatim extract of the judgment. The latest edition includes a number of new cases since the last edition was published in 1999.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedProducts-section\" id=\"relatedProducts-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eabout auth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eM.P. Furmston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTD, MA, BCL, LLM, Bencher of Gray’s Inn, was Professor of Law at the University of Bristol from 1978-98. He is now Emeritus Professor and senior research fellow. He is well known as the editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheshire, Fifoot and Furmston on Contract\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand his other books include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCases and Materials on Contract\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith Hugh Beale and William Bishop. He is the editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstruction Law Reports\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Powell-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLLM, DLitt, FCIArb was a leading authority on building contracts and a practicing arbitrator. He was a former Council member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and, for some years, Professor of Law at the University of Malaysia and the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He was originally Joint Editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstruction Law Reports\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003ePreface.\n\u003cp\u003ePart I - Formation of the contract: Letters of intent, Costs of tendering, Tenders and estimates, Incorporation of documents, Acceptance of the tender;.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II - Performance of the contract: The contractor's obligations, The employer's obligations, Ownership and vesting of materials, Acceptance and defects, Approval and certificates, Variations, Prolongation and disruption claims, Liquidated damages and extensions of time;.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III - Discharge of the contract: Release, Frustration, Illegality, Forfeiture clauses, repudiation and determination, Limitation;.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV - Sub-contracts and sub-contractors: Assignment and sub-letting, Domestic sub-contractors, Nominated sub-contractors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart V - Building Contracts and the Law of Tort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviews-section\" id=\"reviews-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e'a useful conduit to necessary knowledge for a range of those involved in the resolution of sonstruction disputes' Construction Law Oct 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"whatsnew-section\" id=\"whatsnew-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eFeatures\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e* the only book to bring together leading building cases in one volume at an affordable price\u003cbr\u003e* updated with recent cases since last edition (1999)\u003cbr\u003e* provides statement of principle established by case, a summary of facts and decision, plus extract from judgment\u003cbr\u003e* Michael Furmston well known as editor of Cheshire, Fifoot \u0026amp; 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By sharing the research status of scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies, it helps scholars and engineers all over the world to comprehend the academic development trends and broaden research ideas. 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He received his Ph.D. in Road Safety from the Center for Transport Studies at the Imperial College of London. He has 20 years experience in road safety research and areas of specialization are road crash data and road users’ behavior analysis. He has been working on multiple national and international research projects that addresses road users’ behavior and road safety issues. Dr. Law has published several influential papers in top transportation journals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDr Baohua Guo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is currently a professor at Henan Polytechnic University. His research interest includes rock mechanics and engineering, freeway traffic safety, subgrade and pavement engineering. 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data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThorough guide on how to use various diagnostic techniques to troubleshoot problems in distillation columns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDistillation Diagnostics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e familiarizes the reader with the multitude of tools available for diagnosing distillation and absorption tower problems and provides the reader with application guidelines derived from 40+ years of real-world experiences of the author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book describes the capabilities, strengths and limitations of each tool, provides guidance on how to apply these tools to get the most insight and to test theories and ideas, shares the experience of how to correctly interpret the results provided by each technique, and guides the reader to a multitude of additional testing that they can perform to bring them closer to a correct diagnosis and an effective fix. Each technique is illustrated with real case studies and an extensive “dos and don’ts” list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by a global authority on distillation diagnostics and troubleshooting known as ‘The Tower Doctor’ by many in the field, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDistillation Diagnostics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes information on:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePossible solutions to the growing distillation failure rate despite the tremendous recent advances in distillation technologies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime-tested tools and techniques for correctly diagnosing distillation problems to provide simple low-cost fixes instead of unnecessary wasteful solutions, thus eliminating waste and dramatically reducing CAPEX, energy consumption and carbon footprint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombining the various diagnostic techniques to discard wrong theories and narrow in on the correct root cause and proper solution for various tower malfunctions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiagnosing flooding, foaming, plugging, weeping, maldistribution, channeling, distributor and collector overflows, low efficiencies, feeds and draws bottlenecks, assembly mishaps, tower internals damage, high base level issues, reactions in towers, contaminants, internal and external leaks, startup and\/or shutdown difficulties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorrectly interpreting gamma scan, thermal scan, and pressure drop data\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGetting the most out of testing techniques such as gamma scanning, neutron backscatter, wall temperature surveys, pressure drop measurements, column testing, sketching points of transition, collecting data for simulations, conducting mass and energy balances, analyzing operating charts, and in-situ water testing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurnaround tower inspections: what to look for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdvanced gamma scanning and thermal scanning techniques and when to apply\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe “doctor and patient” troubleshooting strategy, which often constitutes the most effective, most systematic, and least expensive course of action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThings to remember when formulating and testing theories, such as the balance between theory, data, the laws of physics, and chemistry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDistillation Diagnostics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a timely, essential reference on the subject for plant managers and operators, production and startup supervisors, and chemical, process, and design engineers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Z. Kister\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Fluor Corporation senior fellow and director of fractionation technology. He has over 40 years expertise in all phases of distillation, including troubleshooting, operation, debottlenecking, design, start-up, and control of fractionation processes and equipment. For over 30 years, Mr. Kister has led the IChemE-sponsored 3-day continuing education course\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractical Distillation Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, by now presented over 550 times in public and for major corporations in 26 countries on all 6 continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-section\" id=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms xix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Troubleshooting Steps 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 Causes of Column Malfunctions 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2 Column Troubleshooting – a Case History 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3 Strategy for Troubleshooting Distillation Problems 6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4 Dos and Don’ts for Formulating and Testing Theories 12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5 Learning to Troubleshoot 17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6 Classification of Column Problems 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Troubleshooting for Flood 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Flooding: The Most Common Tower Throughput Limitation 21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2 Flood Mechanisms in Tray and Packed Towers 22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3 Flood and Flood Mechanism Determination: Hydraulic Analysis 25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4 Operating Window (or Stability) Diagrams 27\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5 Flood Point Determination: Field Testing 29\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.6 Flood Point Determination in The Field: The Symptoms 31\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.7 Flood Mechanism Determination: Vapor and Liquid Sensitivity Tests 43\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.7.1 Extension of Vapor\/Liquid Sensitivity Tests to Complex Fractionators 44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.8 Gaining Insight into The Cause of Flood From dP Versus Vapor Rate Plots 46\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.9 Diagnosing Floods that Give Small dP or No dP Rise 51\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.9.1 Flood Diagnosis in a Chemical Vacuum Tower with no dP Rise 53\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.9.2 Flood Diagnosis in Packed Pumparound (PA) Beds 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.10 Foam Flooding Symptoms and Testing 55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.11 Downcomer Unsealing Floods at Low Liquid Loads 64\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.12 Channeling-Induced Premature Floods at High Liquid Loads 66\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.13 Floods by High Base Level or Entrainment From the Tower Base 67\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.14 Troubleshooting Intermediate Component Accumulation 71\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.15 Troubleshooting Liquid Side Draw Bottlenecks 74\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.16 Twelve Useful Rules of Thumb 77\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Efficiency Testing and Separation Troubleshooting 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 Efficiency Testing for Troubleshooting 81\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.1 Purpose and Strategy of Efficiency Testing for Troubleshooting 81\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.2 Planning and Execution of Efficiency Testing for Troubleshooting 83\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.3 Preparations for Efficiency Testing 85\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.4 Last-Minute Preparations 97\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.5 The Test Day(s) 100\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.6 Processing the Results 100\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.7 Determining Hydraulic Loads 113\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1.8 Hennigan’s Rules 115\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2 Diagnosing Poor Separation 116\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Troubleshoot for Process Leaks 116\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Troubleshoot for Tray Weeping 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Diagnosing Side Draw Liquid Starvation 122\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Diagnosing Once-Through Reboiler Liquid Starvation 124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.5 Troubleshoot for Liquid in Vapor Side Draws 125\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.6 Troubleshoot for Missing or Damaged Trays or Packing 125\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.7 Poor Material Balance Control Produces High Impurities 127\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.8 Limitations on Reflux or Reboil Generation 128\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.9 Control Instability Increases Impurities 129\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.10 Impurities and Contaminants Affecting Azeotroping and Product Purities 129\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.11 Absorption of Sparingly Soluble Gases Affecting Product Purity and Downstream Venting 130\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2.12 Reactions and Contaminants Can Affect Product Purity 130\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Diagnosing Packed Tower Maldistribution 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1 Diagnosing Packing Maldistribution: an Overview 135\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2 Expected Packing HETPS 137\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3 Small-Scale Versus Large-Scale Maldistribution: Do They Equally Raise Hetp? 137\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4 By How Much does Maldistribution Reduce Packing Efficiency? 138\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.5 Diagnosing Packing and Distributor Plugging 141\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6 Troubleshooting for Distributor, Collector, and Parting Box Overflows 145\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6.1 Overflows and Their Impact 145\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6.2 Overflows in Distributors, Redistributors, and Parting Boxes 145\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6.3 Overflows in Collectors 148\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6.4 Overflows due to Plugging, Foaming, Impingement 150\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.7 Troubleshooting Maldistribution at Turndown 150\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.8 Troubleshooting Distributor Out-of-Levelness 151\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.9 Troubleshooting Distributor Feeds 153\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.10 Evaluation of Distributor Irrigation Quality 154\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.11 Troubleshooting for Vapor Maldistribution 158\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.12 Vapor Maldistribution in The Feed Zone to Refinery Vacuum Towers 161\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.13 Troubleshooting Flashing Feeds Entry 164\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.14 Troubleshooting Notched Distributors 167\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.15 Troubleshooting Spray Nozzle Distributors 169\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.16 Distributor Water Tests 173\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.16.1 Gravity Distributor Water Tests in the Supplier Shop 173\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.16.2 Gravity Distributor Water Tests In situ 175\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Qualitative Gamma Scans Troubleshooting: The Basic Diagnostics Workhorse 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1 Gamma-Ray Absorption 179\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2 Qualitative Gamma Scans 180\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.1 What Do Qualitative Gamma Scans Show in Tray Towers 181\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Entrainment versus Weeping 184\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.3 What Do Qualitative Gamma Scans Show in Packed Towers 185\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.4 Stationary Monitoring (“Time Studies”) 190\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.5 What is in the Tower Inlet\/Outlet Pipes? 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3 Gamma Scans Pitfalls and Watchouts 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4 Gamma Scan Shortcuts: Cost Versus Benefits 195\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Dry (Empty Column) Scans: Yes or No? 195\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Initial Operation Scans (Often Referred to as Baseline Scans): Yes or No? 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.3 Changed Conditions Monitoring Scans 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.4 Performing Downcomer Scans: Yes or No? 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.5 Can We Learn More about the Bottleneck? 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.6 Would Our Proposed Modification Solve the Problem? 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5 Some Applications of Qualitative Gamma Scans 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Distinguishing Fact from Interpretation 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.2 Is the Flood a Jet Flood? 199\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Diagnosing the Correct Flood Mechanism and Arriving at the Effective Fix 199\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.4 Does the Tower Flood Occur at the Expected Location? 202\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.5 Foaming or Not Foaming? 204\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.6 Insights into Fouling Patterns\/Shortcuts Lead to Misinterpretations 209\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.7 Multipass Trays Maldistribution 211\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.8 Fouling-Induced Maldistribution in 2-Pass Trays 212\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.9 Weeping\/Dense Liquid\/Missing Trays 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.10 Plugging, Flood, and Fouling Monitoring in a Packed Bed 216\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.11 More Plugging and Flooding in a Packed Bed 221\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.12 Flood due to Crushed or Damaged Random Packings 221\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.13 Missing Random Packings 223\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.14 Displaced and Damaged Structured Packings 225\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.15 Flooding Induces Channeling in Deep Vacuum Packed Tower 225\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.16 Distributor Overflow and Maldistribution 228\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.17 Overflow, Entrainment, and Maldistribution from Flashing Feed Distributor 230\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.18 Tower Overfill due to Excessive Pressure Drop in Kettle Reboiler Piping 231\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.19 Is a Collector (or Chimney Tray) Overflowing? Does this Initiate Flooding? 233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.20 Damaged or Dry Trays? 233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Advanced Radioactive Techniques for Distillation Troubleshooting 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1 Quantitative Multi-Chordal Tray Gamma Scans Analysis 237\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Harrison’s Method for Froth Height and Flood Determination 238\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Application of Harrison’s Method Prevents Unnecessary Shutdown 241\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.3 Entrainment Index 243\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.4 Kistergrams and their Application 244\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.5 Froth (or Spray) Density and Liquid Head Determination 246\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.6 Quantitative Analysis for High-Capacity Trays with Truncated Downcomers 248\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1.7 Scan Chord Selection 251\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2 Quantitative Analysis of Packing Gamma Scans 256\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Packed Tower Quantitative Analysis Techniques 256\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Flooding at the Bottom or Missing Packing Tower at the Top? 258\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.3 Dense Grid or Flooding\/Coking in a Wash Bed? 259\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.4 Good or Bad Distribution Quality? 260\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3 Neutron Backscatter Techniques Application 261\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Detecting Flood and Seal Loss in Downcomers 263\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Distinguishing Dry from Full Downcomers 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Detecting Maldistribution in a Kettle Reboiler 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4 CAT Scans 266\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Identifying Unexpected Flashing in Reflux Distributor 268\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Diagnosing Unexpected Parting Box Overflow 269\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4.3 Monitoring Coking in a Refinery Vacuum Tower 269\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5 Tracer Techniques 273\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.1 Measuring Flow Rates, Internal Leaks, and Spray Entrainment in Refinery Vacuum Tower 274\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.2 Observing Downward Vapor Flow in Packed Bed 275\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.3 Quantitative Determination of Entrainment from a Kettle Reboiler 277\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.6 Slant Scanning 280\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7 Useful Case Histories Literature 283\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.1 Qualitative Gamma Scans of Trays 283\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.2 Qualitative Gamma Scans of Packings 284\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.3 Gamma Scans of Points of Transition and Inlet and Outlet Lines 284\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.4 Quantitative Gamma Scans of Trays 284\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.5 Quantitative Gamma Scans of Packings 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.6 Neutron Backscatter 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.7 CAT Scans 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7.8 Tracer Technique 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Thermal and Energy Troubleshooting 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1 Wall Temperature Surveys 287\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.1 Dos and Don’ts for Temperature Surveys 288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.2 Diagnosing Internals Damage 291\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.3 Diagnosing Packing Maldistribution 293\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.4 Time Study for Diagnosing the Nature of Instability 296\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.5 Diagnosing an Unexpected Second Liquid Phase 301\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.6 Diagnosing Poor Mixing in a Packing Distributor 304\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.7 Diagnosing Flashing in a Packing Distributor 305\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.8 Identifying Various Boiling Regions in a Kettle Reboiler 307\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.9 Identifying Plugging Zone in a Ladder Pipe Distributor 308\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.10 Identifying Uneven Quench Distribution in a Bottom Sump 309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1.11 Identifying Flood 309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2 Thermal Camera (Thermography) Applications 310\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Dos and Don’ts for Thermal Camera Imaging 310\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Diagnosing Packing Maldistribution 312\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.3 Diagnosing Vapor or Liquid Maldistribution in Insulated Towers 312\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.4 H 2 S Amine Absorber Temperature Profile, Foam, and Flooding 314\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.5 Temperature Bulges in CO 2 Amine Absorbers 316\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.6 Excessive Liquid Levels 318\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.7 Diagnosing a Flood due to Bottom Baffle Malfunction 318\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.8 Diagnosing a Damaged Draw Pan 321\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.9 Liquid Levels in Condensers and Reflux Drums 322\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.10 Troubleshooting Condensers and Reboilers 322\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2.11 Thermal Video Diagnoses Cause of Pressure Instability 327\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3 Energy Balance Troubleshooting 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Energy Balance Application for Correctly Validating Simulations and Correctly Diagnosing Tower Problems 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.2 Energy Balance Troubleshooting to Detect Internal Leaks 332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.3 Energy Balance Troubleshooting to Eliminate Overflows or Leaks in the Upper Parts of Chimneys 335\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.4 Energy Balance Troubleshooting of a Two-Compartment Chimney Tray 337\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.5 Leaks from Heat Exchangers: The Role of Mass and Energy Balance in their Troubleshooting 338\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Point of Transition Troubleshooting: You Do Not Need an Expert, You Need a Sketch 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1 Guidelines for Points of Transition Sketches 343\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2 Flashing Feed Entry Causing a 12-Year Bottleneck 344\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2.1 Upward Component of Flashing Feed Entry Causes Damage and Flooding 346\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3 Feed Maldistribution to 4-Pass Trays Causing Poor Separation 347\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4 Feed Pipes Blocking Liquid Entrance to Downcomers 349\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5 Draw Sump Blocking Liquid Entrance to Downcomers 350\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.6 Unsealed Downcomers or Overflow Pipes Can Lead to Premature Flood 351\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.7 Excessive Downcomer Submergence Can Lead to Premature Flood 353\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.8 “Leak-Proof” Chimney Trays in an FCC Main Fractionator 354\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.9 More “Leak-Proof” Chimney Trays 355\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.10 Hydraulic Gradients Generating Chimney Tray Overflows 358\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.11 Look for the Possibility of a System Limit Setting In 359\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.12 Vapor Maldistribution at the Tower Base and Chimney Tray 362\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.13 Entrainment from a Gallery Flashing Feed Distributor 364\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.14 Vapor Impinging on Liquid at the Tower Base 365\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.15 More Vapor Impinging on Liquid at the Tower Base 366\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.16 V-Baffles Produce Unexpected Flow Pattern at the Tower Base 368\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.17 Baffling Tower Base Baffles 370\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.18 Liquid Maldistribution at a Feed or a Product Draw 372\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.19 Poor Solvent\/Reflux Mixing Gives Poor Separation in Extractive Distillation (ED) Tower 376\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.20 Two Seemingly Well-Designed Pieces May Not Work Well When Combined 378\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.21 Another Two Seemingly Well-Designed Pieces that Did Not Work Well When Combined 380\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.22 Liquid Maldistribution of Internal Reflux Below a Side Draw 381\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.23 Would You Believe this was a Real Troubleshooting Assignment? 381\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Making the Most of Field Data to Analyze Events and Test Theories 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1 Event Timing Analysis 383\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.1 General Application Guidelines for Event Timing Analysis 383\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.2 Diagnosing the Unexpected Cause of Off-Spec Product 384\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.3 Diagnosing Reboiler Surging 386\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.4 Loss of Condensate Seal in a Demethanizer Reboiler 387\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.5 Figuring out Hot Vapor Bypass (HVB) Instability 388\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.6 Can Multiple Steady States Occur in a Reboiler System? 392\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.7 Can a Plugged Packing Distributor Generate Two Steady States? 395\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.8 What Caused Tray Damage in Refinery Atmospheric Crude Fractionator? 397\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1.9 Event timing Analysis of Startup Instability Leads to Improved Startups 401\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2 Field Testing 404\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.1 General Application Guidelines for Field Testing 404\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Narrowing Down from 12 Theories to the Root Cause 405\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Making Sense of Plant Data and Operation Experience in a Packed Tower 407\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.4 Downcomer Unsealing: A Correct Diagnosis Brings a Correct Cure 409\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.5 Well-Targeted Field Testing Brings a Correct Diagnosis and an Unexpected Simple Solution 413\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.6 Field Testing Brings a Correct Diagnosis where Engineering Analysis Failed 419\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.7 Operating Team Observations and Field Testing Brings a Correct Diagnosis where Engineering Analysis Failed 421\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2.8 Lessons Learnt from Packed Tower History and Testing 422\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Troubleshooting by Inspection 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.1 Safety Precautions for Work Inside The Column 426\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2 Troubleshooting Starts with Preventive Practices During Installation 427\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.1 Preinstallation Dos and Don’ts for Tray Columns 427\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.2 Preinstallation Dos and Don’ts for Packed Towers 429\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.3 Removal of Existing Trays and Packings 432\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.4 Tray Installation 433\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.5 Dry versus Wet Random Packing Installation 435\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.6 Dos and Don’ts for Random Packing Installation 436\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.7 Dos and Don’ts for Structured Packing Installation 438\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2.8 Some Considerations for Towers Out of Service for a Time 442\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3 Tower Inspection: What to Look For 442\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.1 Strategy 442\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.2 Should the Tower be Entered at the Turnaround? 444\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.3 Inspector’s Checklist 445\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.4 Packing Distributor Checks 449\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.5 Packing Assembly Checks – Existing Columns 454\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.6 Untightened Nuts, Bolts, Clamps, and Downcomer Panel Assembly 455\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.7 Tray Assembly 457\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.8 Feeds\/Draws Obstruction, Misorientation, and Poor Assembly 472\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.9 Cleanliness of Internals 481\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.10 Final Inspection 482\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3.11 Externals Inspection 484\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 487\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex 513\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"13f565-vnjsi6-8md2al-lmbz2b\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"ovr17u-lfhkfo-m88nt4-mo5dgm\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-1\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mix-claimed=\"true\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" id=\"CardInstancewBufvnaqo3aT5Pe_G4LJjw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1138606685\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"94b1p9-hba8y3-ooxjzn-frtn0e\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"page-section product-long-description\" id=\"description-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"description-section\" class=\"page-section product-long-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"qwr6lw-igf6r7-g9g0jx-dbd5m9\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"d7n7qe-lrobja-sgh4oi-72gmfw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHousing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the housing trap. It’s time to escape. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEscaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, renowned urbanists Charles (Chuck) Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that’s been missing from the Housing Crisis Conversation; and the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom-up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term rentals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly local change, on a neighborhood or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEscaping the Housing Trap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the must-read resource for everyone with a stake in the future of housing in America―and that means everyone. Readers will find:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscussions of housing as an investment and how the country's neighborhoods are being transformed by the introduction of large amounts of investment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplorations of housing as shelter, including discussions of zoning policy and NIMBYism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA comprehensive overview of the Strong Towns approach to solving the American housing crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aboutauthors-section\" class=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003csmall\u003eCHARLES L. MAROHN, JR.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the president and co-founder of Strong Towns, a nationally-recognized nonprofit media organization working to shape the conversation on growth, development and the future of cities. Strong Towns supports a model of development that allows America’s cities, towns, and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cb\u003eDANIEL HERRIGES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eserves as Senior Editor for Strong Towns, and has been a regular contributor since 2015. He has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota, with a concentration in Housing and Community Development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"permissions-section\" class=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tableofcontents-section\" class=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Housing as Investment 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Is Housing Shelter or an Investment? 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Building the Trap 13\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Setting the Trap 29\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Trapped 51\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Housing as Shelter 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Zoning Lockdown 73\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Not in My Backyard 97\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Yes! In My Backyard 115\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Affordable with a Capital “A” 133\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Housing in a Strong Town 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. A System That Produces a Solution 151\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Releasing the Swarm 165\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Financing a Housing Revolution 181\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. 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a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"d7n7qe-lrobja-sgh4oi-72gmfw\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIntegral Waterproofing of Concrete Structures\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edemonstrates how integral waterproofing technologies can solve concrete durability problems based on performance and characterization experimental results.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis book first establishes a background about concrete structures and porosity linked with concrete hydration, then goes on to consider concrete durability problems from the perspective of water penetration including damages from freeze-thaw cycles, alkali silica reactions, and chloride ion penetration. The mechanisms, applications, performances, and limitations of waterproofing technologies including coatings and integral systems are compared. The book also showcases all application methods of crystallization waterproofing materials, including material spray on cured concrete and on fresh concrete, and their addition to concrete mix designs as enhancers or admixtures. Pore-blocking and lining waterproofing systems including silicate-based and hygroscopic kinds, and other waterproofing materials are also discussed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIncludes various, advanced, recent technologies in the field of waterproofing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePresents and describes enhanced concrete characteristics and modified structures within the context of material engineering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSummarizes the characteristics of waterproofing systems obtained from experimental results\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"13f565-vnjsi6-8md2al-lmbz2b\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-id=\"ovr17u-lfhkfo-m88nt4-mo5dgm\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-1\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" class=\"celwidget c-f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mix-claimed=\"true\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" id=\"CardInstancewBufvnaqo3aT5Pe_G4LJjw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1138606685\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1138606685\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"_1w1hhao0 hprf9u0 _16jmeqb18 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqbic\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eCover image\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eTitle page\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eList of contributors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eList of abbreviations and symbols\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1. Introduction to concrete chemistry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.2 Concrete as a composite material\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.3 Cement hydration chemistry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.4 Pozzolanic reactions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.5 Admixtures and pozzolanic materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e1.6 Durability problems related to concrete chemistry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2. Concrete porosity and transport processes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.2 Concrete structure and porosity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.3 Structure of entrapped and entrained air voids\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.4 Concrete permeability\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.5 Transport characteristics of concrete\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e2.6 Fundamentals of transport processes in concrete\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3. Concrete durability problems: physicochemical and transport mechanisms\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.2 Concrete durability and structure sustainability\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.3 Water as the medium for concrete durability problems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.4 Fundamental mechanisms of concrete durability\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.5 Physical mechanisms of concrete deterioration\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.6 Chemical mechanisms of concrete deterioration\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.7 Biochemical mechanisms of concrete deterioration\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e3.8 Economic aspects of durability solutions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4. Materials selection and proportioning for watertight and durable concrete\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.2 Materials selection and proportioning\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.3 Methods of concrete proportioning and mix design\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.4 Concrete types, grades, and classes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.5 Concrete mixture proportions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e4.6 Material mix designing of concrete exposure to environmental actions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5. Physical and chemical interactions of water with surfaces and particles\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.2 Introduction to water chemistry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.3 Water adsorption into cementitious surfaces\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.4 Hydrophilicity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.5 Hydrophobicity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.6 Hygroscopicity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.7 Icephobicity and ice adhesion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e5.8 Nanotechnology in concrete industry\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6. Fundamentals and categorizations of waterproofing technologies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.2 Waterproofing concepts and approaches\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.3 Characterization approaches of waterproofing systems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.4 Waterproofing compositions and structures\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.5 Dampproofing versus waterproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.6 Vaporproofing versus breathable waterproofing systems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.7 Selection of waterproofing materials and application requirements\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.8 Performance characteristic of waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e6.9 General comparison of waterproofing systems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7. Concepts and types of integral waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.2 Terminologies and categorizations of internal waterproofing approach\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.3 Types of direct integral waterproofing technologies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.4 Setting and formation of integral waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.5 Interactions of integral waterproofing materials with water\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.6 Levels of water resistance of integral waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.7 Indirect integral waterproofing approach through concrete mix design\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e7.8 Performance characteristics and testing of integral waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8. Hydrophobic integral dampproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.2 Concepts of hydrophobic dampproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.3 Types of hydrophobic damproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.4 Applications of hydrophobic dampproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.5 Mechanism of hydrophobic dampproofing systems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.6 Requirements of hydrophobic dampproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e8.7 Durability performance of hydrophobic dampproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9. Hydrophilic crystallization waterproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.2 Waterproofing by pore blocking\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.3 Types of hydrophilic waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.4 Applications of hydrophilic waterproofing materials\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.5 Crystallization reactions of hydrophilic waterproofing systems\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e9.6 Durability performance of hydrophilic waterproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10. Dual crystallization waterproofing topical treatment\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10.2 Concepts of dual crystallization waterproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10.3 Application and penetration of the dual crystallization waterproofing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10.4 The dual-crystallization waterproofing engineered mechanisms\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e10.5 The dual-crystallization waterproofing engineered performance\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11. Multicrystallization waterproofing enhancer for concrete mixtures\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.2 Mechanism of waterproofing by multicrystallization enhancer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.3 Reducing porosity and permeability of concrete with multicrystallization enhancer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.4 The role of multicrystallization enhancer in managing thermal effects in concrete\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.5 Reducing chloride ion penetration in multicrystallization enhancer-dosed concrete\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e11.6 Enhancement of concrete durability against alkali–silica reactions by multicrystallization enhancer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12. Waterproofing coatings and membranes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eAbstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.1 Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.2 Terminologies and categories of external waterproofing barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.3 Types of materials for waterproofing barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.4 Applications of waterproofing barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.5 Mechanisms of waterproofing barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.6 Stability of external barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003e12.7 Durability performance of waterproofing barriers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbi8 _16jmeqbk4 _16jmeqb1s _16jmeqb10 _16jmeqb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_16jmeqbs4\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\" data-logged-in=\"false\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-asin=\"1138606685\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book covers all stages of process plant projects from initiation to completion and handover by describing the roles and actions of all functions involved. It discusses engineering, procurement, construction, project management, contract administration, project control and HSE, with reference to international contracting and business practices.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"pn28-akgtq8-pn8zyk-7ct9dt\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"qa3sni-16wyv4-11nnaq-wwvboh\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1138606685\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"13f565-vnjsi6-8md2al-lmbz2b\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-1\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" data-csa-c-id=\"ovr17u-lfhkfo-m88nt4-mo5dgm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancewBufvnaqo3aT5Pe_G4LJjw\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_0\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"1138606685\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-logged-in=\"false\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"1138606685\" data-marketplace=\"ATVPDKIKX0DER\" data-logged-in=\"false\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSelcuk Agca\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e graduated from the Chemical Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University in Ankara in 1978 with a high honor degree. He completed his MS studies in early 1981 while working as a Teaching Assistant at the same department. He then started PhD studies, however, preferred shortly to shift his career target from academic to industrial. He was with Foster Wheeler Bimas for 25 years, serving as project engineer, project manager, contract operations director, senior company director, and Member of the Board. Selcuk Agca also has extensive experience as a university lecturer. He was awarded the ‘’Year 2007 Assoc. Prof. Fahrettin Can Award’’ on management success by the Chemical Engineering Dept. of the Middle East Technical University and has taught engineering courses at Yeditepe University. In mid-2010, he joined MUDEK as an assessor. MUDEK is a non-governmental association that evaluates and accredits engineering departments of universities under official recognition by the Higher Education Counsel of Turkey and with the authorization to grant Eurace Label by ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education). From 2012 to 2015, Selcuk Agca served as an advisor to UB Holding of Northern Iraq at its Istanbul office with the title \"Advisor at the Office of the Chairman.\" In 2014, Selcuk Agca accepted an assignment from the organization committee of the 11th National Chemical Engineering Congress and carried out preparations as well as full execution of a \"first time\" Student Contest on process design in a National Chemical Engineering Congress. In 2016, he started offering consulting services to Tekfen Construction Company on process plant projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGiancarlo Cotone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a high profile executive in the energy industry, engineering and construction sectors. He has over forty years of experience in process, commercial, project management and contract management. He has \"created\" contract administration in two major global engineering and construction contractors such as Snamprogetti and Foster Wheeler. He has seven years of academic experience in public and private formation institutions for contract management and more. 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class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book provides a unique guide to value management and sustainability in construction to researchers and professional. The book provides a better understanding of the concept of value management, the basis of sustainable construction and thereafter, demonstrates how using the principles of value management can help to achieve successful construction projects that are financially viable, socially beneficial and do not damage the environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book serves as an introduction to value management for scholars and researchers at all levels; and also as a practical guide for construction professionals, employers and other stakeholders in the construction industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Table of contents (12 chapters)\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages i-xvii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBackground Information of the Book\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 1-1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 3-10\u003cbr\u003eValue Management for Construction\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 11-11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Concept of Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 13-29\u003cbr\u003eValue Management as a Discipline\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 31-45\u003cbr\u003eSustainable Construction\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 47-47\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConstruction Projects and Stakeholders\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 49-73\u003cbr\u003eMeasures of Project Success\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 75-86\u003cbr\u003eSustainability in Construction\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 87-106\u003cbr\u003eValue Management and Construction Sustainability\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 107-107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eValue Management as a Construction Management Tool\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 109-127\u003cbr\u003eSustainable Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 129-152\u003cbr\u003eStakeholders to Sustainable Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 153-166\u003cbr\u003eEnhancing Sustainable Value Management in Construction\u003cbr\u003eFront Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 167-167\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBarriers of Sustainable Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 169-177\u003cbr\u003eDrivers of Sustainable Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. Aigbavboa\u003cbr\u003ePages 179-182\u003cbr\u003eBenefits of Sustainable Value Management\u003cbr\u003eAyodeji E. Oke, Clinton O. 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data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1118255496\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"grcj2x-d1wd5z-z0zg9y-cyl534\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing many real-world examples and cases, this book identifies key factors and processes that have contributed to the creation of successful new products, buildings, and innovations, or resulted in some failures. Such factors include the creativity of individuals and groups, their sources of inspiration, the processes of creative design and innovation, and the characteristics of the products, buildings, and innovations themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch has been written about creativity and innovation, but what helps to foster creativity, enable creative ideas to be translated into practical designs, and ensure those new products or buildings succeed as innovations on the market or in use? This book discusses these elements through the author’s origination and analysis of examples and case studies ranging from the revolutionary innovation of the smartphone, through radical innovations in domestic appliances and sustainable housing, to creative designs of contemporary jewellery. The broad range of examples and cases include product and fashion design, filmmaking and fine art, as well as industrial design, engineering, and architecture, offering lessons for creatives, designers, and innovators from many subject backgrounds. Analysis of the different factors, successes, and failures are presented in text boxes throughout the book to allow readers to easily understand the key lessons from each example or case, with numerous colour visuals, diagrams, and charts for illustration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a must-read for a broad audience interested in creativity, design, and innovation, including practitioners in design, engineering, architecture, and product management, and students and instructors of those subjects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"acc-content\" class=\"accordion-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"flush-headingThree\" class=\"accordion-header\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby=\"flush-headingThree\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" id=\"flush-collapseThree\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion-body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Creativity, design and innovation: introduction and framework\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Creativity, design and innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSources for the examples and case studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSources for theory and analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Creativity and innovation in engineering, design, architecture, arts and media\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngineering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndustrial design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduct and fashion design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilmmaking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFactors, processes and lessons for successful creative design and innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Revolutionary innovation: the smartphone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey innovations leading to the smartphone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrecursors to the iPhone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: The iPhone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Radical product and building innovations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: James Dyson - Cyclone vacuum cleaners\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: The Rover Safety bicycle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Derek Taylor – the COP26 building-integrated renewables house\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Major product and building innovations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: The Dunlop pneumatic tyre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Oxley Woods prefabricated eco-homes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Innovative products and buildings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Barking Bags\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Robert de Grey, modernist architect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Creative product designs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Nichola Clarke, designer and art teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase study: Open University student T-shirt designs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Guidelines for successful creative design and innovation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe socio-technical and market context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreative individuals and organisations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe motivation to create and innovate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting points and inspirations for creativity and innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEffective creative design and innovation processes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacteristics of successful products, buildings and innovations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property protection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing improvement and innovation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnsuccessful products, buildings, and innovations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"acc-authors\" class=\"accordion-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"flush-headingFour\" class=\"accordion-header\"\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby=\"flush-headingFour\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" id=\"flush-collapseFour\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBiography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Roy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc and a PhD in Design Technology from the University of Manchester. After engineering apprenticeships in the UK and Sweden, and a short period of teaching in the USA, he joined the Open University in 1971 as one of the first lecturers in Design. At the OU he has contributed to many courses and led many research projects on design, innovation, and the environment, and in 1999 was awarded a personal chair in Design and Environment. After retiring in 2012 as one of the longest serving OU academics he became an Emeritus Professor and is still active in teaching, writing, and research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"acc-awards\" class=\"accordion-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"flush-headingFive\" class=\"accordion-header\"\u003eCritics' Reviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-labelledby=\"flush-headingFive\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" id=\"flush-collapseFive\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion-body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"blockquote\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreative Design and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e, Robin Roy provides an in-depth critical, contemporary analysis of some familiar and less familiar product and architectural designs. Roy illustrates the origins of creativity and the critical elements and lessons for innovation success.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(OBE),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistinguished Professor of Design Management and Policy, Lancaster University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“No-one is better qualified than Robin Roy to write this book. It includes engaging case studies on innovations such as the smartphone, pneumatic tyres, sustainable housing, and many more, with clear explanations of why they succeeded or proved unsuccessful in practice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivien Walsh,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eretired Professor of Innovation, Alliance Manchester Business School\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Robin Roy is a master of drawing fundamental lessons from case studies of designers. This book unpacks the mysteries of the design and innovation process underpinning a broad range of disciplines. It provides practical guidance for aspiring innovators and a template for design researchers exploring case studies of designing.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Lloyd,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Design Methodology, TU Delft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There are many books on creativity, design and innovation, but what intrigues me about this one are the extensive case studies that bring its insights to life. Particularly valuable are the built environment examples, not often included in books on innovation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBettina von Stamm,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInnovation Philosopher, Founder Innovation Leadership Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Drawing on multiple case studies, \u003ci\u003eCreative Design and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprovides grounded insights on design and innovation which should be of immense value to a wide audience, including most notably, practitioners, academics and students.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Cook,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor of Innovation, School of Engineering and Innovation, The Open University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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The book is organized by manufacturing process and covers the use of various types of glass, clay, plastic, metal, wood, plaster, and concrete. Each process is described with diagrams and text and expanded with one or more examples of customized building components. Projects included are of buildings of various types, sizes, and clients, and many deviate from the typical manufacturing process as they include a secondary process (e.g. casting glass, then slumping it), special tooling modifications (e.g. dams used to subdivide a mold), post-production processes, or other notable manufacturing features. 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a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobin Barry's Construction of Buildings was first published in 1958 in 5 volumes, rapidly becoming a standard text on construction. 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data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical appraisal of architectural design and management in the digital age through international perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Design and Management in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edelivers an evaluation of digitalisation in the evolving processes of architecture, providing a holistic treatment of the subject in terms of technologies, human context, emerging concepts, and the management of digital projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book includes analysis of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe advantages of digital technology in appropriate circumstances but also to appreciate that alternative methods may continue to provide considerable benefits for other situations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe implications of the digital world for creativity and architectural quality, the diversity of people who could be involved, and reaching the disadvantaged and disenfranchised.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of the architect and other professionals within design and management processes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow emphasis on data management is creating diverging practices, which involve new concepts and definitions that require interpretation, especially with regard to experiences of design processes in different countries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding fresh reflections on a myriad of timely topics,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Design and Management in the Digital Age: International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an essential resource for researchers, academics, and advanced students in architecture, design management, and construction, along with professionals in those disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Giddings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Northumbria University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvio Melhado\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Professor of Construction Management in the École de Technologie Supérieure, at the University of Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenni Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Principal Lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Central Lancashire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-section\" id=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors xi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Context 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Emmitt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Technologies 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Digital Toolkit 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnia Khodabakhshian, Taija Puolitaival, and Linda Kestle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Digital Twins and Sustainable Development Goals 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoha Saleeb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Human Context of Digital Work 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Face to Face or Online: Towards a New Relational Governance of Building Design Projects 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenni Barrett and James Sheppard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Creativity in the Digital World 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Vogiatzaki, Bob Giddings, and David Morton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Inclusion, Equity and Diversity 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatya Veleva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Not Being There: The Potential for Digital Architecture to Reach the Disadvantaged and the Disenfranchised 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegan Potangaroa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Emerging Concepts 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Standardisation, Components and the Bespoke: New Design Challenges 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAya Jazaierly, Monia Del Pinto, and Fang Zhou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 Data, Information or Design: New Ways of Conceiving the Value of Architecture in the Global, Digital Age 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsa Komac, William McKee, and Robert Osei-Kyei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Managing Digital Projects 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 The Architect's Guide to Running a Digital Job 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarina Machado and Mary Hardie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 How Digital Projects are Changing Contracts 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik A. Poirier, Ivanka Iordanova, and Gabriel Jobidon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 Roles and Responsibilities in the Digital Design Team 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Hardie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 The Language of Digital Technologies 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo Manzione and Silvio Melhado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Final Thoughts 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 Conclusion 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBob Giddings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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New construction or renovation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe revised and updated second edition of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe SketchUp Workflow for Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers guidelines for taking SketchUp to the next level in order to incorporate it into every phase of the architectural design process. The text walks through each step of the SketchUp process from the early stages of schematic design and model organization for both renovation and new construction projects to final documentation and shows how to maximize the LayOut toolset for drafting and presentations. Written by a noted expert in the field, the text is filled with tips and techniques to access the power of SketchUp and its related suite of tools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book presents a flexible workflow method that helps to make common design tasks easier and gives users the information needed to incorporate varying degrees of SketchUp into their design process. Filled with best practices for organizing projects and drafting schematics, this resource also includes suggestions for working with LayOut, an underused but valuable component of SketchUp Pro. In addition, tutorial videos compliment the text and clearly demonstrate more advanced methods. This important text:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresents intermediate and advanced techniques for architects who want to use SketchUp in all stages of the design process\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes in-depth explanations on using the LayOut tool set that contains example plans, details, sections, presentations, and other information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpdates the first edition to reflect the changes to SketchUp 2018 and the core functionalities, menus, tools, inferences, arc tools, reporting, and much more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by a SketchUp authorized trainer who has an active online platform and extensive connections within the SketchUp community\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContains accompanying tutorial videos that demonstrate some of the more advanced SketchUp tips and tricks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten for professional architects, as well as professionals in interior design and landscape architecture, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe SketchUp Workflow for Architecture\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers a revised and updated resource for using SketchUp in all aspects of the architectural design process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"mlo5mh-bx18yy-295a1-cx2wi2\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"richProductInformation\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"hmdtes-w174ck-yw00pq-d2hmt8\" data-cel-widget=\"richProductInformation_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"rich_product_information\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"nakkcf-pncloe-g22rh1-hc1t1m\" data-cel-widget=\"rich_product_information\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"content-section\" class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-section-item\" class=\"collapse\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Brightman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is president at Brightman Designs, a firm of talented designers, 3D modelers, visualization experts, and trainers. 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This book is organized in four parts: theoretical foundations, tools and techniques, AI in research, and AI in architectural practice. It provides a framework for the issues surrounding AI and offers a variety of perspectives. It contains 24 consistently illustrated contributions examining seminal work on AI from around the world, including the United States, Europe, and Asia. It articulates current theoretical and practical methods, offers critical views on tools and techniques, and suggests future directions for meaningful uses of AI technology. Architects and educators who are concerned with the advent of AI and its ramifications for the design industry will find this book an essential reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 – Background, History and Theory of AI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Significant Others: Machine Learning as Actor, Material, and Provocateur in Art and Design Kyle Steinfeld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Sculpting Probabilistic Spaces: Brief History and Prospects of Machine Learning in Design Daniel Cardoso Llach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Mapping generative models for architectural design Pedro Veloso,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRamesh Krishnamurti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Network of Interactions for an Artificial Architectural Intelligence Can Uzun\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2 – AI Tools, Methods and Techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Machine Learning in Architecture: An Overview of Existing Tool Ilija Vukorep,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnatolii Kotov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Fundamental Aspects of Pattern Recognition in Architectural Drawing Tyler Kvochick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. AI as a collaborator in the early stage of design Sam Conrad Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. AI in space planning Danil Nagy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Generating new architectural designs using topological AI Prithwish Basu, Imdat As, Elizabeth Munch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 3 – AI in Architectural Research\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Artificial Intelligence in Architectural Heritage Research: Simulating Networks of Caravanserais through Machine Learning Guzden Varinlioglu, Özgün Balaban\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. A Deep Learning approach to Real Time Solar Radiation Prediction Theodoros Galanos, Angelos Chronis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Landscape Architecture Bradley Cantrell, Zihao Zhang, Xun Liu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 4 – Case Studies of AI in Architecture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Combining AI and BIM in the design and construction of a Mars habitat Naveen K. Muthumanickam, Jose Pinto Duarte, Shadi Nazarian, Ali Memari, Sven G. Bilén\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Towards Dynamic and Explorative Optimization for Architectural Design David Newton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Synergizing smart building technologies with data analytics Andrzej Zarzycki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Explainable ML: Augmenting the interpretability of numerical simulation using Bayesian networks Zack Xuereb Conti, Sawako Kaijima\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. Image Analytics for Strategic Planning Aldo Sollazzo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Urban Development Predictor SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19. AI in Crowdsourced Design: Sourcing Collective Design Intelligence Imdat As, Prithwish Basu, Sergey Burukin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20. Interfacing Architecture and Artificial Intelligence - Machine Learning for Architectural Design and Fabrication Bastian Wibranek, Oliver Tessmann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21. Machining and machine learning: Extending architectural fabrication through AI Paul Nicholas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22. Augmented Intuition - Encoding Ideas, Matter and why it matters Mathias Bernhard, Maria Smigielska, Benjamin Dillenburger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23. AI \u0026amp; Architecture – An Experimental Perspective Stanislas Chaillou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24. An Anonymous Composition: A Case Study of Form Finding Optimization through Machine Learning Algorithm Akshay Srivastava, Longtai Liao, Henan Liu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25. 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The book examines the promotion of innovation in construction 4.0 through the CDR approach. This opens up a new scientific research field for digital breakthroughs.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt raises awareness, explains and enables access to innovative technologies such as digitalization and AI in the construction industry and highlights the associated ethical aspects. This research comes to the conclusion that the human factor forms the basis for designing a socially sustainable digital transformation. The new findings show how innovative technology can support people more efficiently, productively, safely and meaningfully. It specifically addresses responsibility in the corporate environment and develops the key factors for success without neglecting the necessary legal, political, social and educational framework.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe aim of this book is to improve and strengthen the transfer of knowledge between research and practice on the basis of scientific communication without language barriers. In this way, the book offers broader access for readers, not only for experts, researchers, designers, implementers, doers and visionaries. The book encourages an interdisciplinary, integrative and constructive dialogue in order to avoid disciplinary silo thinking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe diversity of potential and innovations in the industry is offset by the industry's enormous responsibility to use sustainable, human-controlled AI to achieve the 17 UN SDGs and climate goals and to increase its global competitiveness on the basis of a European quality seal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurprise and aha effects are inevitable. The book invites key players, everyone involved and everyone who sets new standards, to help shape the digital change in the construction industry and become innovative. The book promotes a new culture of thinking and learning and strengthens the entrepreneurial will to innovate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpening a new gap in scientific knowledge with this book ultimately leads to a new discipline. In addition, it expands the interdisciplinary dialogue around the globe to find new ways to assume corporate digital responsibility and adapt the framework conditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book provides new ideas for defining individual digital corporate strategies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of contents (8 chapters)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 1-9\u003cbr\u003eScientific Approach\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 11-20\u003cbr\u003eCalls for Action\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 21-24\u003cbr\u003eCumulative Part of Dissertation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 25-148\u003cbr\u003eDiscussion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 149-155\u003cbr\u003eResults—Digitization and AI Need New Culture of Thinking in Construction 4.0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 157-172\u003cbr\u003eLimitations and Future Work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 173-177\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages 179-183\u003cbr\u003eBack Matter\u003cbr\u003ePages 185-248\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAichtal, Germany\u003cbr\u003eBianca Christina Weber-Lewerenz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the author\u003cbr\u003eBianca Weber-Lewerenz studied civil engineering in Constance, Mainz and Stellenbosch, South Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe worked on construction projects in Germany and abroad. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor seven years she has worked and lived in Beijing, China as freelancer, and founded her own construction consulting company \"Bianca Weber-Lewerenz Engineering\". From 2019 to 2023 and in close collaboration with Prof. Marzia Traverso (PhD) at the Institute for Sustainability in Construction (INaB) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, following her dissertation project, she pursued research on the topic of \"The corporate digital responsibility in construction - Ethical principles in dealing with digitalization and AI\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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id=\"description-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"qwr6lw-igf6r7-g9g0jx-dbd5m9\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUnderstand the science of joining wood with this comprehensive guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong seen as an old-fashioned material with narrowing modern applications, wood has seen increased popularity as a material in building and manufacturing in recent years. This has been driven by the need for sustainable resources and environmentally friendly materials. As a result of increased emphasis on wood, however, there is a corresponding need to understand the wood adhesives, the crucial materials in wood-based manufacture and craftsmanship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdhesives and Finishes for Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e meets this need with a comprehensive but accessible introduction to the chemistry and applications of wood adhesives. Its easy-to-follow presentation nonetheless presents wood adhesives and finishes in significant detail. Ideal for readers without considerable preexisting knowledge in chemistry, this book includes everything the reader needs to understand and apply wood adhesives in their work or industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdhesives and Finishes for Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e readers will also find:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoverage ranging from the fundamentals of wood adhesive polymer chemistry to the properties of specific wood structures and resins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA presentation suitable for both academic students and wood manufacture professionals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn author with decades of experience in both academia and industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdhesives and Finishes for Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a useful reference for advanced students and professionals in industries or manufacturing disciplines that incorporate wood, as well as for chemists, materials scientists, vocational school instructors, and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aboutauthors-section\" class=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoon G. Kim, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts at Mississippi State University, USA, where he taught regular courses on adhesives and finishes for wood. He previously worked as a Senior Scientist for the Weyerhauser Company and as a Senior Development Chemist for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"permissions-section\" class=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tableofcontents-section\" class=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography xxi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to Polymers, Wood Adhesives, and Wood Finishes 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 Good Wood Adhesives Must Be Optimum Polymers with Optimum Secondary Forces 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2 Polymeric Materials 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3 Synthetic Polymer Preparation Methods 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4 Typical Synthetic Polymer Materials 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5 Typical Natural Polymers 8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6 Summary 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Principles of Polymer Chemistry for Wood Adhesives and Finishes 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Degree of Polymerization and Molecular Weight 12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2 Properties of Polymer Solutions or Suspensions 13\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3 Polymer Solids Level and Specific Gravity of Polymer Solutions 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4 pH of Polymer Solutions and Buffers 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5 Solid Properties of Polymer Materials 20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Thermosetting and Thermoplastic Wood Adhesives and Practices 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 Selection Criteria of Wood Adhesives 23\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2 High Temperature-Curing Thermosetting Adhesives and Curing Conditions 24\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3 Room Temperature-curing Thermosetting Wood Adhesives and Processes 25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4 Room Temperature-curing Thermoplastic Wood Adhesives 25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5 Adhesive Application Methods and Loading Rates and Costs 26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.6 Adhesive Curing by Hot Presses and Other Heating Methods 26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.7 Evaluation of Adhesive Bonds 28\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.8 Summary 28\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 28\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Principles of the Curing of Thermosetting and Thermoplastic Wood Adhesives 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1 Principles of Curing of Thermosetting Adhesive Resins at Elevated Temperatures 29\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2 Relationship of Temperature and Moisture Content in Hot-Pressing of Wood Composite Mats 33\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3 Curing of Thermosetting Adhesives at Room Temperature 35\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4 Curing of Thermoplastic Emulsion Adhesives 36\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.5 Volume Contractions of Adhesive Layers upon Curing 37\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6 Thermal and Moisture Expansion\/Contraction of Adhesive Layers 38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.7 Summary 38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 39\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 UF and MUF Wood Adhesive Resins (Manufacturing and Resin Chemistry) 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1 Raw Materials of UF Resins 40\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2 Urea-Formaldehyde (UF) Resins 42\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3 Chemistry Occurring in UF Resin Synthesis 46\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4 Polymer Chain Branching in UF Resins 50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5 Other Reactions Occurring in UF Resin Synthesis 52\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6 F\/U\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMole Ratio Effects in the Polymerization Step 53\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.7 Final F\/U Mole Ratios and Formaldehyde Emission Problem 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.8 Physical and Chemical Tests and Properties of Industrial UF Resins 55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.9 Resin Changes Occurring After Manufacture of UF Resins 58\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.10 Bond Performances and Durability Tests of UF Resins in Industry 60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.11 UF Resins vs. Various Operating Parameters in PB, MDF, and Hardwood Plywood Industry 61\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.12 Other UF Resin Synthesis Procedures 62\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.13 Polymeric Chemical Structures of UF Resins 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.14 Melamine-Urea-Formaldehyde (MUF) Resins 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.15 Urea-Melamine-Formaldehyde (UMF) Resins 66\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.16 Summary 69\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 69\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Urea-Formaldehyde and MUF\/UMF Wood Adhesive Resins (Curing) 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1 Typical Latent\/External Catalysts Based on Ammonium Salts for UF Resins 72\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2 Organic Tertiary Amine Salts of Strong Acids and Other Catalysts 73\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3 Catalyzation of UF Resins by Wood Acids 74\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4 Buffering of Acidic Catalysts 77\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5 Thermosetting Curing Reactions, Cured Resin Structures, and Formaldehyde Emission Problem 78\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.6 Control of the Curing Speeds of UF Resins 81\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7 Side-Reactions Occurring in the Curing of UF Resins 81\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.8 Phenomenological Changes of UF Resins in Curing 82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.9 Chemical Curing Mechanisms, F\/U Mole Ratio, and Cured Resin Structure 84\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.10 Composition of Cured UF Resins 85\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.11 Uses of UF Resins 86\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.12 Properties of UF Resin-Bonded Wood Composite Boards 86\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.13 Formaldehyde Emission Mechanisms, Mole Ratios, and Board Strength Properties 87\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.14 Various Methods Proposed\/Practiced for Reducing the Formaldehyde Emissions of Boards 88\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.15 Curing of Melamine-Urea-Formaldehyde (MUF) Resins 89\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.16 Curing of Urea-Melamine-Formaldehyde (UMF) Resins 90\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.17 Cost Increases Estimated for Boards with Very Low Formaldehyde Emission Values 91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.18 Summary 92\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 92\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Particleboard, MDF, and Hardwood Plywood Bonding with UF Resin Binders 94\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1 Particleboard 94\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2 Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) Bonded with UF Resins 102\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3 Hardwood Plywood Bonding with UF Resin Adhesives 109\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4 Paraffin Wax and Uses in Wood Composites 112\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.5 Effects of UF Resins’ Curing Catalysts on Tool Wear in Machining of Boards – An Example of Laboratory PB Manufacturing and Testing 115\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.6 Summary 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 PF Novolac Wood Adhesive Resins (Manufacturing and Chemistry) 122\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1 Raw Materials of PF Resins 122\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2 Reaction Chemistry of Phenol 123\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3 Synthesis and Chemistry of Novolac Phenol-Formaldehyde (PF) Resins 124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4 Compounding and Curing of Novolac PF Resins 129\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5 Curing Speed and Testing Methods of Molding Compounds of PF Novolac Resins 130\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.6 Wood Adhesive Uses of Novolac PF Resins 132\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.7 Summary 133\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 134\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 PF Resole Wood Adhesive Resins (Manufacturing and Chemistry) 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1 Alkaline PF Resole Wood Adhesive Resins 136\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2 Synthesis Chemistry and Manufacturing Practices of Alkaline PF Resole Resins 136\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.3 Typical Synthesis Procedures of Alkaline PF Resole Resins for Various Uses 140\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.4 Properties and Polymer Structures of Alkaline PF Resole Resins and Measurements 143\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.5 Resin Characteristics and Uses of Various PF Resole Resins 147\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.6 Molecular Weights (Sizes) of Alkaline PF Resole Resins and Wood Cell Wall Penetration 148\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.7 Powder PF Resole Resin Manufacturing by Spray-drying 149\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.8 Curing of Alkaline PF Resole Resins 150\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.9 Good Wood Adhesion and Exterior Durability of PF Resin Adhesives 158\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.10 Formaldehyde Emission Problem of PF Resin-bonded Products 159\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.11 Various Binder Uses of PF Resins in the US Wood Products Industry 159\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.12 Acid-curing PF and PMF Resole Resin and Dispersion Wood Adhesives 162\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.13 Summary 163\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 163\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 PRF Novolac Wood Adhesive Resins and Lumber Lamination 166\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.1 Manufacturing and Chemistry of PRF Resins 167\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2 PRF and RF Resin Adhesives Currently Available in Industry 172\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3 Hardeners for PRF Resin Adhesives 174\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.4 Mixing of a PRF Resin and Hardener, Pot-Lives, Working Life, and Assembly Time 175\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.5 Applying and Curing of PRF Adhesives in Wood Lamination 176\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.6 Curing Chemistry of PRF Resin Adhesives and Industry Practices 179\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.7 Wood Lamination Industry 179\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.8 Recent Developments in PRF Resin Adhesives 182\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.9 Laminating Wood Adhesives Based on Other Resorcinolic Materials 184\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.10 Advanced Reading Materials on Resorcinol–Formaldehyde (RF) Resins 185\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.11 Summary 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Softwood Plywood Adhesives and Manufacturing Technology 194\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.1 Softwood Plywood Manufacturing Technology 194\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.2 PF Resole Resins for Bonding of Softwood Plywood 195\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.3 Veneer, Veneer Drying, and Adhesion Problems 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.4 Bond Performance Characteristics of Softwood Plywood Adhesives 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.5 Softwood Plywood Adhesive Mixing Procedure 197\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.6 Softwood Plywood Adhesive Formulation and Characteristics 198\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.7 Open and Closed Assembly Times 204\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.8 Pre-pressing of Softwood Veneer Assembly 204\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.9 Hot-Pressing Parameters of Softwood Plywood 204\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.10 Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) 207\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.11 Parallel (Veneer) Strand Lumber (PSL) 207\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.12 New Developments in the Softwood Plywood Adhesive Technology 208\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.13 Phenolic Components Present in PF Resin-Bonded Softwood Plywood 209\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.14 Softwood Plywood Manufacturing Industry 209\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.15 Plywood Adhesive Fillers Made from Hydrolysis Residues of Municipal Newsprint Wastes 210\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.16 Conclusion 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.17 Summary 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 214\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Isocyanate Wood Adhesive Resins 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.1 Chemical Compositions of Isocyanate Wood Adhesive Resins 217\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.2 Reactivity, Polymerization, and Curing Reactions of Isocyanate Resins 218\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.3 Mat Moisture Levels in Using pMDI Resins for OSB Bonding 223\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.4 Bond Properties and Uses of pMDI Resins as OSB Binders 224\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.5 pMDI Resins Used in Bonding of Other Wood Composite Products 226\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.6 Summary 227\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 227\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 OSB Manufacturing with PF and Isocyanate Wood Adhesive Resins 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.1 Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Manufacturing Processes 229\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.2 OSB Bonded with PF Resins with Various Levels of Urea Added at the End of Resin Synthesis 240\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.3 Summary 246\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 247\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc) Emulsion Wood Adhesives 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.1 Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc) Emulsion Wood Adhesive Resins 249\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.2 Summary 253\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 254\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Troubleshooting in Wood Bonding with PVAc Resin Adhesives 255\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.1 Effects of Moisture Content of Wood 255\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.2 Troubleshooting Methods in Various Gluing Operations 259\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReference 262\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Hot-melt and Other Specialty Wood Adhesives 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.1 Introduction to Hot-melt Adhesives 263\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.2 Requirements For Hot-melt Adhesives 263\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.3 Materials Used for Hot-melt Wood Adhesive Formulations 265\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Hot-melt Adhesives 266\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.5 Thermosetting Hot-melt Adhesives – Recent Development 267\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.6 Key Variables in Hot-melt Edge-banding Operation 268\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.7 Other Specialty Wood Adhesives 269\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 273\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Casein, Soybean Flour, Animal Blood, and Lignin Wood Adhesives 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.1 Casein Wood Adhesives 275\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.2 Animal Protein-Based Wood Adhesive 276\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.3 Soybean Meal and Soybean Protein Wood Adhesives 276\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.4 Animal Blood-based Wood Adhesives 278\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.5 Various Lignins and Uses in Wood Adhesives 278\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 281\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Theory and Practices of Adhesive Bonding for Wood 283\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.1 Formation of Interphase in Wood Adhesive Bonds and Failure Modes 283\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.2 Wettability of Solid Surface, Contact Angle, and Surface\/Interface Tensions 287\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.3 Work of Adhesion 291\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 291\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Physical and Chemical Mechanisms of Adhesive Bonding for Wood 292\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.1 Adsorption (Secondary Bond Forces) Theory of Adhesion 292\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.2 Mechanical Interlocking Theory of Adhesion 296\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.3 Diffusion Theory of Adhesion 297\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.4 Primary Chemical Bond (Covalent Bond) Theory 298\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.5 Summary of Adhesion Mechanisms 299\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.6 Glueline Layer Thickness and Bond Strengths 299\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.7 Summary 301\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 301\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Evaluation of Wood Adhesive Bonds, Quality Control, and Bond Durability 302\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.1 Mechanical Testing Modes and Methods for Measuring the Adhesive Bond Strength 302\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.2 Quality Control, Certification Tests, and Adhesive Bond Durability 309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.3 Comparison of Various Wood Adhesive Bonds by Accelerated Aging or Exterior Exposure Tests 313\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.4 Nondestructive Testing of Wood and Wood Adhesive Bonds 315\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn-situ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAdhesion Testing 315\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 316\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Introduction to Coatings Technology for Wood 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21.1 Three Components of Coatings 317\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21.2 Pigment Volume Concentration (PVC) 317\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21.3 Various Kinds of Vehicle Polymers 319\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 328\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Introduction to Coatings Technology for Wood. II 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.1 Pigments and Fillers 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.2 Manufacturing and Kinds of Pigments and Fillers 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.3 Color Control Methods 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.4 Color Scales – Hunter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eL, a, b\u003c\/i\u003e, and CIE 1976\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eL*a*b\u003c\/i\u003e* (CIELAB) Color Scales 331\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.5 Carriers of Coatings 332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.6 Additives to Coatings 332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.7 Manufacturing Procedures of Coatings 332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.8 Film Formation Mechanisms 333\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.9 Water-Borne Coatings and Coatings for Less VOC Emissions 334\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.10 Exterior Coatings for Wood 336\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.11 Summary 337\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 338\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Industrial Coating Application Processes 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.1 Application Methods of Coatings 339\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.2 Sanding Processes 342\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.3 Sanding Abrasives, Construction, and Flexing 344\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.4 Typical Furniture Finishing Procedures and Materials 344\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.5 Flat Line Finishing Procedures of Wood Composite Boards for Furniture Production 346\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.6 Kitchen Cabinet Finishing Procedures 347\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.7 Hardwood Plywood Panel Prefinishing 348\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.8 Hardboard Panel Finishing Procedures 349\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23.9 Summary 350\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 350\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Advanced Reading Materials on UF Wood Adhesive Resins 351\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.1 Introduction to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR Spectroscopic Analysis Method 351\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.2 Introduction to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR Analysis Methods of UF and UMF Wood Adhesive Resins 356\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR Analysis Results of Reaction Intermediates Taken in UF Resin Syntheses 360\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.4\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR Analysis Results of Reaction Intermediates Taken in UF Resin Syntheses with a Higher Power Instrument 366\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.5 Chemical Changes Occurring in UF Resins on heat\/stirring and Room-temperature Storage Treatments by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR and Formaldehyde Emission Tests of Particleboard 374\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.6 Effects of Mild Heating\/Stirring Treatments on UF Resins Synthesized with Different F\/U\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMole Ratios by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR 382\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.7 Effects of Room-temperature Storage Treatments on UF Resins Synthesized with Various F\/U\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMole Ratios by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR and Formaldehyde Emission Tests of Particleboard 388\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.8 Effects of Mild Heat\/Stirring and Room-temperature Storage Treatments of UF Resins Synthesized with Various F\/U\u003csub\u003e1\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMole Ratios by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR and Formaldehyde Emission Tests 397\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 418\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25 Advanced Reading Materials on UMF Resins Modified with 6–12% Melamine 420\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25.1 Introduction and Synthesis and Analysis Results of UF and UMF Resins 420\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25.2 DMA Curing Properties of UF and UMF Resins 432\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25.3 Bond Performance of UMF Resins as Particleboard Binders 443\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 445\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e26 Advanced Reading Materials on UMF Resins Modified with 2.5% and 5.0% Melamine 447\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26.1 UMF Resins Synthesized with 2.5% and 5.0% Melamine Levels 447\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26.2 UMF Resins Synthesized by Adding Melamine at Different Points 456\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 467\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27 Advanced Reading Materials on Diethylene Tricarbamide-Formaldehyde Resins 468\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.1 Introduction 468\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.2 A Higher Functionality Urea Analogue – Diethylene Tricarbamide 469\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.3 Chemical and Physical Properties of Diethylene Tricarbamide 469\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.4 An Efficient Synthesis Method of Diethylene Tricarbamide 470\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.5 Synthesis Chemistry and Procedure and Properties of D-formaldehyde (DF) and Copolymer Resins 470\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.6 Synthesis Formulations of DF Resins vs. UF Resins 471\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.7 Room Temperature Storage Properties of DF and Copolymer Resins 472\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.8 Pot-lives and Curing Characteristics of DF and Copolymer Resins 472\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.9 Preparation of Laboratory Particleboards and Testing 473\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.10 Test Results of Prepared Laboratory Particleboards 473\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.11 Summary 475\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences 475\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e28 Advanced Reading Materials on PF Resole Wood Adhesive Resins 476\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.1 Chemical Structures of PF Resole and Novolac Resins by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR Spectroscopy 476\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.2 Reaction Rates and Structures of a PF Resole Resin Synthesized at 70\u003csup\u003e∘\u003c\/sup\u003eC 482\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.3 Polymer Structures of a PF Resole Resin Synthesized at 102\u003csup\u003e∘\u003c\/sup\u003eC vs. a Commercial Resin 490\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.4 Polymer Structures of High Molecular Weight Fractions of a PF Resole Resin 500\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.5 Polymer Structures of Cured PF Resole Resins by Solid-state\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e13\u003c\/sup\u003eC NMR 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class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"description-section\" class=\"page-section product-long-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"qwr6lw-igf6r7-g9g0jx-dbd5m9\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrban spaces are being called upon to develop a capacity for resilience and sustainability in order to meet the major challenges they face. To achieve such a goal, a practical development framework must be implemented in order to take advantage of the technological innovations that characterize the field of construction and urban engineering. Today, multi-scale BIM is bringing about significant changes that are redefining the paradigms of urban management. It facilitates simulations of the sustainability of urban spaces with respect to several criteria; most notably relating to energy, the economy and the environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBuilding Information Modeling for a Smart and Sustainable Urban Space\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e proposes a theoretical and practical framework for implementing BIM models for the creation of sustainable and intelligent urban spaces. It addresses the issues of acquisition, modeling, interoperability, and BIM and GIS integration for the production of BIM models. Case studies are presented, providing a practical dimension that demonstrates the production process of the urban model and its contribution to multiscale simulations, particularly in real estate evaluation and urban renewal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aboutauthors-section\" class=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRafika Hajji\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Professor in Geomatics and Topographic Engineering at IAV Hassan II, Morocco, where she has been Head of the Geodesy and Topographic Surveying department since 2017. She received her doctorate in 3D GIS from the University of Liège, Belgium. Her research focuses on BIM, 3D GIS, segmentation of LiDAR data and 3D cadastre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHassane Jarar Oulidi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Research Professor and Head of the Geomatics Sciences (SGEO) research team at the Hassania School for Public Works Engineering (EHTP), Morocco, and a former researcher at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany. His research focuses on interoperability, geospatial technology and BIM.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"permissions-section\" class=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tableofcontents-section\" class=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms xv\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction xix\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. BIM: A New Paradigm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1. Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2. History of BIM 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3. BIM: A meta concept 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4. BIM: Between technology and process 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5. BIM in the lifecycle of a building 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5.1. From design to pre-construction 6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5.2. From construction to operation 7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6. Some transversal uses of BIM 7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6.1. Visualization 8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6.2. Coordination and collaboration 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6.3. Construction planning: 4D simulation 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6.4. Cost estimation: 5D simulation 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6.5. Building management and maintenance 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.7. BIM dimensions and levels of detail 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.7.1. The “xDs” of BIM 11\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.7.2. Levels of detail 12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.8. BIM maturity and capability 16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.8.1. Level 0: Pre-BIM 16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.8.2. Level 1: Object-oriented modeling 16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.8.3. Level 2: Collaboration based on federated object-oriented models 17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.8.4. Level 3: Collaboration around an integrated object-oriented model 17\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.9. Conclusion 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.10. References 18\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Which Data Sources for the BIM Model?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e21\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1. Introduction 21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2. Multiple sources for the 3D digitization of urban space 22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.1. 3D measurement techniques 22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2.2. Selection criteria 27\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3. Approaches for 3D data production 28\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.1. Point cloud-based approaches 29\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.2. Image-based approaches 32\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3.3. Hybrid approaches 32\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4. Integration of multi-source data 33\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5. General discussion 34\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.6. Conclusion 36\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.7. References 36\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Development of the BIM Model\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e41\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1. Introduction 41\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2. Issues around 3D urban models 42\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3. Semantics of 3D urban models 42\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4. From the point cloud to the 3D model 43\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4.1. Point cloud processing chain 44\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4.2. Geometric modeling 50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5. 3D reconstruction of the BIM model 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5.1. Scan-to-BIM process 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5.2. Scan versus BIM process 57\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.6. Conclusion 58\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.7. References 58\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Open BIM Standards\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e63\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHassane JARAR OULIDI and Rafika HAJJI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1. Standardization bodies 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1.1. Open Geospatial Consortium 63\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1.2. ISO TC211 64\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1.3. buildingSMART 65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2. Data models for multi-scale BIM 65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2.1. Open BIM 65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2.2. CityGML 68\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2.3. LandInfra\/InfraGML 70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3. Conclusion 75\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4. References 76\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. GeoBIM: Towards a Convergence of BIM and 3D GIS\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e77\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1. Introduction 77\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2. The GeoBIM concept 78\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3. Some applications of GeoBIM 79\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4. BIM and GIS: similarities and differences 80\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5. BIM and GIS integration 82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.1. Model interoperability 82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5.2. Integration approaches 83\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.6. IFC and CityGML conversion 87\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.7. BIM georeferencing 87\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.8. Conclusion 89\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.9. References 89\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. BIM and 3D GIS Integration for Real Estate Valuation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e95\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiham EL YAMANI and Rafika HAJJI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1. Introduction 95\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2. Real estate valuation: concepts, approaches and standards 96\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.1. The concept of real estate valuation 97\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.2. Real estate valuation approaches 97\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2.3. Real estate valuation norms and standards 98\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3. BIM and 3D GIS for real estate valuation 99\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4. BIM-3D GIS integration: a new paradigm for real estate valuation 101\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5. Examples of BIM and 3D GIS simulations for real estate valuation 103\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.1. Simulation of the internal factors of a property 104\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.2. Identification of comparable units of the property being appraised 106\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.3. 3D visibility analysis 107\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5.4. Valuation of tax property elements: 3D cadastre 108\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.6. Conclusion 108\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7. References 109\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Semantic Segmentation of Airborne LiDAR Data for the Development of an Urban 3D Model\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e113\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eZouhair BALLOUCH and Rafika HAJJI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1. Introduction 113\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2. From semantic segmentation to 3D modeling 114\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3. Semantic segmentation by Deep Learning 118\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.1. Semantic segmentation methods by DL 118\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3.2. Discussion 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4. Development of an urban 3D model 121\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4.1. Geometric modeling from the 3D point cloud 122\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4.2. Semantic modeling 123\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4.3. Discussion 125\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4.4. Our approach 125\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.5. Conclusion 127\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.6. References 127\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. BIM for the Renovation of Urban Spaces\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e131\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOumayma MOUFID\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1. Introduction 131\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2. Urban space: problems and dysfunctions 132\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3. Urban renewal approaches 134\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4. BIM\/CIM for urban renewal 135\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4.1. Methodology 135\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5. Renovation process 137\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.6. Conclusion 139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.7. References 139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafika HAJJI and Hassane JARAR OULIDI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Authors 145\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex 147\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnique among construction project management textbooks, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eManagement of Construction Projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, third edition, takes the constructor’s perspective, carefully analyzing a complex, real-world construction case study from multiple angles to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and techniques students require to become successful project managers. Popular as an undergraduate text and as a contractor resource, the book identifies key stages of the project-management process, such as delivery methods and contracts; estimating, planning, and scheduling; preconstruction services; subcontracting and material management; documentation, communications, and payment; controls, quality, and safety; leadership and ethics; and claims, disputes, and close-out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis third edition includes a novel case study, a new chapter on preconstruction services, updated contract forms and figures, and additional student exercises, and integrates use of project management technology. Topics include building information models, sustainable construction, environmental compliance, lean construction, and off-site construction. Boxed examples, or short case studies, have been included with each chapter. These examples correspond directly to the chapters in which they are included and give the reader an applied approach to learning the concepts presented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile primarily focused on the management of commercial projects, the principles and techniques in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eManagement of Construction Projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also apply to residential, industrial, and heavy construction. Written in straightforward language from a constructor’s perspective, this textbook prepares upcoming construction project managers with everything they need to see a successful project through from start to finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction. 2. Construction Contracts. 3. Cost Estimating. 4. Planning and Scheduling. 5. Preconstruction Services. 6. Preconstruction Planning. 7. Subcontracting. 8. Material Management. 9. Project Start-Up. 10. Project Documentation and Communications. 11. Progress Payments. 12. Cost and Time Control. 13. Quality Management. 14. Safety Management. 15. Contract Change Orders. 16. Claims and Disputes. 17. Project Close-Out. 18. Construction Project Leadership. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJohn E. 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id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiability for the design of a building or structure is of fundamental concern to construction professionals, design-build contractors, specialist sub-contractors, and lawyers. Although other texts cover a wide range of aspects of liability, only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCornes and Lupton’s Design Liability in Construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e draws together all those matters that relate specifically to design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA number of factors have come together recently and are addressed in this significant update and rewrite of the 4th edition, including: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epopularity of design \u0026amp; build procurement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003epartnering arrangements and early contractor involvement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003enew standard forms of construction contract and appointment, and revisions to older forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003etechnical innovations in construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecollaborative working and BIM systems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003emany well-publicised cases regarding design failures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003esignificant developments in the law of tort and professional liability\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe development of the single European market and increased provision of services overseas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether these factors create a new range of design liability issues which the construction professional has to face. Written for lawyers, architects, engineers, and contractors, the fifth edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDesign Liability in Construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will also serve as a useful text for masters level courses in engineering, surveying and construction law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Lupton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas degrees in architecture and law, and has over 30 years' experience as a partner in the London-based architects' practice of Lupton Stellakis. She combines practice with an academic post at the Welsh School of Architecture, as Professor and director of the MA in Professional Studies. She lectures widely on subjects related to construction law, and is an arbitrator, adjudicator and expert witness. Sarah is a member of many industry and professional committees, and is chair of the CIC Liability Panel, and past chair of the RIBA Presidents Advisory Committee on Dispute Resolution.  As well as this publication, she is the author of many books, including a series on standard form construction contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-section\" id=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003ePermissions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/s100.copyright.com\/AppDispatchServlet?publisherName=wiley\u0026amp;publication=Book\u0026amp;title=Cornes%20and%20Lupton%27s%20Design%20Liability%20in%20the%20Construction%20Industry%252C%205th%20Edition\u0026amp;bookTitle=Cornes%20and%20Lupton%27s%20Design%20Liability%20in%20the%20Construction%20Industry%252C%205th%20Edition\u0026amp;publicationDate=DEC+2013\u0026amp;author=Sarah+Lupton\u0026amp;sc=US\u0026amp;numPages=0\u0026amp;copyright=\u0026amp;contentID=978-1-444-33006-9\u0026amp;orderBeanReset=True\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRequest permission\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto reuse content from this site\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Industry Context 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 What is design? 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2 Procurement routes 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3 The construction professions: who are the designers? 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Liability under Contract 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Formation of a contract 20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2 Terms of the contract 26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3 Exemption clauses 32\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4 Privity of contract 34\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.5 Assignment 35\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Liability under Tort: Part 1 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 Definition of a tort 38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2 Liability and parties in tort 38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3 Vicarious liability 38\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4 Negligence 40\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5 Historical perspective 43\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.6 Anns v Merton London Borough Council (1978) 45\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.7 Junior Books (1983) 47\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.8 1985–1988: the retreat 48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.9 D \u0026amp; F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England (1988) 50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.10 Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1990) 52\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.11 Tests for establishing a duty of care in respect of economic loss 54\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.12 Contract and tort concurrently? 55\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.13 Summary of the position in 1994 58\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Liability under Tort: Part 2 (Post-Murphy) 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1 Liability for physical injury and damage to other property 59\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2 The ‘complex structure’ theory after Murphy 60\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3 What if a defect is patent? 64\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4 Liability for economic loss 65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.5 Application of the tests following Henderson v Merrett 67\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6 Contractors’ liability for pure economic loss 69\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.7 Consultants’ liability for pure economic loss 77\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.8 Summary of the position in 2013 79\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Liability under Statute 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1 Defective Premises Act 1972 82\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2 Building Act 1984 88\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3 Health and safety 89\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4 Copyright 91\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Liability for Professional Negligence 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1 Reasonable skill and care 97\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2 Application of the test to designers 99\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3 Examples of failure to take care 100\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4 Special skills 104\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5 ‘State of the art’ defence 105\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 ‘Fitness for Purpose’ Liability 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1 Contractors’ obligations 107\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2 Reliance and partial reliance 115\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3 Consultants and strict liability 120\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4 Contractor’s duty to warn 124\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Duties in Detail 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1 General duties of a designer 133\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2 Appraisal and site investigation 135\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3 Budget issues 144\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4 Design development 147\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5 Commenting on\/approving others’ designs 153\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.6 Inspection and certifi cation 157\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.7 Duty to review the design 172\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Delegation of Design Duties 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1 General issues 183\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2 Option 1: Declining the commission 184\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.3 Option 2: Employer engages a specialist consultant direct 184\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.4 Option 3: Designer engages specialist designer direct 187\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.5 Option 4: Designer arranges for a contractor or sub-contractor to undertake the work 188\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.6 Option 5: Designer relies on outside sources 194\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.7 Is there a difference between delegation and reliance? 195\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.8 Summary of options 196\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Liability to Third Parties: Procurement Issues 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.1 Relationship between contract and tort 199\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.2 Liability in particular situations 204\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.3 Warranties 215\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.4 Collaborative working 225\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.5 BIM 227\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.6 Insurance solutions 233\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Damages and Contribution 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.1 General principles 235\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.2 Damages and designers 242\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.3 Contributory negligence and contribution 249\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.4 Damages recoverable on assignment 254\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Limitation 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.1 Statutory periods 260\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.2 Limitation and contract 264\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.3 Limitation and tort 267\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Measures for Limiting Liability 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.1 Using fi nancial caps 279\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.2 Limiting liability for loss of profits and consequential losses 282\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.3 Net contribution clauses 282\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.4 Agreeing shorter periods for limitation of liability 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Standard Forms of Contract for Design-Build 287\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.1 Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) forms 287\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.2 GC\/Works\/1 forms 302\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.3 NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) 307\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.4 Project Partnering Contract (PPC2000) 309\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.5 FIDIC forms 311\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Standard Forms of Appointment 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.1 RIBA 317\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.2 ACA 320\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.3 ACE 321\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.4 ICE 322\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.5 RICS 323\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.6 CIC 325\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15.7 Novation and Switch Agreements 327\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Professional Indemnity Insurance 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.1 General 329\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.2 Principles of professional indemnity insurance 330\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.3 The professional indemnity policy (consultants) 341\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.4 Avoiding disputes with insurers 345\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.5 Professional indemnity insurance for design and build contracts 347\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.6 Professional indemnity – changing insurers 352\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.7 Other types of insurance 353\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Design Liability in the EU 357\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.1 Belgium 358\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.2 France 361\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.3 Germany 364\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.4 Italy 368\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.5 The Netherlands 371\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Design Liability in the Rest of the World 375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.1 Australia 375\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.2 China 379\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.3 The Middle East 383\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.4 Russia 388\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18.5 USA 391\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography 397\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCases and Legislation 401\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex 423\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"j9u9qf-jgqifw-hdizqz-82oyly\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"edpIngress\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"edpIngress\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"edpIngress_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKREAD™ 5-STEP SATISFACTION GUARANTEE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. No Risk, 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. \u003cbr\u003e2. instant download. 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data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe construction of housing, commercial property and infrastructure projects – roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, airports – for both the private and public sectors is one of the biggest industries in the world. It contributes around 10 per cent of world GDP, employs 7 per cent of the global workforce, and consumes around 20 per cent of the world’s energy. It is also a highly fragmented industry with very low profit margins and a high risk of failure for the many firms operating in its complex supply chain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Gruneberg and Noble Francis present an up-to-date analysis of how construction markets operate, how firms collaborate on projects, and how their business models work. They explore the many distinctive features of the economics of the industry, such as the use of cost-reduction rather than profit-maximizing behaviour, the processes of tendering and procurement, and the often cyclical nature of demand. Particular challenges for the industry, such as the frequency of disputes between firms and the low productivity of the sector, are shown to be the outcomes of a business model that tends to focus on the volatility of demand and managing risk at the expense of improving efficiency. As well as discussing industry-wide issues, the authors also examine how individual projects are costed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book offers authoritative analysis and expert insight into the economics of a much misunderstood industry and is suitable for a range of courses in business schools and departments of architecture and the built environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStephen Gruneberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an industrial economist specialising in the construction and property sectors, and an Honorary Professor in the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London. He has written several books on the economics of the construction sector, most recently Programme Procurement: Lessons from London 2012 (with John Mead).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNoble Francis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Economics Director at the Construction Products Association, London. He oversees a team of construction economists and has over 15 years experience producing economic forecasts for the construction industry. He is also an Honorary Professor in the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Economics of Construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBy Stephen Gruneberg\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAgenda Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCopyright © 2019 Stephen Gruneberg and Noble Francis\u003cbr\u003eAll rights reserved.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-78821-015-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePreface, vii,\u003cbr\u003e1. Getting to grips with construction industry statistics: construction industry or construction sector?, 1,\u003cbr\u003e2. Economic theory of markets and construction, 15,\u003cbr\u003e3. Running a construction firm, 35,\u003cbr\u003e4. The firm and economies of growth, 61,\u003cbr\u003e5. Productivity and the construction market, 77,\u003cbr\u003e6. The game of construction, 95,\u003cbr\u003e7. The underlying causes of conflict in construction, 109,\u003cbr\u003e8. Construction and cyclicality, 119,\u003cbr\u003e9. Projects, 145,\u003cbr\u003e10. The economics of construction project management, 171,\u003cbr\u003eBibliography, 183,\u003cbr\u003eList of figures and tables, 189,\u003cbr\u003eIndex, 191,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGETTING TO GRIPS WITH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY STATISTICS: CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OR CONSTRUCTION SECTOR?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstruction can be seen as an industry concerned with the production of the built environment. As an industry, its inputs cover a large variety of skills and materials. Its output covers many different types of products and services. As a sector of the economy, it includes the assembly of buildings and structures on site, the production of materials and building components and, indeed, the whole supply chain. This includes architects, surveyors, civil and structural engineers, plant and tool hire, construction product manufacturers and distribution. The construction sector is treated as one sector but, in fact, it covers a wide variety of work across many different areas. Construction output covers everything from the building of housing, commercial and industrial properties, education and health facilities to the building of vital infrastructure for water, energy, roads, rail, telecommunications and ports.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhatever an individual or collection of individuals may wish or need to do in the economy or society, they will require construction to have taken place first to be able to do it. People need houses to live in, schools and universities to undertake learning, clinics and hospitals to make or keep us physically fit and comfortable, and offices to work in and shops to buy goods in. Even if we work from home and shop online then we still need the internet infrastructure to have been built. In addition, we need roads to drive on, rail infrastructure for trains to travel on, clean water for drinking and bathing, electricity and gas to power heating and lighting. As the built environment has grown over many years, the current buildings and infrastructure have developed over time, and, as a consequence, the repair, maintenance and improvement of existing buildings and infrastructure is also vital.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo measure the scale of investment in construction as part of the whole economy, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnited Kingdom National Accounts,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Blue Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (see Office for National Statistics 2017), contains a chapter entitled \"Gross Fixed Capital Formation\" (GFCF), which presents the total invested by the economy in plant and equipment and buildings and structures. This investment is essential if the country is to survive and remain competitive, in much the same way as companies need to invest in machinery in order to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFixed capital is the value of assets that usually last longer than one year and are usually used to aid production. The concept of capital formation describes the production of the means of production. The term \"gross fixed capital\" is used to indicate that the plant and machinery and buildings are measured at brand new values before any depreciation has been deducted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn terms of the whole economy, investment in the built environment, which includes buildings and structures, such as infrastructure, is a vital component of the United Kingdom's fixed investment. Fixed investment is defined as long-term investment in plant and machinery, transport equipment, information technology, buildings and structures as well as major improvements to existing buildings and structures. The built environment accounts for over a half of all GFCF each year. Figure 1.1 shows that, in 2016, 52.8 per cent of all UK GFCF was in the built environment. The importance of this is that fixed investment enables increases in the productive capacity and productivity of the whole economy, by facilitating the production and movement of goods, capital, services and people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eData covering construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo understand a sector of the economy, you need to be able to measure it. The construction sector is certainly no exception to this. No one set of data fully explains the construction industry. However, there are three key types of official data that cover the construction sector, and each set provides a piece of the puzzle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first set of data is provided by the UK government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and includes all firms registered to pay value added tax (VAT), combined with an estimate of very small firms that are below the VAT threshold and so do not have to pay VAT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe benefit of this data is that it allows us to look at the basic structure of the industry. The majority of the focus tends to be on the largest firms within the construction sector. Clearly, though, the sector is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), defined as firms employing fewer than 250 employees. According to the BEIS, in Figure 1.2, as much as 75 per cent of the £272 billion turnover in the construction sector in 2016 occurred within the SMEs, with 25 per cent of turnover in construction accounted for by the largest firms, which are defined as those employing 250 employees or more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFigure 1.3 shows that the difference between large and small construction firms is even greater. Of the 2.3 million people employed in construction in 2016, 86.4 per cent were employed by SMEs, while large contractors employed only the remaining 13.6 per cent of the total construction workforce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFurthermore, the percentage of SMEs within construction amounted to 99.9 per cent of all firms in Figure 1.4. However, a key point to note is that the largest 0.1 per cent of firms still account for 25 per cent of the total turnover of the construction industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe BEIS business population estimates are useful at a general level. However, they suffer from two key issues. First, the definition of construction covers only the number of firms and employment of the contractors – those firms that operate on the construction site itself. Yet this is only one part of the whole construction supply chain, as construction is a very complex sector. Defining construction as only including contractors on site ignores the contribution of the supply chain of all the building components and materials and the design and civil and structural engineering inputs and other specialists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstruction is a process involving architects and professionals, contractors, merchants and distributors, plant and tool hire, in addition to minerals and products manufacturers. All but the contracting element of this process is neglected in the BEIS statistics. As a result, the BEIS statistics are likely to underestimate the value of the construction sector to the UK economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe supply chains that supply the goods needed for on-site construction include the product manufacturers, builders' merchants and distributors, plant and tool hire. Product manufacturers produce all the materials and products that go into the construction of a facility, and can be split into two broad categories: heavyside products and lightside products. Heavyside products include, but are not limited to, sand, bricks, concrete, asphalt, steel and glass, and tend to be used on the exterior of a building. Conversely, lightside products, which include lighting, heating and ventilation, air-conditioning and electrics, tend to be used in the interior of buildings. Builders' merchants and distributors act as wholesalers and retailers of building materials and products. Tool and plant hire firms exist to provide additional capacity for heavy machinery or tools that are needed on site to complete the project but are not currently owned by the contractor or subcontractor, which may be vital given that the bespoke nature of construction, with every end product in each project being different, means that different sets of inputs may be needed across projects. Directly owning machinery and tools for activity across all areas of construction would mean considerable periods of unproductive inactivity whenever there is little work in certain sectors. It therefore makes economic sense to hire plant and machinery only when required.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition, even within the contracting side, there may be many layers or tiers of contractors depending upon the size of the project. For example, Figure 1.5 illustrates that, even on a small project, with only one SME contractor involved, parts of the supply chain may be hidden, including when the contractor purchases materials and products from builders' merchants and distributors and hires additional machinery and tools when needed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowever, on large projects, as in Figure 1.6, there may be more than one major contractor, operating as a joint venture, as a result of the high degree of risk and the large scale of production involved. As they are usually multi-million-pound projects, and even multi-billion-pound projects, only the largest contractors have the size to take on the risk involved. The major contractors subcontract work out to those with skills in specific areas: specialist contractors and civil engineering firms. As with machinery and tools, direct employment of those with specialist skills would mean significant periods of unproductive inactivity when these skills were not needed. Subcontracting out specialist skills and activities ensures that the major contractors do not suffer the burden of unproductive cost when there is a period of inactivity. At the same time, it frees up the specialist firms to find work with other main contractors, which is an efficient way of using the resources of construction firms by making it possible to have continuity of work instead of periods of idleness. Subcontracting also explains why the construction industry contains a large number of small firms, which are taken on with other subcontractors to carry out large projects. In essence, the main contractors effectively undertake the role of winning projects and managing them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition, for some construction products used in large quantities, the main contractor may purchase products directly from manufacturers in order to take advantage of economies of scale or savings of size. Economies of scale exist where the purchaser can obtain a product at a lower price by purchasing large quantities because buying in bulk reduces the cost per unit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides two other key sets of data that cover the UK construction sector. The first set of data is designed to help in calculating the total value of the output of all the industries in the economy as a whole. After steel is produced in the steel industry it is passed to the construction industry to be assembled as the steel frames of buildings. Similarly, glass is manufactured in the glass industry to become the windows as part of constructed buildings. If all the inputs to the construction industry were counted as part of the industries they come from, they would be counted twice if they were included in the value of construction output. Construction output is, therefore, only the value added to the materials and components by the contractors and subcontractors on site. Therefore, annual construction data measures only gross value added (GVA). Construction output, or construction gross value added, measures only the selling price of output minus the cost of materials, which, when taking all firms in the construction industry together, is what it provides to the UK economy after subtracting the inputs that go into construction from other industries, including designers and engineers. It is, effectively, the turnover minus the total amount spent on goods and contracted-out services. Using this method avoids double counting. Double counting would mean, for example, counting the work of subcontractors twice: once as a subcontractor, and twice when the same work was included in the value of the main contractor's sales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTable 1.1 illustrates the GVA in UK construction during 2015, which was £119.2 billion. Sixty six per cent of this GVA was provided by building contractors, which included major contractors, specialist contractors, civil engineering contractors and the subcontractors in the construction trades. The importance of utilizing GVA rather than turnover is clear from Table 1.1, which shows that the GVA of contractors was £78.7 billion, while the total turnover or sales of contractors was £214.8 billion. Seventeen per cent of UK construction GVA is provided by manufacturers of construction products, with materials and products distribution providing 8 per cent of the GVA in the construction supply chain, while architects and professionals provide 5 per cent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis ONS data on construction GVA helps us to understand that what is commonly used to measure the size of the construction industry is only the contribution of contractors and subcontractors on site and not the value of the finished buildings, including the materials and all the other inputs from architects, civil and structural engineers and other construction professionals. It tells us little about the type of work undertaken in construction. Construction is therefore not really one sector but several industries, as it covers such a wide variety of work. However, the second type of data available from the ONS covering the construction sector can give us an insight into the different areas of activity within the construction sector and how it varies over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis information comes from the \"Monthly Business Survey (for Construction and Allied Trades)\", which measures construction output from the industry in the UK. The survey samples 8,000 businesses, which include all businesses either employing over 100 people or with an annual turnover of more than £60 million. Construction output is defined as the amount chargeable to customers for building and civil engineering work done in the period, excluding taxes. However, once again, businesses are asked to exclude any subcontracted work, to avoid counting the work of subcontractors twice: once when the subcontractors record the value of their work in their statistics, but not when it might otherwise be included by the main contractors as part of the value of their output. Construction output also does not include payments made to architects or professionals from other firms. However, it would include them if they were directly employed by a contracting business registered in construction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ONS construction output data allows us to look at the value of construction output at current prices, which includes inflation. Current prices are the prices charged by contractors, and, over time, these prices increase because of inflation. Inflation is the steady loss in the value of money because of firms raising their prices, as the same quantity of output is sold for a higher price. If inflation is removed from the data, construction output can be measured in constant prices, showing the actual change in the quantity of construction activity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFigure 1.7 illustrates the time series of construction output at both current and constant prices. The value of construction at constant prices helps us to assess the real change in output. The value data shows that the total value may have increased over time but it does not inform us whether the change is attributable to price increases or to increases in the real volume of construction. In Figure 1.7, between 1997 and 2007 the value of construction output more than doubled, an increase of 108 per cent. However, the volume of construction output rose by only 24 per cent. Consequently, the majority of the growth in construction value over the 1997– 2007 period was attributable to increases in price. Over the same period UK economic activity grew by 34 per cent, so UK construction did not increase as quickly as the rest of the country's economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne reason the construction industry did not grow when the rest of the economy expanded may have been because, every year during this period, the construction industry produced sufficient output not only to replace the existing stock of buildings and infrastructure but also to add to the building stock needed to accommodate expansion in the economy, and the increase in stock was achieved without increasing construction output by as large a percentage increase as the rest of the economy. One reason for this possibility is that buildings and infrastructure are durable. Once built they may last many decades, and annual construction output can easily exceed the amount of building work needed to maintain the current stock, a proportion of which constantly needs demolition and replacing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the financial crisis the value of construction output at current prices fell by 6.5 per cent between 2008 and 2009. However, after inflation has been removed from the figures, the volume of construction activity fell by 17.8 per cent between 2007 and 2009. This contrasts sharply with a 5.1 per cent fall in UK national income over the same period, evidence that the UK construction industry was three times more volatile than the UK economy overall. The volatility of construction activity is a subject we return to in a later chapter, as it greatly influences the need to cope with sharply fluctuating demand and uncertainty in the construction industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e(Continues...)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\"\u003eExcerpted from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-quote\"\u003eThe Economics of Construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\"\u003eby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-quote\"\u003eStephen Gruneberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-quote\"\u003e. Copyright © 2019 Stephen Gruneberg and Noble Francis. Excerpted by permission of Agenda Publishing.\u003cbr\u003eAll rights reserved. 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class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"94b1p9-hba8y3-ooxjzn-frtn0e\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1920744983\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAdvanced Concrete Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA thorough grounding in the science of concrete combined with the latest developments in the rapidly evolving field of concrete technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the newly revised second edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdvanced Concrete Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a distinguished team of academics and engineers delivers a state-of-the-art exploration of modern and advanced concrete technologies developed during the last decade. The book combines the essential concepts and theory of concrete with practical examples of material design, composition, processing, characterization, properties, and performance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe authors explain, in detail, the hardware and software of concrete, and offer readers discussions of the most recent advances in concrete technology, including, but not limited to, concrete recycling, nanotechnology, microstructural simulation, additive manufacturing, and non-destructive testing methods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis newest edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdvanced Concrete Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a sustained emphasis on sustainable and novel technologies, like new binders, 3D printing, and other advanced materials and techniques. Readers will also find:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thorough introduction to concrete, including its definition and its historical evolution as a material used in engineering and construction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn-depth explorations of the materials for making concrete and the properties of fresh concrete\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComprehensive discussions of the material structure of concrete, hardened concrete, and advanced cementitious composites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFulsome treatments of concrete fracture mechanics, non-destructive testing in concrete engineering, and future trends in concrete\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students studying civil or materials engineering―especially those taking classes in the properties of concrete or concrete technologies―as well as engineers in the concrete industry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdvanced Concrete Technology, 2nd Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of civil and materials engineers working in the industry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZongjin Li, Hong Kong, PR China:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessor, Civil Engineering department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFounding president of the American Concrete Institute, China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXiangming Zhou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessor, Department of Civil \u0026amp; Environmental Engineering, Brunel University London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHongyan Ma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDongshuai Hou\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessor, Department of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 Concrete Definition and Historical Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2 Concrete as a Structural Material\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3 Characteristics of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4 Types of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.5 Factors Influencing Concrete Properties\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.6 Approaches to Study Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Materials for Making Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Aggregates for Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2 Cementitious Binders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3 Admixtures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4 Water\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Fresh Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2 Workability and Rheology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3 Mix Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4 Manufacture of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5 Delivery of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.6 Concrete Placing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.7 Curing of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.8 Early-Age Properties of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Materials Structure of Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2 Classification of Materials Structural Levels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3 Structure of Concrete at Nanometer Scale: The C–S–H Structure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4 Structure of Concrete at the Micro-Scale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.5 The Transition Zone in Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.6 Nano- and Micro-Structural Engineering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Properties of Hardened Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1 Strengths of Hardened Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2 Stress–Strain Relationship and Constitutive Equations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3 Dimensional Stability—Shrinkage and Creep\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4 Durability\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Advanced Cementitious Composites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1 Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2 High-Strength Cementitious Composites\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3 Ultra-High-Strength Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4 Polymers in Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.5 Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.6 Self-Compacting Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.7 Engineered Cementitious Composite\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.8 Confined Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.9 High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.10 Structural Lightweight and Heavyweight Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.11 Sea Sand and Sea Water Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.12 The 3D Printed Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Concrete Fracture Mechanics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3 The Crack Tip Plastic Zone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4 Crack Tip-Opening Displacement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.5 Fracture Process in Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.6 Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics for Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.7 Two-Parameter Fracture Model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.8 Size Effect Model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.9 The Fictitious Model by Hillerborg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.10\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003e-Curve Method for Quasi-Brittle Materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.11 Double-\u003ci\u003eK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCriterion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.12 The Application of Fracture Mechanics in the Design Code of Concrete Structures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Nondestructive Testing in Concrete Engineering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.2 Review of Wave Theory for a 1D Case\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.3 Reflected and Transmitted Waves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.4 Attenuation and Scattering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.5 Main Commonly Used NDT-CE Techniques\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.6 Noncontacting Resistivity Measurement Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.7 An Innovative Magnetic Corrosion Detection Transducer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussion Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblems\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Future and Development Trends of Concrete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.1 Sustainability of Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.2 Deep Understanding of the Nature of Hydration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.3 Integrated Materials and Structural Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.4 High-Tensile-Strength and High-Toughness Cement-Based Materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.5 Application of Nanotechnology in Concrete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.6 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Concrete 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data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGoogle SketchUp for Site Design\u003c\/span\u003e illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp: how it works and more importantly, what to do with it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilled with tutorials from front to back, the book focuses on the start and completion of projects that include rich detail and expression. Each part and chapter of the book builds on the previous chapters and tutorial.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will learn how to approach modeling site plans, buildings and site elements: from modeling each of these exterior environment elements to piecing them together to generate a singular and expressive model.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book culminates with tutorials demonstrating effective and simple ways to include grades and terrain using the Sandbox tools and how best to integrate the entire approach with AutoCAD and SketchUp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso included are links to supplemental on-line resources such as YouTube tutorials and free tutorial and example models from 3D Warehouse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is useful for all SketchUp proficiency levels including beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"aboutauthors-section\" class=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Tal, ASLA, is a practicing landscape architect in Denver, Colorado, and a SketchUp specialist who conducts workshops and seminars on SketchUp for landscape architects and architects. Daniel also consults on SketchUp tools and future SketchUp developments to meet the needs of landscape architects and architects, and helps Beta test SketchUp releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"permissions-section\" class=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003ePermissions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/s100.copyright.com\/AppDispatchServlet?publisherName=wiley\u0026amp;publication=Book\u0026amp;title=Google%20SketchUp%20for%20Site%20Design:%20A%20Guide%20to%20Modeling%20Site%20Plans%252C%20Terrain%20and%20Architecture\u0026amp;bookTitle=Google%20SketchUp%20for%20Site%20Design:%20A%20Guide%20to%20Modeling%20Site%20Plans%252C%20Terrain%20and%20Architecture\u0026amp;publicationDate=AUG+2009\u0026amp;author=Daniel+Tal\u0026amp;sc=US\u0026amp;numPages=0\u0026amp;copyright=\u0026amp;contentID=978-0-470-34525-2\u0026amp;orderBeanReset=True\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRequest permission\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto reuse content from this site\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tableofcontents-section\" class=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction to SketchUp.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 How to Use this Book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho Can Use This Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the Book Covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLearning Tutorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFree Downloadable Tutorial Models.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload Pre-Made Components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Four Parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 SketchUp Basics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasic SketchUp tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Components and groups.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComponent Instance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComponents within Components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComponents and Layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePre-made Components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional Information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Problem Solving.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblem Solving SketchUp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Ruby Scripts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownloading Ruby Scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II SketchUp Process Modeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Introduction to SketchUp Process Modeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Built Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2D = 3D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrafting the Flatwork Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApplying Material and Color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdding Volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdding objects to the Flatwork Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReview the Completed Model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModeling from Imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Detailed Site Plan Modeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload Tutorial Model.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are Site Plans?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTutorial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreparing the drafting \"Trace\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrouble Shooting the Subdividing of Face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReview the Completed Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreparing to Add Color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdding Detail to Volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Completed Flatwork Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Custom Components - Site Furnishings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModeling Process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow Components (and Groups) Work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow Me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModel Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Custom Components - Architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSculpting the Building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding Mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking Window and Door Components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTutorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetting the work space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 The Completed Model: Arrangement and Presentation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrangement Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrder and Adjustments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreating and Exporting Scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Architectural Tutorial.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase Study: Jefferson County Courthouse Building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSketchUp Process Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking with Arcs and Circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHidden Geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComponents and Faceted Surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComponents and Adjusting Massing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourthouse Tutorial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III- Sandbox Tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Introduction to the Sandbox Tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaying in the Sandbox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuby Scripts and Sandbox tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional tools and concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Conceptual 3D Grading.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConceptual Grading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSketchUp Process Modeling and Conceptual Grading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTutorials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Complex Canopies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2D Plan to 3D Form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIMPLE CANOPY TUTORIAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOMPLEX CANOPY TUTORIAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Sandbox Architecture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrape Tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSANDBOX BUILDING TUTORIAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV AutoCAD to SketchUp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 Overview of AutoCAD to SketchUp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17 Organizing AutoCAD.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutoCAD tutorial file.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Nature of AutoCAD Re-organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImporting the Flatwork File.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18 Modeling the AutoCAD Flatwork Base.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Problem with AutoCAD Lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethods for Healing the AutoCAD Flatwork Base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod #1 - Healing with the Line Tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod #2 - AutoCAD Clean Up Ruby Scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext Steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 19 Arranging the Model.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReplace the Components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinal Touches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"reviews-section\" class=\"reviews-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"section-title collapsed\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\"This book adds valuable information about features not even mentioned in the \"Missing Manual\". This book allows you to create settings for your creations. SketchUp provides a \"sandbox\", an interface with tools that create organic geometry. In other words, you can push and pull \"terrain\" around to create hills and valleys. Then using other tools create streets, sidewalks, and planters. Place the buildings you've created on the terrain, and add vegetation around them - suddenly you have a world! 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Everyone perceives the world around them in a slightly different way, but there are fundamental laws that describe how people experience their physical environments. Place science principles can be applied in homes, schools, stores, restaurants, workplaces, healthcare facilities, and the other spaces people inhabit. This guide to person-centered place design shows architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and other interested individuals how to develop spaces that enrich human experience using concepts derived from rigorous qualitative and quantitative research.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, applied environmental psychologist Sally Augustin offers design practitioners accessible environmental psychological insights into how elements of the physical environment influence human attitudes and behaviors. She introduces the general principles of place science and shows how factors such as colors, scents, textures, and the spatial composition of a room, as well as personality and cultural identity, impact the experience of a place. These principles are applied to multiple building types, including residences, workplaces, healthcare facilities, schools, and retail spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding a bridge between research and design practice, Place Advantage gives people designing and using spaces the evidence-based information and psychological insight to create environments that encourage people to work effectively, learn better, get healthy, and enjoy life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutauthors-section\" id=\"aboutauthors-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally Augustin, P\u003csmall\u003eH\u003c\/small\u003eD,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a practicing environmental psychologist as well as the Editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eResearch Design Connections\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked with major organizations to integrate important psychological considerations into the design of places and products and has presented her work at international psychology and design-related conferences. A graduate of Wellesley College, Northwestern University (MBA), and Claremont Graduate University (PhD), Augustin is also regularly invited to speak at schools and research institutions and on National Public Radio and VoiceAmerica radio programs. Learn more about using environmental psychology at Sally's Web sites,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.placecoach.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(for residential applications) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.researchdesignconnections.com\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-section\" id=\"permissions-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"permissions-content\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tableofcontents-section\" id=\"tableofcontents-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003eFOREWORD.\n\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 OVERVIEW OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF SPACE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR PHYSICAL WORLD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 BASIC HUMAN NEEDS SATISFIED THROUGH PLACE DESIGN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 UNIVERSAL FEATURES OF WELL-DESIGNED SPACES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE RESPONSES TO SENSORY INFORMATION.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 HUMAN REACTIONS TO STATIC ELEMENTS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 PLACE DESIGN THAT REFLECTS INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 NATIONAL CULTURE AND PLACE EXPERIENCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 PREDOMINANT ACTIVITY AND THE DESIGN OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY-BASED PLACE DESIGN PRINCIPLES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 RESEARCH METHODS FOR PLACE DESIGNERS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 SPECIAL FOCUS: HOMES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 SPECIAL FOCUS: WORKPLACES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 SPECIAL FOCUS: RETAIL SPACES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 SPECIAL FOCUS: LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 SPECIAL FOCUS: HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 PLACE DESIGNERS’ VITAL INFLUENCE ON HUMAN WELL-BEING.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMPORTANT SOURCES\/RELATED READINGS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINDEX.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviews-section\" id=\"reviews-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-title collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-content collapsed\"\u003e\"This guide to person-centered place design shows architects, landscape architects, interior designers and other interested individuals how to develop spaces that enrich human experience using concepts derived from rigorous qualitative and quantitative research. Sally Augustin offers design practitioners accessible environmental psychological insights into how elements of the physical environment influence human attitudes and behaviors.\" (\u003ci\u003eMedical Construction \u0026amp; Design\u003c\/i\u003e, May\/June 2009)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ebooklok","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":56753669538123,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/1204\/8971\/files\/71ts0hZvFUL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773058261"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookread.io\/collections\/construction-engenering-books.oembed?page=5","provider":"bookread","version":"1.0","type":"link"}