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UNINA9910450457203321 |
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Autore |
Cain Clive Thomas. |
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Titolo |
Building down barriers : a guide to construction best practice / / live Thomas Cain |
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London ; ; New York : , : Spon Press, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-43929-6 |
1-138-16087-3 |
1-280-07129-X |
0-203-39828-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (152 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Construction industry - Management |
Construction industry - Quality control |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-136) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; About the author; The six goals of construction best practice; Introduction; Seventy years of customer demand for improvement; The international demand for improvement; The three UK best practice standards and their six goals; The virtual firm; Motivating and leading radical improvement; Becoming a best practice client; Integrating the design and construction team; Ensuring the delight of the end users; Selecting the independent experts; The benefits of best practice and the risk of ignoring change; Further reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With rapid changes in procurement processes and increasing pressure for improvement, cohesion and efficiency, practitioners need to be aware of industry-wide generally acknowledged best practice. The recent Latham and Egan reports in the UK have spurred further intitiatives from the demand side of the industry to speed the pace of reform. This text examines those new initiatives, clearly explaining and comparing them with each other and with similar initiatives from other countries such as the USA or Singapore, and painting a vivid picture of the future of the construction industry under the e |
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