1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455519203321

Autore

Honeywill Paul

Titolo

Digital design using QuarkXPress 4 [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Honeywill and Tony Lockhart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter [England], : Intellect Books, 2002

ISBN

1-280-47741-5

9786610477418

1-84150-852-7

0-585-21889-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LockhartTony

Disciplina

686.225445369

Soggetti

Programmable logic devices - Design - Data processing

Logic design - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of 1997 ed.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: You, Intuition and the QuarkXPress Interface; Chapter 2: Using Quark XPress; Chapter 3: You, Design and Working with QuarkXPress; Chapter 4: Structuring a Document; Chapter 5: Using Elements (Items) within a Document; Chapter 6: Using Digital Type within Quark XPress; Chapter 7: When your Document leaves the Desktop; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Digital Design using QuarkXPress 4 gives you the ability to fully understand QuarkXPress, while developing a knowledge of the rules of design and how computers can exploit them. Students with non visual backgrounds can rapidly improve, producing worthy examples of pages that integrate text and image. Knowledge gives you choices. The authors approach the subject of teaching QuarkXPress from all the necessary directions. Learning software enables you to layout a page but not how to design one. So this does not take the reader through a series of steps reproducing designed pages - that teaches yo



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145832203321

Autore

Barrett Kevin

Titolo

Defective construction work [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin Barrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Science, c2008

ISBN

1-282-00932-X

9786612009327

1-4443-0236-1

1-4443-0237-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

343.42

343.42/07869

624

Soggetti

Construction contracts - England

Liability for building accidents - England

Premises liability - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Definition and Categorisation of Defects; 1.1 Definition of 'defect'; 1.2 Qualitative defects; 1.3 Patent/latent defects; 1.4 Reasonable examination; 1.5 Importance of the distinction between patent and latent defects; 1.6 The 'purchaser', the 'project team' and other terminology; Chapter 2: Common Law, Statutory and Contractual Rights; 2.1 Common law; 2.2 Statute; 2.3 Contractual rights; Chapter 3: Contracts: An Overview; 3.1 Function; 3.2 The basics; 3.3 Express terms; 3.4 Implied terms; 3.5 Exclusion of implied terms; 3.6 Exclusion clauses

3.7 Risk allocation3.8 Model conditions of contract; Chapter 4: No Contract/Restitution; 4.1 Restitution; 4.2 Restitution and defects; Chapter 5: Letters of Intent; 5.1 Function; 5.2 Legal analysis; 5.3 The implications where defects occur; Chapter 6: Tort: An Overview; 6.1 Negligence; 6.2 Complex structures; 6.3 Economic harm; 6.4 Builders and professional consultants; Chapter 7: The Defective Premises Act 1972; 7.1 Application; 7.2 Fitness for habitation; 7.3 Exclusion; Chapter 8: Third Party Rights; 8.1 The exception; 8.2 Agency; 8.3



Assignment; 8.4 Novation

8.5 Statutory third party rights8.6 Collateral contracts; 8.7 Tort; Chapter 9: Statutory Requirements; 9.1 The Building Act 1984; 9.2 Building regulations; 9.3 Construction products; 9.4 Workplace safety regulations; 9.5 CDM regulations; 9.6 The relationship with contractual obligations; Chapter 10: The Builder's Obligations: Design, Workmanship and Materials; 10.1 Buildability, durability and maintenance; 10.2 Workmanship; 10.3 Materials; 10.4 Design; Chapter 11: The Builder's Obligations: Defects Before Completion; 11.1 Temporary disconformities; 11.2 Opening up the work

11.3 Defects and interim paymentChapter 12: The Builder's Obligations: Defects at Completion; 12.1 Scope of work to be completed; 12.2 Completion; 12.3 Snagging; 12.4 The effect of practical completion; 12.5 The ICE, NEC3 and MF/1 conditions; 12.6 The JCT Major Project Construction Contract; 12.7 The provision of information prior to practical completion; Chapter 13: The Builder's Obligations: Defects Post Completion; 13.1 The common law; 13.2 Defects liability period; 13.3 Retention money; 13.4 Retention bonds; 13.5 Final certificates; Chapter 14: The Professional Team

14.1 Membership of a professional body14.2 The structure of the team; 14.3 Duties; 14.4 Buildability, durability and maintenance; Chapter 15: Architects and Engineers; 15.1 Design; 15.2 Selecting builders and other specialists; 15.3 Supervision; 15.4 Periodic inspection; 15.5 Certification; 15.6 Design review; 15.7 Defects investigations; 15.8 Honest reporting; 15.9 Termination of performance; Chapter 16: Project Managers, Surveyors and Others; 16.1 Project managers; 16.2 Quantity surveyors; 16.3 CDM coordinators; 16.4 Clerk of works/engineer's representative; Chapter 17: Compensation

17.1 Abatement

Sommario/riassunto

Defective construction work, whether the result of inadequate design, faulty workmanship or poor materials - or some combination of these failings - is a frequent cause of legal disputes. Someone is usually to blame, either the builder or one or more of the professional consultants, or even the entire project team. It is important therefore that the project team should possess a good working knowledge of their responsibilities and liabilities. Written by a solicitor with over twenty years of experience of building disputes, this book examines the responsibilities and liabilities of the proje