1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910800054603321

Autore

Spain Bryan

Titolo

Spon's Construction Resource Handbook / / Bryan Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-429-17844-1

1-4822-9503-2

1-280-40516-3

0-585-45324-1

9786610405169

0-203-47794-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Spon's Price Books

Disciplina

692/.5

Soggetti

Building - Estimates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

"Spon's Construction Resource Handbook is the first book to present critical information about materials, labour and plant constants required for the estimating process under one cover. It covers all areas of the construction industry and will provide all those involved in the preparation of tenders, cost estimates and first-stage estimates with the information they need to work with greater confidence and prepare more accurate estimates and tenders. With a unique style of presentation, it includes thousands of item descriptions and a comprehensive collection of data, including labour and plant outputs, materials, elemental breakdowns and lists of relevant organizations.Up-to-date and comprehensive, Spon's Construction Resource Handbook will be an indispensable reference for estimators, quantity surveyors, engineers and architects working in local government and professional practices, government agencies, and contractors in all fields of construction. It will provide an invaluable reference base for negotiation of new rates where variations occur on a contract."--Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821796903321

Autore

Mac Póilin Aodán <1948->

Titolo

Our tangled speech : essays on language and culture / / Aodan Mac Poilin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Belfast] : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-913993-22-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Disciplina

491.62

Soggetti

Irish language - History

Irish language - Dialects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Taig talk -- Our tangled speech: Languages in Northern Ireland -- 'Something of a cultural war': Linguistic politics in Northern Ireland -- What about Ullans?: Ulster Scots and the Irish language -- Language maintenance, language revival -- 'Spiritual Beyond the Ways of Men': Images of the Gael -- Plus ça change: The Irish language and politics -- The Protestant Gaelic Tradition -- The Irish language in Belfast until 1900 -- Irish in Belfast, 1892-1960 -- Belfast in 20th-Century literature in Irish -- The Pobal Feirste Neo-Gaeltacht: Lessons to learn? -- Irish language television in Northern Ireland -- The BBC and the Irish language -- Irish and other origins of surnames -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Irish language revival north and south of Ireland, examining its successes and failures. It gives a fascinating account of historical attitudes towards the Gael and examines the complexities of linguistic and cultural identity.