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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The drawings were complete. The contract was signed. The schedule was baselined. And the project still stalled in a conference room, because no one could say who was entitled to decide, what information had to exist before the decision was valid, or what record would authorize the field to act on it.That failure is structural rather than technical. Delivery method, procurement method, contract form, management model, and production system are routinely discussed as though they were a single decision. They are five, and confusing them is the most common and most expensive error in capital delivery. The consequences surface later as unclear design liability, price certainty that arrives too late to matter, risk sitting with the party least able to carry it, changes priced before anyone classified them, and a closeout that stops rather than ends.This twenty-chapter guide separates those layers and rebuilds them into a working model, from owner readiness through post-occupancy review. The treatment is procedural rather than theoretical: where a decision requires a document, the document is named; where a process depends on a response time, the response time is discussed. Read it straight through as a course in delivery, or open it at the chapter that matches the decision on your desk this week.Inside this guide you will: Tell the five delivery choices apart and make each one deliberately, then match a method to the project through selection criteria, public-sector constraints, and a side-by-side comparison of the major delivery families.Test whether an owner organization is genuinely ready, using decision rights, risk appetite, budget architecture, and a readiness gate that precedes procurement.Run design-build with discipline: team organization, qualifications and best-value procurement, criteria packages and bridging documents, design-to-release gates, and construction-phase administration.Make integration real rather than nominal, through validation, risk pool and incentive structure, open-book cost, lean planning, and information and model governance.Convert contract documents into governed field action through submittals, requests for information, supplemental instructions, observation planned around irreversibility, testing, and defensible disposition of nonconforming work.Classify change before pricing it, test the build-up rather than the bottom line, evaluate time impact on cause and logic, and certify payment applications on evidence.Close projects on criteria rather than optimism: substantial completion, punch lists, commissioning, owner training, record documents, warranties, and final payment.The apparatus is built for daily use: sixty analytical figures, worked scenarios from public institutional, healthcare, university and civic projects, chapter sources, a glossary of working terms, and three appendices giving a delivery method comparison matrix, a construction administration document register, and a grouped closeout checklist.One caution belongs at the front. The book discusses standard contract families and industry practice in general terms. It is not legal advice and cannot describe the agreement you signed; your executed documents, your jurisdiction, and your counsel govern.It is written for the people who carry delivery risk: owners and owner representatives who must select a method and live with it, architects and engineers administering construction contracts, design-build and construction management practitioners, project and program managers, public agency capital staff, and students and examination candidates who need the reasoning behind the terminology rather than the terminology alone.Open this guide at the decision in front of you and start running project delivery Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A drawing set can be beautiful, fully coordinated, and still lose the argument on site. When a contractor asks what "high quality" actually means, or installs something that satisfies the note on the plan but not the intent behind it, the answer is not in the drawings. It is in the written documents - or it is missing from them.Most architects learn to draw long before they learn to specify. Written documentation is often assembled late, under deadline, by copying sections from the last project and trusting the edits caught everything. The results are familiar: language too vague to enforce, requirements that quietly contradict the drawings, citations to discontinued products and superseded standards, and a submittal process that generates paperwork without improving the building. The cost arrives during construction.This comprehensive twenty-chapter reference treats specification writing as a professional discipline, not a clerical task performed at the end of a project. It runs from the contractual basis of written documentation, through the mechanics of drafting and the disciplines of product selection and coordination, to the technical territories where architectural requirements are hardest to write and the office systems that keep quality consistent between projects.Inside this book you willWrite requirements that can be measured, enforced, and defended, rather than adjectives that invite argument.Choose deliberately between describing a product, citing a standard, stating a performance outcome, or naming acceptable manufacturers - and know what each commits you to.Assemble a complete project manual, from procurement and contracting requirements through general requirements to the technical sections.Research and select products against project criteria, then document the decision so it holds when a substitution is proposed.Coordinate written requirements with drawings, schedules, and models through a repeatable pre-issue check rather than a last-minute scan.Build a submittal schedule proportionate to risk, and administer substitutions, changes, and field records without losing control.Establish office masters, editing systems, and quality routines that make documentation quality repeatable.Key topics: the contract standing of written documents; the numbering system that organises technical content; the three-part section structure; the four specifying methods; the administrative division governing procedures and closeout; codes, standards, listings and tested assemblies; quality assurance, mockups, testing and inspection; submittals and delegated design; sustainability, material health and embodied carbon; the building envelope; openings, interiors and finishes; structural, site, civil and landscape interfaces; mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-protection boundaries; procurement, alternates, allowances and substitutions; construction administration; and office master governance.The apparatus is built for working use: more than one hundred numbered sections, sixty figures, an applied exercise closing every chapter, and four appendices giving a division reference, a section drafting checklist, a submittal register template and a project manual review checklist, with a glossary and index.Who it is for: practising architects who carry documentation responsibility, project architects preparing sets for issue, specifiers, and firm principals accountable for documentation standards - and the consultants, contractors and owners' representatives who must read and respond to what architects write.Begin treating the written documents as the part of the set that speaks, and build the judgement to make them say exactly what you mean. This item is printed on Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The drawings were complete. The contract was signed. The schedule was baselined. And the project still stalled in a conference room, because no one could say who was entitled to decide, what information had to exist before the decision was valid, or what record would authorize the field to act on it.That failure is structural rather than technical. Delivery method, procurement method, contract form, management model, and production system are routinely discussed as though they were a single decision. They are five, and confusing them is the most common and most expensive error in capital delivery. The consequences surface later as unclear design liability, price certainty that arrives too late to matter, risk sitting with the party least able to carry it, changes priced before anyone classified them, and a closeout that stops rather than ends.This twenty-chapter guide separates those layers and rebuilds them into a working model, from owner readiness through post-occupancy review. The treatment is procedural rather than theoretical: where a decision requires a document, the document is named; where a process depends on a response time, the response time is discussed. Read it straight through as a course in delivery, or open it at the chapter that matches the decision on your desk this week.Inside this guide you will: Tell the five delivery choices apart and make each one deliberately, then match a method to the project through selection criteria, public-sector constraints, and a side-by-side comparison of the major delivery families.Test whether an owner organization is genuinely ready, using decision rights, risk appetite, budget architecture, and a readiness gate that precedes procurement.Run design-build with discipline: team organization, qualifications and best-value procurement, criteria packages and bridging documents, design-to-release gates, and construction-phase administration.Make integration real rather than nominal, through validation, risk pool and incentive structure, open-book cost, lean planning, and information and model governance.Convert contract documents into governed field action through submittals, requests for information, supplemental instructions, observation planned around irreversibility, testing, and defensible disposition of nonconforming work.Classify change before pricing it, test the build-up rather than the bottom line, evaluate time impact on cause and logic, and certify payment applications on evidence.Close projects on criteria rather than optimism: substantial completion, punch lists, commissioning, owner training, record documents, warranties, and final payment.The apparatus is built for daily use: sixty analytical figures, worked scenarios from public institutional, healthcare, university and civic projects, chapter sources, a glossary of working terms, and three appendices giving a delivery method comparison matrix, a construction administration document register, and a grouped closeout checklist.One caution belongs at the front. The book discusses standard contract families and industry practice in general terms. It is not legal advice and cannot describe the agreement you signed; your executed documents, your jurisdiction, and your counsel govern.It is written for the people who carry delivery risk: owners and owner representatives who must select a method and live with it, architects and engineers administering construction contracts, design-build and construction management practitioners, project and program managers, public agency capital staff, and students and examination candidates who need the reasoning behind the terminology rather than the terminology alone.Open this guide at the decision in front of you and start running pro Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Does Your Design Comply Every architectural project begins with the same critical question: does this design comply with the codes and regulations that govern it From occupancy classification and construction types to egress requirements and zoning setbacks, the regulatory landscape is vast, interconnected, and consequential.Many architects and architecture students can locate a code provision, but they struggle with practical application. How do you determine the correct construction type for a building with multiple occupancies What happens to allowable height and area with a sprinkler system How do you calculate exit width for a mixed-use assembly space Most resources treat building codes and zoning in isolation, and few addresses both with the depth design professionals require.Spanning seventeen chapters and nearly five hundred pages, this book provides a structured pathway through building codes and zoning regulations specifically for architects. Each chapter moves from foundational concepts to applied analysis using worked examples, step-by-step calculations, and real-world scenarios. Dedicated sections identify where learners commonly go wrong.Inside, you will find the knowledge to: - Understand occupancy classifications, construction types, and allowable height and area with step-by-step calculations and worked examples- Master egress design including occupant load calculations, exit width sizing, travel distance limits, and stairway specifications- Gain practical knowledge of fire protection systems, fire-resistance ratings, and interior finish requirements- Navigate accessibility requirements and their integration with egress and site design- Develop a working understanding of zoning fundamentals including districts, setbacks, floor area ratio, and the approval process- Apply code analysis to renovations and existing buildings, and understand energy conservation requirements- Recognize professional liability implications including the architect's standard of care and risk managementKey topics: Occupancy classification, construction types, height and area calculations, fire protection, means of egress, interior finishes, accessibility, structural loads, energy conservation, existing building codes, zoning districts, the permit process, and professional practice and liability.Written for architecture students, licensing examination candidates, early-career architects, and practicing professionals who need a thorough, architect-focused reference covering both building codes and zoning regulations.Begin building a clearer understanding of the regulatory landscape that shapes every architectural project. Add this comprehensive guide to your professional library and start applying its structured approach to the code challenges that matter most. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A drawing set can be beautiful, fully coordinated, and still lose the argument on site. When a contractor asks what "high quality" actually means, or installs something that satisfies the note on the plan but not the intent behind it, the answer is not in the drawings. It is in the written documents - or it is missing from them.Most architects learn to draw long before they learn to specify. Written documentation is often assembled late, under deadline, by copying sections from the last project and trusting the edits caught everything. The results are familiar: language too vague to enforce, requirements that quietly contradict the drawings, citations to discontinued products and superseded standards, and a submittal process that generates paperwork without improving the building. The cost arrives during construction.This comprehensive twenty-chapter reference treats specification writing as a professional discipline, not a clerical task performed at the end of a project. It runs from the contractual basis of written documentation, through the mechanics of drafting and the disciplines of product selection and coordination, to the technical territories where architectural requirements are hardest to write and the office systems that keep quality consistent between projects.Inside this book you willWrite requirements that can be measured, enforced, and defended, rather than adjectives that invite argument.Choose deliberately between describing a product, citing a standard, stating a performance outcome, or naming acceptable manufacturers - and know what each commits you to.Assemble a complete project manual, from procurement and contracting requirements through general requirements to the technical sections.Research and select products against project criteria, then document the decision so it holds when a substitution is proposed.Coordinate written requirements with drawings, schedules, and models through a repeatable pre-issue check rather than a last-minute scan.Build a submittal schedule proportionate to risk, and administer substitutions, changes, and field records without losing control.Establish office masters, editing systems, and quality routines that make documentation quality repeatable.Key topics: the contract standing of written documents; the numbering system that organises technical content; the three-part section structure; the four specifying methods; the administrative division governing procedures and closeout; codes, standards, listings and tested assemblies; quality assurance, mockups, testing and inspection; submittals and delegated design; sustainability, material health and embodied carbon; the building envelope; openings, interiors and finishes; structural, site, civil and landscape interfaces; mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-protection boundaries; procurement, alternates, allowances and substitutions; construction administration; and office master governance.The apparatus is built for working use: more than one hundred numbered sections, sixty figures, an applied exercise closing every chapter, and four appendices giving a division reference, a section drafting checklist, a submittal register template and a project manual review checklist, with a glossary and index.Who it is for: practising architects who carry documentation responsibility, project architects preparing sets for issue, specifiers, and firm principals accountable for documentation standards - and the consultants, contractors and owners' representatives who must read and respond to what architects write.Begin treating the written documents as the part of the set that speaks, and build the judgement to make them say exactly what you mean. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Does Your Design Comply?Every architectural project begins with the same critical question: does this design comply with the codes and regulations that govern it? From occupancy classification and construction types to egress requirements and zoning setbacks, the regulatory landscape is vast, interconnected, and consequential.Many architects and architecture students can locate a code provision, but they struggle with practical application. How do you determine the correct construction type for a building with multiple occupancies? What happens to allowable height and area with a sprinkler system? How do you calculate exit width for a mixed-use assembly space? Most resources treat building codes and zoning in isolation, and few addresses both with the depth design professionals require.Spanning seventeen chapters and nearly five hundred pages, this book provides a structured pathway through building codes and zoning regulations specifically for architects. Each chapter moves from foundational concepts to applied analysis using worked examples, step-by-step calculations, and real-world scenarios. Dedicated sections identify where learners commonly go wrong.Inside, you will find the knowledge to: Understand occupancy classifications, construction types, and allowable height and area with step-by-step calculations and worked examplesMaster egress design including occupant load calculations, exit width sizing, travel distance limits, and stairway specificationsGain practical knowledge of fire protection systems, fire-resistance ratings, and interior finish requirementsNavigate accessibility requirements and their integration with egress and site designDevelop a working understanding of zoning fundamentals including districts, setbacks, floor area ratio, and the approval processApply code analysis to renovations and existing buildings, and understand energy conservation requirementsRecognize professional liability implications including the architect's standard of care and risk managementKey topics: Occupancy classification, construction types, height and area calculations, fire protection, means of egress, interior finishes, accessibility, structural loads, energy conservation, existing building codes, zoning districts, the permit process, and professional practice and liability.Written for architecture students, licensing examination candidates, early-career architects, and practicing professionals who need a thorough, architect-focused reference covering both building codes and zoning regulations.Begin building a clearer understanding of the regulatory landscape that shapes every architectural project. Add this comprehensive guide to your professional library and start applying its structured approach to the code challenges that matter most. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …