Partnering in the construction industry : a code of practice for strategic collaborative working / John Bennett and Sarah Peace ; with the Chartered Institute of Building.
By: Bennett, John
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Contributor(s): Peace, Sarah [author] | Chartered Institute of Building (Great Britain).
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BookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017Copyright date: ©2006Description: xii, 267 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0750664983 (paperback); 9780750664981 (paperback).Subject(s): Partnership | Construction contracts | Construction industry | Architecture and Planning | Architecture | Building construction & materialsDDC classification: 720.68 | 692.8 BEN | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 720.68 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Core Reading - BULD8008 | 00162811 | ||
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 692.8 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 38888000570063 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction projects. 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. The expert guidance also gives the construction industry the time and resources needed to give proper attention to all aspects of quality including sustainability and total life cycle costs.to match and then exceed today's best practice.
Bibliography: (pages 265-267).
Section 1: Briefing senior managers -- Project partnering explained -- Section 2: Successful partnering -- Selecting firms for partnering -- Actions at the start of projects -- Actions during projects -- Developing partnering skills -- Developing strategic collaborative working -- Section 3: The tool kit -- Techniques and checklists.
The authors explain how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve higher levels of efficiency and certainty. They show how partnering is used to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of all kinds.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Partnering Explained
- Selecting Firms for Partnering
- Actions at the Start of Projects
- Actions during Projects
- Developing Partnering Skills
- Developing Partnering Project Teams
- Techniques and Check Lists