Construction attorney James Acret presents real examples that show what can go wrong with contracts, changes, breach of contract, torts, fraud and misrepresentation, warranty and strict liability, construction defects, indemnity, insurance, mechanics liens, bond and bonding, statutes of limitations, arbitration, and more. These easy-to-read examples illustrate who is right and who is wrong, according to the law. Includes glossaries of Legal Terms and Construction Terms.

A Simplified Guide to Construction Law

Acret, James

BNI Publications

This handy reference measures 7 1/4" x 4 1/4"-- which means it fits perfectly in your pocket or briefcase. The Building News Construction Dictionary: Pocket Edition can be used for easy reference. This dictionary offers you extensive coverage of construction terms, which can help any Construction Professional in his/her daily operations. Expand your knowledge of construction terms with this very useful reference.

Construction Dictionary, Pocket Edition

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Dictionaries & Thesauruses

A practical guide to simplified construction surveying. How to divide land, use a transit and tape to find a known point, draw an accurate survey map from your field notes, use topographic surveys, and the right way to level and set grade. You'll learn how to make a survey for any residential or commercial lot, driveway, road, or bridge - including how to figure cuts and fills and calculate excavation quantities. Use this guide to make your own surveys, or just read and verify the accuracy of surveys made by others.

Construction Surveying & Layout 2nd Ed

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

A great resource for professionals who work in the construction environment. It offers a thorough understanding of the legal issues facing those in the industry. You'll find clear information on basic construction law, torts, liens, dispute resolution, and the most commonly used contract forms.

Bni National Construction Law Manual 4th Ed.

Business

Standard Estimating Practice: American Society of Professional Estimators

Les Chipman

This practical manual explains what you need to know to operate successfully as a drywall contractor. It covers the trade, planning and estimating jobs, and the do's and dont's of running a drywall contracting business. The book is filled with practical tips, pictures, drawings, tables, forms and examples to help you build a career as a successful drywall contractor.

Drywall Contracting

Frane, James T.

Gives all accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities and contains the full text of the new (July 2004) ADA and ABA guidelines, organized and presented in an easy-to-use format with an extended index and enhanced illustrations. What's more, you'll find all like subjects contained in the same chapter, with cross-references to all relevant guidelines, and special advisories to enhance your understanding of the guidelines and their practical application. All current accessability requirements are listed in this massive encyclopedia of information. It features 18 sections, 112 chapters, 104 figures, and 29 tables to help you understand all aspects of accessability requirements in construction

ADA & ABA Accessibility Guildelines for Bldgs. & Facilites

Arts & Photography

William D. Mahoney

Architecture

Sweets Residential Cost Guide 2006

Marketing Made Easy for AEC - Principles and Procedures Take charge of the marketing process! If you are a professional working in a technical or project management role for a design, contracting, or consulting firm, the Marketing Made Easy for AEC - Principles and Procedures will help you win more clients. Marketing Made Easy clearly sets forth a step-by-step process for figuring out what clients need, devising ways to meet those needs and convincing prospective clients to hire you instead of the competition. What's more, Marketing Made Easy for AEC - Principles and Procedures is packed with real-life scenarios that put the marketing principles into a familiar, easy to understand context that make them easy to apply. Apply these techniques to your business and watch your sales soar.

Marketing Made Easy for the AEC Firm: Principles and Procedures

Faure-Brac, Russell

The Maintenance Manger's Standard Manual is a complete reference of practical, results-oriented procedures for organizing, planning, scheduling, assigning, documenting, and measuring all types of maintenance work.Whether you are a maintenance manager, engineer, executive, teacher, or student, you will find all of the essential ingredients for understanding and carrying out successful day-to-day management of maintenance activities; but more than that, you'll find an integrated plan for continuos improvement will provide benefits year after year that will bring higher management visibility and success to your organization and to you, personally, in your own career advancement.The table of contents lists 61 chapter headings covering the administrative, engineering, and operating phases of the maintenance function and an alphabetic index by key word is sub-indexed for even finer zeroing-in on your topic of interest. Additionally, there is a new chapter summary at the beginning of each chapter in this edition listing the major chapter headings and contents.Owning this manual means having the most up-to-date compilation of maintenance management productivity tools available at your fingertips. Since the author's experience includes both maintenance management operations responsibility and consulting to hundreds of private and public sector organizations, the book is a combination of depth of experience in the details of operations as well as selection of the best of practices from a broad cross-section of industry, commercial, and government operations.

Maintenance Manager's Standard Manual [With CDROM]

Science & Math

Thomas A. Westerkamp

Technology

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