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Response Control and Seismic Isolation of Buildings

By Masahiko Higashino, Shin Okamoto

This state of the art report from an international task group (TG44) of CIB, the International Council of Building Research Organisations, presents a highly authoritative...

ISBN: 978-0-415-36623-6 | Published September 5th 2006 by Taylor and Francis.

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Construction Safety Management Systems

Edited by Steve Rowlinson

The construction industry has a distressingly poor safety record, whether measured in absolute terms or alongside other industries. The level of construction safety in a...

ISBN: 978-0-415-30063-6 | Published April 29th 2004 by Taylor and Francis.

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Innovation in Construction - An International Review of Public Policies

Edited by Andre Manseau, George Seaden

How can innovation in the construction industry be strengthened? What instruments and approaches are being used by governments to promote it? What works and under...

ISBN: 978-0-415-25478-6 | Published May 24th 2001 by Taylor and Francis.

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Residential Open Building

By Stephen H. Kendall, Jonathan Teicher

Residential Open Building, the result of a CIB Task Group 'Open Building Implementation', provides a state-of-the-art review of open building, fundamental principles, recent developments, and...

ISBN: 978-0-419-23830-0 | Published November 25th 1999 by Taylor and Francis.

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Procurement Systems

A Guide to Best Practice in Construction

Edited by Peter McDermott, Steve Rowlinson

Procurement Systems details the whole spectrum of procurement issues in the construction industry, starting with the client /customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based...

ISBN: 978-0-419-24100-3 | Published July 29th 1999 by Taylor and Francis.

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Case Studies in Post Construction Liability and Insurance

Edited by Anthony Lavers

This comparative international review of law and practice liability describes the framework in which lawyers, insurers, contractors and clients dealing with liability operate. The act...

ISBN: 978-0-419-24570-4 | Published April 15th 1999 by Taylor and Francis.

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Profitable Partnering in Construction Procurement

Edited by Stephen Ogunlana

Profitable Partnering in Construction Procurement is a compilation of papers presented at the CIB W92 Symposium held in Chaing Mai, Thailand in January 1999. This...

ISBN: 978-0-419-24760-9 | Published January 21st 1999 by Taylor and Francis.

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Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Construction

An International Perspective

Edited by Edward Davies, Peter Fenn, Michael O'Shea

Many construction conflicts and disputes are not limited to particular jurisdictions or cultures, but are increasingly becoming common across the industry worldwide. This book is...

ISBN: 978-0-419-23700-6 | Published August 27th 1998 by Taylor and Francis.

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Building Education and Research

Edited by Weilen P. Chang, Jay Yang

Building Education and Research explores this new active area of research in a series of papers by internationally acclaimed experts, presented at the CIB W89...

ISBN: 978-0-419-23800-3 | Published July 2nd 1998 by Taylor and Francis.

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Open and Industrialised Building

Edited by A. Sarja

There is clearly potential for the industrial production of open buildings, buildings where the parts which are designed to allow a high degree of freedom...

ISBN: 978-0-419-23840-9 | Published June 18th 1998 by Taylor and Francis.

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CIB, the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, is a world-wide network of over 5000 experts from about 500 member organisations active in the building and construction research community, in industry or in education. Cooperation takes place through over 50 Commissions and Task Groups which initiate projects for R&D and information exchange, organise meetings and produce publications. This series consists of a carefully selection of state-of-the-art reports and conference proceedings from CIB activities.