Books in the Building and Surveying Series series

This is an introductory text to facilities management, with two chapters added, covering property portfolio management and practical case studies. It also stresses the role of IT to make facilities management an immediate manager's tool.

An exposition of building maintenance in all its aspects, to serve the needs of building surveyors and other professionals involved in this activity and building, surveying and architectural students. It shows the importance of properly maintaining buildings and the advisability of providing adequate feedback to the design team.

The author is known for his extremely clear, finely crafted text, and the book offers a wealth of excellent worked examples.This text is designed to be useful, at all levels, to students and practitioners of architecture, construction studies, building services, surveying, and environmental science.

This book covers the whole range of marketing principles, skills and knowledge that the modern construction manager - from whatever discipline or profession within the industry - requires to generate effective and profitable business.

Property Finance provides an overview of the field, linking the areas of property and construction with an understanding of financial structures and concepts.

The third edition of this popular textbook offers a comprehensive and student-friendly exploration of the application of property valuation and appraisal techniques. Thoroughly revised and re-structured, it covers topics including risk, residential lease extensions, enfranchisement and cash flows. The text explain the theory concisely but at the same time seeks to show the application of different techniques in the contexts which are often encountered in practice. Detailed yet accessible, Property Valuation Techniques is ideal reading both for second and third year undergraduates; for postgraduates, both those new to the subject and those looking to extend their knowledge; and for practitioners who are not valuers but require some familiarity with the vocabulary, principles and application of the valuation toolkit or who are looking to refresh and develop their understanding of property valuation.

This classic text now available for the first time in line with Irish codes is aimed at students studying building measurement in the early years of quantity surveying and building degree courses. It contains a careful selection of worked examples embracing all the principal building elements and including a range of approaches.

As before, a selection of typical examination questions is presented, together with suggested answers, but additional questions have now been provided in each subject area. Questions and answers are arranged separately in subject areas, with a chapter devoted to each.

The first eight chapters deal with financial reporting and analysis, covering such topics as business finance, the financial position and the balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow and the interpretation of financial statements.

...a valuable contribution to the education of the surveying profession and fills a gap in the market. It will prove invaluable to part-time or external students who do no have the benefit of regular face-to-face contact with teaching staff.' Nick French, Journal of Property Valuation & Investment

For the third edition, the author has revised his popular text and enlarged the chapters on the valuation of freehold and leasehold interests, discounted cash flow techniques and methods of valuation.

This second edition of Building Procurement has been revised to take into account recent developments in procurement, such as the Private Finance initiative, as well as some of the recommendations in the Latham Report and its working groups.

This book is a comprehensive analysis of property investment and the market's determination of commercial property values and investment performance. The author examines the economic forces that operate in the property market by placing property in the context of the overall investment market and the local, national and international economies.

This work explores the general principles which govern civil liability for the design and construction of building works. Essentially it is concerned with three key questions: who can be sued; who can sue; and what remedies are available to the injured party.

This book deals with the economics of construction at three levels: the industry, the firm and the project. It links the economics of the production process of construction to the economics of its output, namely the buildings and structures of the built environment.

This revised and reset new fifth edition generally follows the structure of the previous edition, although some of the material of the earlier chapters has been rearranged, in addition to being updated and extended. It will be valuable to students taking degree or equivalent courses in urban economics, urban geography or town planning;

This book confronts the difficult problems that arise in claim situations. There is extensive reference to UK and international case law, and a systematic approach to various types of claims, assisted by helpful explanatory diagrams. Suitable for construction professionals and contractors, and undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Provides a full overview for students and professionals, examining each stage of the development process. There are new chapters on planning and sustainability, continued focus on appraisal techniques with worked examples, updated content on sensitivity testing and funding mechanisms, and new self-assessment questions with model answers.