Construction Technology Analysis And Choice, 2nd Edition

Download or read book Construction Technology Analysis And Choice, 2nd Edition written by Tony Bryan and published by . This book was released on with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition has been expanded to include commercial buildings. This now covers, in a single textbook, all the basic forms of construction studied on professional courses. The book takes as its theme the process of choice: what the expert has to know and how he/she might think through the decisions to be made about the design, production, maintenance and disposal of buildings. It is written with the conviction that by focusing on the process of choice, the range of theory and knowledge that is useful to practice becomes explicit, making the link between knowledge and practice, and between understanding and experience. Students will find here explanations of how environments, structural behaviour, production know-how, cost and social concerns such as sustainability can be taken into account in the choice of construction.