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CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Handbook of Project
Management Procedures
Best Practice Tendering for

Design and Build Projects
Albert Hamilton
Alan Griffith and Andrew King, Sheffield Hallam

University and Andrew Knight, Nottingham Trent
University
NEW
Sir Frank Gibb
March 2004
Hardbound
2003
374 pp
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This book provides definitive, comprehensive, stepby-step, best-practice processes for managing any
type of project from start to finish.
This is the book that everyone involved in projects
has been waiting for, but until now has not been
available. It is not academic. It is not of a general
nature. This is the first practical, project
management book that provides working standards
and practices in the recognised project
management knowledge areas. It will be of
significant guidance and assistance to all those
engaged in projects and their management.
Todays enlightened leaders recognise that projects
are the basis by which organisations achieve their
strategic targets. They are also acutely aware that
the management processes used on project work
are different to that used on other types of
organisational work. As most people are involved,
in some way or other in projects, this Handbook will
be invaluable in providing a way to do it.
Project managements importance to corporations
and public bodies is becoming more and more
critical. Formalised project management
methodologies are essential for all organisations
that are either project driven or where projects are
a significant aspect of their business and what
they do.
This Handbook is structured into four distinct
parts:
Part 1: Introduction - the concept of the living
book
Part 2: Projects - three integrated structures for
managing projects
Part 3: Project Management procedures - how to
use them
Part 4: Route Maps - from inception to
completion
There is increasing pressure upon clients, in particular

government departments and local authorities, to
procure construction projects in a best practice
manner. Design and Build is one procurement
approach used extensively, both in the UK and
worldwide; being recognised for its capability to deliver
real value to both public and private sector clients.
This book is based on the findings of an Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
funded project. It reports on the factual experiences
of those construction practitioners involved in
Design and Build procurement and presents
practical tools for the application of best practice
tendering. This book provides a comprehensive
guide for consultants and practitioners involved in
the procurement process.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Design and Build
The development of tendering arrangements in
the construction industry
Pre-qualification
Competition in Design and Build projects
Published guidance, ethical and practical
considerations
The practical application of best practice
tendering
References
Index
This excellent book lists simple proposals, put

forward by a variety of experienced people, which,
if implemented correctly, will help reduce
construction problems and cost, and make work
more straightforward and safe.
Buildability is a practical guide based on extensive
experience of construction projects, and it will be
invaluable for all those seeking to improve the
efficiency of their practice.
CONTENTS
The state of the industry
The health and safety issues
The business requirements
Good practice in the construction process
The future
References
Index
Strategic Management
Applied to International
Construction
Rodney Howes, Chairman of the Innovation and
Research Committee of the Construction Industry, UK
and formerly Head of the School of Construction, South
Bank University and Joseph H M Tah, Professor of
Construction Management, South Bank University
Successful construction from concept to

completion
2003
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Buildability demonstrates that projects that go well

and leave satisfied clients and contractors are based
on thorough planning and design. However, there are
many factors to consider to achieve a successful
outcome. These include the implementation of
guidance on fair practice, better management and
improved techniques suggested by the Latham and
Egan reports, and the application of improved health
and safety measures. Also required is a knowledge of
practical construction and the incorporation of this
knowledge into the project details from the outset.
Buildability
This book in many ways breaks new ground and is

unique. As a Handbook it is the ideal readyreference for any user involved in projects and
project management. As a living book the users
have the opportunity to relay their experiences and
comments directly to the author through
registering in the Sign up for the alumni section
and influence and enhance future editions of this
publication.
This book fills an important gap in

construction literature and makes a
positive contribution to improving
buildability and hence efficiency. I
am sure it will benefit its readers and
the construction industry generally.
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This book has been specifically written to provide a
broad coverage of the knowledge required to
address strategic issues relating to the business of
construction on a global scale. Unlike previous
books in this area, it is not biased towards practice
in any particular country. Instead, it provides
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knowledge that is universally applicable. This

knowledge is supported by a series of case studies
of leading consultants, contractors and suppliers of
products, materials and construction equipment to
highlight current best practice by organisations in
America, Japan and Europe. Supporting the text are
numerous diagrams, charts and tables to help
visualise the key issues.
practical case studies, the authors demonstrate how

steps towards innovation through management
systems and processes are applicable in key
organisations involved in the construction process.
Strategic Management Applied to International

Construction will be an excellent reference work for
practitioners across all construction related
disciplines who are seeking to supplement their
strategic business knowledge and expertise in the
broad spectrum of international construction. The
book will also be essential reading for postgraduate
students studying construction management and
for undergraduates who are studying specialist
options.
David Blockley, University of Bristol and

Patrick Godfrey, Halcrow
CONTENTS
Introduction
Preparation for entry into international
construction
International trade and the nature of
international construction
Corporate strategy
Marketing, competitive advantage and
procurement
International construction finance
International management culture
International human resource management
Organization structure and management
systems
Communications
Project management
Future horizons
Managing Innovation in
Construction
Martyn Jones and Mohammed Saad, University of
West of England
2003
Hardbound
316pp
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This book investigates best practice across
different sectors of the economy and their
transfers into the context of construction. It
examines the development and diffusion of
innovation to address adversarial relationships, the
fragmented processes and lack of customer focus
which still characterise much of the industry.
It explains systematically how construction must
respond to the raft of new management processes
expounded throughout the past decade in a bid to
achieve a more appropriate approach for business
innovation in construction. Through a number of
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Doing it Differently
Systems for rethinking construction
2000
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336pp
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Briefing and client requirements processing
Tools and methodologies for client
requirements processing
Methodology for client requirements processing
Capturing client requirements with the client
requirements processing model
ClientPro: software version of the client
requirements processing model
Summary and conclusions
Construction Creativity
Casebook
David Langford and Branka Dimitrijevi
c,
University of Glasgow
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2002
This informative and practical book provides
numerous tools, techniques and case studies that
will help change the way things are done within the
construction industry. It explores the rapidly
changing expectations of the clients of the
construction industry and includes a tool kit to help
make a difference. It also encourages both clients
and industry to explore the concepts outlined in the
Governments report Rethinking Construction, and
helps develop its basic ideas focused on the
customer process and people.
CONTENTS
Preface
Part 1: The need to do it differently; Meeting the
challenge
Part 2: Thinking differently; Focussing on
process; Finding leverage; Hard & soft; Practical
foresight
Part 3: Making the difference; Business cases;
Managing the team; Managing the life-cycle;
Looking to the future
Capturing Client
Requirements in
Construction Projects
John M Kamara, University of Newcastle-uponTyne, Chimay J Anumba, University of
Loughborough and Nosa F Evbuomwan, Divine Inc.
2002 Paperbound 192pp
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This book describes an innovative and structured
approach for capturing client requirements on
construction projects. The new approach,
encapsulated in a Client Requirements Processing
Model (CRPM) and associated prototype software,
ClientPro, facilitates better understanding and
implementation of clients requirements, more
effective collaborative working and design
creativity. CRPM also promotes effective facility
management by ensuring early identification of
issues affecting the whole life cycle.
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Many innovations in the UK construction industry
are in response to government initiatives based on
the Egan Report. This publication provides a
background and profile of innovations in the UK
construction industry through an analysis of the
innovations presented within the Network of
Construction Creativity Clubs (NCCC).
The analysis of collected data shows that
significant efforts are being made in the
construction industry, academia, professional
organisations, and through government initiatives
to stimulate and achieve improvements.
Innovations are taking place in all construction
related areas, especially in environmental impact
management, contracting and partnering,
procurement, and application of IT.
Building Innovation
Complex constructs in a changing world
David Gann, University of Sussex
2000 Hardbound 264pp
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This book presents an understanding of how to
manage contemporary change. It starts in the
Machine Age, showing how a sophisticated set of
industries and design processes have evolved to
work with new materials, components and systems,
culminating in the experiences and skills needed to
integrate systems in the Digital Age. The book
compares approaches and draws lessons from
Europe, Japan and North America. It addresses the
role of government policies and professional
institutions in supporting innovative approaches
aimed at improving performance in construction. It
concludes with lessons for the management of
technology and innovation in project based firms.
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looks at:
Design Chains
A handbook for Integrated Collaborative
Design
S Austin, A Baldwin, D Root, D Thomson and
A Thorpe, Loughborough University, J Hammond
and M Murray, AMEC
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This book presents innovative thinking on supply
chain management. Springing from the work of the
Integrated Collaborative Design (ICD) research
project, a combined industry and academic
initiative, it presents a set of key principles and
practices that provide a new approach to design
management the design chain. It describes how
design can be understood, managed and optimised
to add value for clients. The practices developed
through ICD and described in the book provide a
timely response to the need to manage design
complexity to help collaborating organizations
deliver projects that meet client needs.
Benefits of an ICD approach include:
creating business level frameworks for
organizations to collaborate for mutual benefit
on projects
aiding understanding of design information flows
helping organisations align their competencies
and business cultures
promoting value adding design solutions
Integrated processes across organisations.
a practical model for applying partnering in

your projects
the principles and tools as well as a generic
process for developing any procurement strategy
a review of traditional contractual
arrangements; when to use them and their
suitability for partnering
the concepts, process and mechanisms for
developing a balanced incentive plan
specific considerations when using incentives
to improve time, quality, performance in use,
service and/or health and safety
the ten key implementation points when using
target and reimbursable contracts
when to use alliances both project and
strategic, and their key implementation points
from a procurement perspective.
Written in accessible language and using
accelerated learning techniques to promote
comprehension and retention, Procurement Routes
for Partnering translates cutting edge thinking and
academic rigour into practical application. It is a
must-read for any construction professional
involved in setting up a partnering relationship.
Contracting for Business

Success
Andrew Cox and Ian Thompson, University of
Birmingham
Procurement Routes for

Partnering
. . . A highly informative insight

into contracting practices. It offers
essential guidance that is relevant
to all contract managers.
Practical Guide
Martyn Osborn, Scottish Hydro-Electric plc
Dr Jon Broome
CONTENTS
Part 1: What is partnering why adopt alliancing?
Potential barriers to alliancing
Legal considerations
Part 2: Implementing an alliance a tool kit
The owner internal alignment process
Starting the process with potential alliance
contractors
Selecting alliance contractors
Contracts for alliancing
The alliance incentive scheme
Project organisations in an alliance
Project procedures and processes in an alliance
Building and sustaining alliance relationships
Monitoring performance in an alliance
Building relationships with others
Trusting the Team

The best practice guide to partnering in
construction
Professor John Bennett and Sarah Jayes,
University of Reading
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Best Practice Partnering in

Social Housing Development
Martyn Jones and Vic OBrien
2003
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124pp
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Partnering in Europe
Hardbound
Incentive based alliancing for projects
416pp
Bob Scott
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2001
This book is aimed at those who want to apply, or

improve the application of, partnering to their
projects in the construction and heavy engineering
industries. It focuses on procurement aspects and
is based on the premise that unless the commercial
and contractual conditions align objectives, there is
little stimulus to change the culture and integrate
processes and teams to achieve the outstanding
results that can be attained through partnering.
This invaluable book presents detailed information
about partnering and procurement process, which
will lead to better delivery of construction projects.
More specifically Procurement routes for partnering
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This handbook provides a practical guide for
creating and implementing project specific
alliances, primarily for engineering construction
activities for private-sector clients.
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This essential book provides a seven-step model for
developing new supply chain relationships and
describes how best to approach and manage
sustainable partnerships. It identifies a number of
benefits and dangers that can flow from close, open
and more collaborative customersupplier
relationships:
higher housing quality
more open communication
greater certainty in relation to quality, price and
programme
continuity of work for contractors
loss of competitiveness due to complacency
problems of dependency due to fewer suppliers
and customers
reconciling the aims, values and objectives of
the competing organisations involved
Best Practice Partnering in Social Housing

Development will be an invaluable resource for
registered social landlords (RSLs), consultants and
contractors, housing associations, local authorities
and students of best practice. A useful audit
checklist is included at the end of each section that
can be employed by RSL staff to gauge the level of
implementation.
The Future of International

Construction
Ranko Bon and David Crosthwaite, University of
Reading
2000
Paperbound
This book is a major reference

work that provides essential
information for all future rail
transport developments in
London. It is essential reading for
anyone with an interest in public
transport planning and the
complex processes involved in the
development and delivery of
major infrastructure projects. It is
well written, full of fascinating
detail and an interesting read!
Professor Brian Mellitt
Director of Engineering, London Underground,
1989 to 1995, past-President of the Institution of
Electrical Engineers
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
BOARD REPORTS
In June 1997 the Construction Industry Board (CIB)
published a series of codes of practice and good
practice guides, which aim to improve the
performance of the UK construction industry by
instilling a culture of cooperation, teamwork and
continuous improvement.
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This book begins with a brief background and

history to international construction activity and
moves on to disseminate and discuss the findings
of the European Construction Economics Research
Unit (ECERU) surveys. By examining three
horizons: 25 years, 5 years and 12 months,
predictions are made for short and medium-term
developments and where possible, a comparison is
made between the survey predictions and the
actual outcomes.
A Bridge to the Future

Profitable construction for tomorrows
industry and its customers
Roger Flanagan, Ian Ingram and Laurence Marsh,
University of Reading
1998 Paperbound (including CD-ROM)
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The Jubilee Line Extension

From concept to completion
Bob Mitchell
2003
Much has been written about the construction work

and architecture of the JLE, particularly the
stations; however, this is the first book that
provides a rounded view of how a major new
underground railway line came to be built. It
presents key details of the JLE project activities
relating to transport planning, the legal processes,
comprehensive safety planning, procurement,
contracting, engineering development,
environmental issues, project management and
commissioning.
The Jubilee Line Extension: From concept to
completion will appeal to everyone who is interested
in major transportation projects and in discovering
how the JLE was able to deliver a major urban
infrastructure with the minimum of environmental
disturbance and with an exemplary safety record.
Project managers will find this detailed record of all
that was involved an inspiration and an invaluable
source of information, which they can apply to other
projects they are working on now and in the future.
CONTENTS
Planning and design 1990 to 1993
The parliamentary process
The route described
Safety
Trains and operations
The stations
Tunnelling the line
Electrical and mechanical engineering
Commissioning and line opening 1998 to 2000
The contracts
Time, cost and quality
Look to the future
Appendix 1 JLE main contractors
References and further reading
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Briefing the team

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Code of practice for the

selection of main contractors
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Code of practice for the

selection of subcontractors
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Selecting consultants for

the team
Balancing quality and price
2nd edition
Peter Morris, UMIST
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Code of practice for clients of the

construction industry
The Management of Projects
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Constructing success
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Fourteen original CIB reports are available in a

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Managing Projects for

Success
A trilogy
Albert Hamilton, Consultant
Project Management of
Multiple Projects and
Contracts
Edited by Jack Loftus, Jackpot Limited
The management of scope

The management of time
The management of cost
Quality management and project performance
The interaction of time, cost and quality
Project implementation
People in project management
Procurement
Project appraisal
Variability, uncertainty and risk
Project management information systems
2001
1999
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Construction Project Teams
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Making them work profitably
This book is a response to a growing need for

project management, management that is needed
when leading, or working within, teams undertaking
a partial or complete project. This is a how to do it
book of considerable value to practitioners and
students alike. It addresses the challenge of theory
application by providing a series of exercises and
comprehensive illustrations.
It is written in three inter-related parts Part 1: The
framework, Part 2: Planning for control and Part 3:
The tool kit to promote clarity of understanding
and study, will equip the reader with specialist
skills that can be immediately applied in practice.
Partnering in the Social

Housing Sector
A handbook
European Construction Institute
2000 Wirobound 112pp
This multi-authored work provides detailed

guidance on managing multiple projects, and
advises on the standard contracts that should be
used. It assists engineers and managers in
organisations where little established
infrastructure and assistance exists, offering clear
guidance and step-by-step accounts of project
management as viewed by all of the concerned
parties. It covers the whole spectrum from the
capital expenditure budgeting process through to
commissioning and beneficial use.
CONTENTS
The clients problem
Capital expenditure proposals
Commercial management
Cost control and estimating
Project management
Accounting for projects
Engineering and project department
organization
The management of projects
Tim Cornick, University of Reading and

James Mather, Johnston & Mather
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This book addresses the important issues
involved in forming effective and profitable teams
for construction projects both within and
between client, design and construction firms. It
is divided into two main sections.
The first contains theories related to particular
aspects of project teams, with key points
illustrating their practical application. The second
contains real and simulated building and civil
engineering case studies, each concluding with
corrective lessons to aid successful construction
project team building.
Unconstrained Organizations
Managing sustainable change
Ted M Hutchin
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This handbook provides the social housing sector
with a step-by-step guide to implementing
partnering arrangements for both additions to, and
refurbishment of, their housing stock. It is
particularly relevant to the Governments Best
Value requirements, which necessitate continuous
improvement in efficiency, effectiveness and
economy for local authorities.
This valuable guide to partnering will have application
in many areas of the building and construction
industry, particularly for work for the public sector.
CONTENTS
Why partner? Current partnering practices
How to partner The partnering process
The partnering decision mechanism
The partnering selection mechanism
The partnering implementation mechanism
The partnering maintenance and development
mechanism
Contractual matters
The audit trail
Training
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Construction Project
Management
2001
Getting it right first time
Hardbound
John Woodward, Consultant
168pp
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Its breadth and depth commend

it to everybody who needs to
refresh, or extend their knowledge
of the subject . . . It covers the full
range of techniques from the hard
basics of network analysis to the
softer but vital human aspects.
Dr Martin Barnes
CONTENTS
What is a project?
What is management?
What has to be managed in a project?
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Every organisation has to deal with constraints. The
Theory of Constraints argues that there are typically
only a few constraints and that they can be
determined through the application of a robust and
logical thinking process. The expectation is that having
found the constraint, developed the solution and
implemented the plan, the results would simply follow.
This book examines the fact that on many occasions
the expected results did not appear. The identification
of a crucial barrier to change entitled paradigm lock is
the key finding of the research and the methods by
which it might be overcome. The book covers the
research process used to determine this phenomenon
and the steps taken to validate the findings before
gaining confidence in what was discovered.
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The Value Management

Benchmark
Enterprise Focused
Management
Professor Steven Male, University of Leeds, John

Kelly, Marcus Grnqvist, Scott Fernie and Graeme
Bowles, Heriot-Watt University
Changing the face of project management

Ted M Hutchin
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Based on the authors research over a three year
period in a number of different companies
throughout Europe, this book discusses the key
issues within organisations today. These
companies, drawn from project-based industries
such as construction and high-tech product
development, understand the pressure to make
profit both now and in the future. They have a
wealth of data at their fingertips; yet remain
unable to make sense of this mass of information.
Using the rigour and logic of the Theory of
Constraints first to analyse these difficulties, and
then to propose a way forward, the book should be
first port of call for all working or preparing to work
in such environments.
on the psychology of judgement and its application in

professional decision making, as well as his extensive
experience in the field of engineering planning, design
and construction, the author has arrived at fresh
insights that will benefit all engineers.
CostBenefit Analysis for

Engineers and Planners
Michael Snell, Mott McDonald
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Risk Analysis and

Management for Projects
(RAMP)
Institution of Civil Engineers and the Actuarial
Profession
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This book highlights the benefits of value
management, and presents a framework for
implementing it on real projects.
Value Management
The Framework Document highlights the

requirements at specific (value opportunity) points
in the project life cycle. The Research Report
presents the findings of the three-year research
programme that forms the basis for the Framework
document. A CD comprising both the Framework
document and the Research Report is also available.
Roy Woodhead and Clive Downs, Oxford Brookes

University
125pp
30.00
2001
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The book considers value incentive programmes in
depth, highlighting their application and benefits to
client and contractor. It provides an insight into
contractor-led value engineering and its effective
use in different procurement forms. To highlight the
alignment of value within the different procurement
forms the project value chain has been developed
from strategic value to operational value.
It reviews value incentives that exist in the USA and
Australia. It also examines the procedures that are
undertaken in their application within the project
environment. As no formalized UK value incentive
clauses exist, this book also considers the criteria that
should be met, and how they should be implemented.
The impact of a value incentive clause on the various
parties involved in a project is also investigated.
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Improving capabilities
Value Management
Incentive Programme
2001
2002
This report is one of the few to look at value

management (VM) from the clients procurement
perspective. Based on extensive empirical research
over a period of one year in the UK, it examines
why clients use VM, how they use it, and what
benefits they achieve by applying it. This
publication acts as a third-party facilitator helping
both clients and providers improve VM.
The text provides a comprehensive summary for
those wishing to improve the organisational value
creation for all stakeholders and explains how to
improve VM in a structured way to enhance
competitive advantage.
Engineering Judgement and

Risk
Risk analysis and management for projects (RAMP)

is a process that has been developed by a joint
working party of the Institution of Civil Engineers
and The Actuarial Profession for the purpose of
evaluating and controlling risk in major projects.
RAMP demonstrates how to identify, analyse and
mitigate risks and how to place financial values on
them. This practical handbook details a rigorous
approach to risk management that can be applied to
all types and stages of investments. It provides a
method to enable a structured and consistent
analysis of the financial implications of risk within
(and between) projects to be carried out effectively.
It can be applied either at a strategic level or as a
detailed analytical and control process. The RAMP
process aims to achieve as much certainty as
possible about a long-term and uncertain future.
Risk analysis and management for projects will be
of use to everyone who is concerned with the
financial, commercial, legal or engineering aspects
of major projects and ongoing activities of any kind.
Engineering Construction
Risks
A guide to project risk analysis and risk
management
James Parkin, University of Technology, Sydney
Peter Thompson and John Perry
1992 (amended 1998) Paperbound 68pp
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This book explores the nature of professional

judgement and how it is used in planning, design and
management. Drawing upon two decades of research
This book provides detailed appraisal of risk

management, analyses, applications and techniques,
and suggests contract strategies that deal with risk.
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Supply Chain Management

for Refurbishment
Achieving Results: How to

Create Value
Lessons from high street retailing
Roy Woodhead and James McCuish
Professor Steven Male and Marcus Grnqvist,

University of Leeds, John Kelly,
Glasgow University, Leela Damodaran and Wendy
Olphert, Loughborough University
2003
180pp
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168pp
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This book is the outcome of an EPSRC supported
three year research project involving seven major
high-street retailing clients; Arcadia Group, Boots,
Borders (UK), Halifax plc, Nationwide, Rubicon Retail
Ltd, Pizza Express; and their supply chains.
The book comprises two complementary parts. The
first, the Good Practice Framework, is the What To
Do for effective refurbishment involving the closer
integration of supply and value chains in
construction. The second, the Why Do It This Way,
comprises research evidence from a wide range of
construction and business management sources;
including process maps, management models and
outcomes from fieldwork with the retail clients and
their supply chains; that provided the basis for the
framework.
Forensic Engineering
Edited by B S Neale, Institution of Civil Engineers
2001
Hardbound
228pp
230 x 156 mm
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40.00
Forensic engineering encompasses any engineering
discipline that has the potential to be used for the
technical investigation of failures. This volume
presents papers from leading experts on how to
learn from failures of constructed environments
(from serviceability to catastrophic), and on the
implications for construction professionals.
The Philosophy of Risk

John C Chicken, Consultant and Tamar Posner,
Safety Assessment Federation
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Ethics for engineers

James Armstrong, Consulting Engineer,
Ross Dixon and Simon Robinson, University of Leeds
Paperbound
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The Decision Makers
It is rare to sit and read a book at

a single sitting but this is what I
found myself doing, being intrigued
by the developing arguments and
well crafted points. The authors
state that the future for value
engineering rests with the
development of more rigorous
approaches to thinking and
decision taking, I believe that they
have argued this point succinctly
and convincingly.
Professor John Kelly
School of the Built and Natural Environment,
Glasgow Caledonian University
Achieving Results: How to Create Value is not
another book of tools and techniques for value
engineering. Many such books already exist.
Unfortunately, few of them explain the theories
underlying the practice that they preach. Readers
are expected to enter into a blind faith that accepts
the magic of value engineering without question or
even evidence or understanding.
This is a book that puts the value of science back
into value engineering. The authors focus on the
underlying theories that link leadership, value
engineering and technology management. It argues
that the practice of value engineering has hardly
moved forward in the last 30 years because the
underlying theories upon which practice is based
have rarely been critically examined or explained
and that the subjective models upon which practice
is based have been promoted at the expense of
objective models this is what the authors seek to
overthrow.
The book provides a new foundation for value
engineering, and will help its many advocates to see
it as a method that enables the improvement of
artificial constructs, from artefacts to organizations.
It will help you to become a leader and a value
technologist who thinks not just of product or project
value but also of how this value will bring
improvement to your customers and shareholders.
For a full list of contents of this book together with
some sample material please visit:
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This book examines the problems involved in making
engineering decisions that affect the quality of life of
large numbers of people worldwide and presents the
individual, family, community and global contexts
within which the engineer has to make such
decisions. Engineers need to understand the
decisions that they are required to make, and which
decisions are likely to produce the most favourable
results in the short and longer terms.
The Role of Cost Saving and

Innovation in PFI Projects
Construction Industry Council
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This publication presents the findings of a study
designed to test the proposition that PFI will yield
value for money by stimulating innovation. It surveys
the people responsible for managing the purchasing,
designing, building and operating of PFI projects, and
poses questions about the extent to which cost
saving improved value for money in various projects
in both the construction and operation of facilities.
Constructors Key Guide to

PFI
Construction Industry Council
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Privatized Infrastructure
The role of Government
Adrian Smith, Chartered Surveyor
230 x 156 mm 0 7277 2712 5 52.50
This book examines the major aspects of the
relationship between government and the private
sector in the provision of high quality, sustainable and
affordable privately funded infrastructure projects.
Privatized Infrastructure
The BOT approach
Charles Walker, Consultant and Adrian Smith,
Chartered Surveyor
230 x 156 mm 0 7277 2053 8 60.00
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Infrastructure Planning
James Parkin and Deepak Sharma,
University of Technology, Sydney
Electronic Communication
in Construction
ECI Pricing System for

Piping Works
Achieving Commercial Advantage
Tim Cole, Interlock Limited

1999
2002
Hardbound
280pp
230 x 156 mm
0 7277 2747 8
47.50
This book introduces engineers to the principles
and procedures necessary for infrastructure
planning in rapidly developing regions. It covers the
technical methods required in planning for
infrastructure provision, from base-line studies and
problem definition through to the specification for a
set of projects.
2000
Wirobound
Paperbound
120pp
222pp
230 x 156 mm
210 x 148 mm
0 7277 3120 3
0 7277 2746 X
75.00
32.50
This book sets out the commercial issues driving,
or hampering, recent developments, with regards to
the implementation of common information
exchange standards and will dispel the many
myths that generate excuses for inertia.
Site Management for

Engineers
Adding Value Through the

Project Management of CDM
Trevor Holroyd, Consulting Engineer
Edited by Liz Bennett, Habilis Ltd

230 x 156 mm 0 7277 2866 0 22.50
1999
Hardbound
288pp
230 x 156 mm
0 7277 2736 2
This book has been published as a direct response

to the poor results in the years following the
introduction of the CDM Regulations. Throughout
the book the authors demonstrate that the CDM
Regulations can be a tool for delivering real value in
health and safety, improved operational output,
and savings and measurable benefits for clients.
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This book will enable you to learn from the mistakes
of others and to benefit from ideas that have been
proven to work well. It provides practical working
guidance of site supervision of middle range projects.
The ECI Guide to Managing

Health in Construction
The Management of Setting

Out in Construction
1999
Institution of Civil Engineers Design and

Practice Guide
Hardbound
Edited by Jim Smith
230 x 156 mm
0 7277 2762 1
297 x 210 mm 0 7277 2614 5 20.00
37.50
Construction Safety
Handbook
2nd edition
Vic Davies and Ken Tomasin, Consulting Engineers
184pp
Clients and contractors have a responsibility to

develop health risk management systems, based
on the full and careful appraisal of the risks to
which all their employees (including subcontracted
workers) are exposed. This book is the first
dedicated to the subject of construction health as
opposed to just safety.
The first volume in the ECI Pricing System series,

this book deals specifically with the fabrication and
erection of pipework, offering a structured
approach to the contracting of piping work that
maximises clarity for contractors and owners alike.
The ECI Pricing System will reduce bidding costs
and remove some of the ambiguities in the
compensation basis and the risk allocation
between parties. Additionally, the factor system it
is based on lends itself to automation of the bidding
effort and to the electronic pricing of engineering
deliverables. The innovative aspect of the system is
the fixing of the relative value for welding and
erecting different piping material types, sizes,
thicknesses and complexities together with the
clear separation of direct and indirect costs.
CONTENTS
Introduction
General
Phases of development
The ECI Piping Pricing System
Example
Application
Sources used
Description of the system
General
Pricing Structure diagrams
Multiplier reference points
Description for Piping Prefabrication Multipliers
Transportation of Piping Materials
Description Pricing Tables for the Prefabrication
Description for Piping Erection Multipliers
Description Pricing Tables for Erection
Pricing Tables: Prefabrication
Pricing Tables: Erection
Examples
Example of a Contractual Summary of Base Unit
Rates
Example 1: Prefabrication of Large Bore Piping
Example 2: Erection of Large Bore Piping
Example 3: Fabrication and Installation of Small
Bore Piping

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Buildings
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERIES

This series of management guides addresses the management issues facing the civil engineer in the
21st Century. Since the publication of the original Engineering Management series, SARTOR97 has
radically changed the BEng and MEng curricula and the practitioner has experienced new codes and
regulations.
These new guides are intended to support graduate engineers and young chartered practitioners in the
acquisition and effective management of fundamental knowledge relating to engineering management.
The whole ethos of these new guides is to promote integrated or joined-up thinking in a management
approach to construction management. The texts in the series are designed to provide a sound basis for
further reading or CPD as appropriate.
Management of risk under the CDM

Regulations
Bev Nutt and Peter McLennan, University College
London and Roger Walters, Bickerdike Allen
Partners
1998
Hardbound
Financing Infrastructure
Projects
128pp
230 x 156 mm
2003
Tony Merna, UMIST and Cyrus Njiru,

Loughborough University
0 7277 2732 X
Paperbound
27.50
272pp
230 x 156 mm
2002
0 7277 3221 8
Paperbound
25.00
304pp
230 x 156 mm
0 7277 3040 1
30.00
This book deals with financial aspects of
procurement of various infrastructure projects
and commercial aspects of the projects, sources
of finance, financial instruments, financial
markets and financial engineering techniques.
Aimed at individuals and organisations involved in
the procurement of projects and in the financial
aspects of infrastructure, this book provides
engineers, project managers and planners,
students and postgraduates, with sound
information on commercial aspects of
infrastructure projects.
Management of
Procurement
Edited by Denise Bower, University of Leeds
This invaluable book covers all aspects of
procurement, from drafting and using contracts to
procurement strategies for privately financed
projects. It is written from a construction
perspective, and uses examples from other

industries where appropriate.
This essential book offer presents guidance,
explanations and case studies to help the reader
comprehend the strengths and weaknesses and
realistic meanings and outcomes of the stages in
the development of an effective procurement
strategy. Bringing together the theory and
practice that relates to procurement, the book
offers guidance on how the process should be
undertaken. It begins by outlining the role of
procurement in the construction industry,
including the problems it faces and some of the
steps that can be taken to overcome these
problems. It then goes on to consider contractor
selection and raises issues relating to the
allocation of risk in contracts and factors to
consider when awarding a contract. A brief
summary of the relevant legal aspects is also
provided.
The book also examines contract strategy, major
organisational arrangements and payment types
and provides a summary of the key features of
the most common standard forms of contract. The
relationship between benchmarking, key
performance indicators and incentives is
explained and a framework for developing
incentive mechanisms is provided.
Successful Professional
Reviews for Civil Engineers
Civil Engineering Procedure
H Macdonald Steels, Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers
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Principles of Estimating
Trevor M Holroyd, Consulting Engineer
2000
Hardbound
152pp
243 x 170 mm
0 7277 2763 X
30.00
The ability to price work correctly is a key skill for
engineers, but many find themselves ill prepared for
this important undertaking. Current practice on most
contracts dictates that the engineer deals with
engineering matters and the quantity surveyor
covers the commercial aspects. As a result, engineers
have become increasingly uneasy at setting rates,
evaluating claims and pricing work generally.
This book has been written with a practical
approach that will allow engineers to become
competent estimators. It will appeal to civil and
structural engineers, surveyors, contractors,
consulting practices, further and higher education
establishments and students, and local authorities.
CONTENTS
Estimating from first principles
Building up the net price
The site set-up preliminaries
Calculating rates
The sources of our prices
Getting the final price the tender and other totals
Examples of estimates
Cost, value and budgets
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1991
Paperbound
110pp
297 x 210 mm
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25.00
CESMM3 Price Database

1999/2000
Edited by E C Harris
297 x 210 mm 0 7277 2779 6 85.00
In recent years the CESMM3 Price Database has
earned widespread critical acclaim and established
itself as the standard source of price information
for the civil engineering industry.
CESMM3 Examples
Martin Barnes
which expertise is needed. Model competencies for

these elements have been produced which are
representative across all areas of the industry.
Together the key roles and the model competencies
provide a diagnostic tool for self-assessment and
comparison and make indispensable reading for all
managers in the construction industry.
Management Decisions for

Engineers
James Parkin, University of Technology, Sydney
210 x 148 mm 0 7277 2501 7 25.00
People and Organizational

Management in
Construction
Shamil Naoum, South Bank University
230 x 156 mm 0 7277 2874 1 40.00
This book offers an extended dictionary of key
management concepts for students and
professionals alike. It helps the reader to search
for the most appropriate ways of improving their
organisations performance and effectiveness.
With the aid of case studies drawn from the
construction industry, this book discusses key
management issues
297 x 210 mm 0 7277 1657 3 17.50
CESMM3 Handbook
Martin Barnes
297 x 210 mm 0 7277 1658 1 27.50
A Guide to the Procurement

of Privately Financed
Projects
An Indicative Assessment of the
Procurement Process
Douglas Lamb and Tony Merna
Management Development
in the Construction Industry
NEW
Guidelines for the Construction Professional
August 2004
Paperback
preliminary assessment of project proposals

developing the business case and advertising
the project
tendering
preparing bidders
closing the deal
A guide to the procurement of privately financed
projects: an indicative assessment of the
procurement process provides an invaluable
understanding of the critical facets involved in PFP
and suggests frameworks for developing objective
orientated procurement elements.
Dynamic Mentoring for

Engineers
210 x 138 mm 0 7277 3003 7 25.00
This book offers practical guidance on how mentors
can quickly achieve the required competencies in
their trainees and looks specifically at the detail of
how to make mentoring work effectively in practice.
In an increasingly commercial and fast-moving
business, the only competitive advantage a
company has is the skills, abilities and commitment
of its workforce. To develop these various talents to
their maximum potential, as quickly as possible,
requires the industry to train much more efficiently
and effectively than it has ever done in the past.
Mentors must be carefully chosen and better trained
to undertake this vital role. In the past, very few ever
received any guidance, let alone training this book
will allow that to change.
136pp
Communication for
Professional Engineers
297 x 210 mm
2nd edition
2001
0 7277 3273 0
Bill Scott, Consultant and Bertil Billing, Consultant

Engineer
Paperbound
30.00
72pp
297 x 210 mm
0 7277 2969 1
20.00
Completely updated in 2001, this is the second
edition of an essential management tool that will
enable readers to assess and develop their
management skills. The book identifies twelve key
roles that represent the fundamentals of modern
construction management, each with a number of
elements that reflect the actual responsibilities in
'Promoter' (private body) at each phase of the

procurement process, from inception through to
financial closure. Principals using this guide should
be able to adapt the private finance procurement
process for their specific organisation and business
sector. Moreover, in the case of the promoting
organisation, the guide provides an appreciation of
the steps that occur and the various processes
undertaken and the associated costs of bidding.
Key topics of focus are:
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A guide to the procurement of privately financed

projects: an indicative assessment of the
procurement process outlines the concept of
privately financed projects (PFP) that can be used
for both public-private and private-private
interactions. Utilising models from many countries
the guide develops a robust procurement system
applicable to PFP and project finance in both the EU
and overseas.
210 x 138 mm 0 7277 2630 7 35.00
This guide provides a systematic approach for the

preparation and evaluation of privately financed
projects (PFP) and services. It is intended to assist
both the 'Principal' (often a public body) and the
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Effective Training for Civil

Engineers
2nd edition
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HISTORY
Biographical Dictionary of
Civil Engineers in Great
Britain and Ireland Volume 1: 1500-1830
Civil Engineering Heritage:

Ireland
Edited by Mike Chrimes, Sir Alec Skempton,

R W Rennison, R C Cox, Ted Ruddock and
P Cross-Rudkin
1998 Paperbound 210 x 148 mm
Edited by R Cox and M H Gould
304pp 0 7277 2627 7 19.95
The Diary of William Mackenzie, a fascinating new

book which presents a unique record of this
important figure and also of the Victorian world in
which he lived, affording new insights for
economic, social and engineering historians.
Mackenzies remarkable career was based on the
business of building railways and canals. He was at
the forefront of the export of Britains technical
expertise, for the development of Europes
infrastructure.
2002 Hardbound 243 x 156 mm

784pp 0 7277 2939 X 95.00
Intended as a valuable biographical reference work
on the lives, works and careers of individuals
engaged in the practice of civil engineering, this
volume looks specifically at those whose careers
began before 1830. Beginning with what little is
known of the lives of engineers such as John Trew
who practised in the Tudor period, the background,
training and achievements of engineers over the
following 250 years are described by specialist
authors, many of whom have spent a lifetime
researching the history of civil engineering. This
book will be of particular interest to historians of
all disciplines and of great value to engineers
involved in restoration work for whom an
authoritative source of information on the
engineers who designed public works over 300
years will be available for the first time.

Record Pictures
Eastern and Central England Photographs from the Archives of the
Edited by E A Labrum
Michael Collins
1993
304pp 0 7277 1970 X 19.95
September 2004
Clothbound

Northern England
128pp
Edited by R W Rennison
0 7277 3281 1
30.00
60 colour plates
255 x 300 mm
300pp 0 7277 2518 1 19.95
Civil Engineering Heritage

Series: Southern England

Wales and Western England
Edited by R A Otter
2nd edition
Edited by Roger Cragg
210 x 148 mm 0 7277 1971 8 19.95

304pp 0 7277 2576 9 19.95
Record Pictures: Photographs from the Archives of

the Institution of Civil Engineers represents the
photgraphic jewels of arguably the finest collection
in Britain. Spanning a period of 75 years from the
mid-ninteenth century, the book contains
previously unpublished examples drawn from
across Europe, Africa, Australisia, the Far East and
Latin America.
Civil Engineering in Context

Sir Alan Muir Wood, Past President of the

London and the Thames
Valley
The Diary of William

Mackenzie
Edited by Denis Smith
Edited by David Brooke
NEW
October 2004
Hardbound
340pp 0 7277 2876 8 19.95
248pp
This book deals with the civil engineering heritage

of the capital and Thames Valley. The development
of London has attracted the design and
construction skills of a range of eminent civil
engineers and contractors. The work of Sir Marc and
I K Brunel, the Rennie family, Robert Stephenson,
William Cubitt, Sir Joseph Bazelgette, and many
others is included.
The books in this series have all been designed
specifically as guide books for exploring these
landmarks, and provide the reader with a ticket into
Britains engineering history.
2002
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19.95
648pp
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History has not been kind to the memory of William

Mackenzie. While the names of Telford and
Stephenson continue to be well known today, that of
William Mackenzie, one of the most important figures
in the engineering world during the first half of the
nineteenth century, has slipped from prominence.
The Institution of Civil Engineers has now published
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Where is British Civil Engineering going? This brand

new book, written by a Past President of the
Institution of Civil Engineers (1977-78) identifies
the nature of the recent rapid changes in the role of
the Civil Engineer and the consequences of
adaptation. From a function of translating narrowly
defined requirements of the Client, through sciencebased technology, the successful Civil Engineer of
today and yet more so tomorrow contributes to
a broad range of functions between identification of
and realisation of projects which satisfy, or more
than satisfy, the Clients business case.

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