Author Archives: Will

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Editor-in-Chief, Construction Management and Economics and Professor of Construction Management and Economics, University of Reading, UK.

Gajurel, A (2014) Performance-Based Contracts for Road Projects. Dordrecht: Springer

Posted on 9 May 2013

Performance-Based Contracts for Road Projects. By Ashish Gajurel, Springer, Dordrecht, 2014. 160 pp, ISBN 978-81-322-1301-7, £90.00 (hb) Publisher’s description: Focuses on the comparative study between these performance-based contracts. Includes practical examples of FBV (Road Project: Rastplatz “Blauer Stein”– Miel on … Continue reading →

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Li, R Y M and Poon, S W (2013) Construction Safety. Dordrecht: Springer

Posted on 7 May 2013

Construction Safety. By Rita Yi Man Li and Sun Wah Poon, Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. 171 pp, ISBN 978-3-642-35045-0, £90.00 (hb) Publisher’s description: Provides an international perspective on construction safety measures in various places, e.g. New Zealand, US and Australia. Book … Continue reading →

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Hyde, R, Groenhout, N, Barram, F and Yeang, K, (Eds.) (2012) Sustainable retrofitting of commercial buildings. London: Routledge

Posted on 5 May 2013

Sustainable retrofitting of commercial buildings. Edited by Richard Hyde, Nathan Groenhout, Francis Barram and Ken Yeang, Routledge, London, 2012. 482 pp ISBN 978-1-84971-291-0, £90 (hb) Publisher’s description: Despite recent improvements in energy efficiency being made in new build, it is … Continue reading →

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Harrison, A L (2012) Architectural theories of the environment: post-human territory. London: Routledge.

Posted on 3 May 2013

Architectural theories of the environment: post-human territory. By Ariane Lourie Harrison, Routledge, London, 2012. 336 pp, ISBN 978-0-415-50619-9, £29.99 (pb) Click to buy this book from the Construction Management bookstore Publisher’s description: As architects and designers, we struggle to reconcile … Continue reading →

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Free access article: Park and Chang (2013)

Posted on 2 May 2013

Park, A and Chang, C-Y (2013) Impacts of construction events on the project equity value of the Channel Tunnel project. Construction Management and Economics, 31(3), 223-237 This paper is available for free download until 31 Jun 2013. Abstract: With the growing … Continue reading →

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Tymkow, P, Tassou, S, Kolokotroni, M and Jouhara, H (2013) Building Services Design for Energy Efficient Buildings. Abingdon: Routledge.

Posted on 1 May 2013

Building Services Design for Energy Efficient Buildings. By Paul Tymkow, Savvas Tassou, Maria Kolokotroni and Hussam Jouhara, Routledge, Abingdon, 2013. 378 pp, ISBN 978-0-415-59637-4, £29.99 (pb) Publisher’s description: The role and influence of building services engineers is undergoing rapid change … Continue reading →

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International Energy Agency – Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (2013) Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment. Abingdon: Routledge.

Posted on 29 April 2013

Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment. By International Energy Agency – Renewable Energy Technology Deployment, Routledge, Abingdon, 2013. 200 pp, ISBN 978-0-415-63868-5, £49.99 (pb) Publisher’s description: Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment provides insight … Continue reading →

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Reed Elsevier to acquire Mendeley, the academic collaboration tool

Posted on 9 April 2013

I hope that this turns out to be good news! I find that Mendeley is a very useful tool. Mendeley acquired by Reed Elsevier

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Free access April

Posted on 4 April 2013

For the month of April 2013, there is a special offer of free access to all T&F Journals. This includes full access to Construction Management and Economics, Building Research & Information, Engineering Project Organization Journal and many more – make … Continue reading →

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Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers The Committee on Publication Ethics has launched a really useful guide to ethical conduct in peer review.  I find these generic guidelines very useful.  What do you think?  Does this … Continue reading →

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