This guide to the designs, technologies and materials that really make green buildings work will help architects, specifiers and clients make informed choices, based on reliable technical information.
Construction Management is a wide ranging discipline, but ultimately it is a demanding, hands-on discipline concerned with the management of people, plant and materials, all mobilised to complete a building project safely, on time, on budget and to the client s satisfaction.
Investment in any new project invariably carries risk but the construction industry is subject to more risk and uncertainty than perhaps any other industry.
Human illness attributed to foodborne pathogenic microorganisms has been prominent in the mass media over the years. This series has been devised to give practical and accurate information about specific microorganisms of concern to public health.
One of the first textbooks in this emerging important field of ecology. Most of ecology is about metabolism: the ways that organisms use energy and... Læs mere
Mediterranean Mountain Environments places its emphasis on physical geography while still adopting an integrated approach to the whole subject area. The book draws... Læs mere
Mechanisms in Transcriptional Regulation provides a concise discussion of the fundamental concepts in transcription and its regulation.
Designed to demonstrate the essential mathematical concepts-comprehensively and economically-without re-teaching basic material or laboring over superfluous ideas, this text locates the necessary information in a practical economics context.
aeo highly topical subject aeo author well known internationally for his writing and research in food microbiology aeo vital information for the food industry worldwide concerning what is an acceptable microbiological risk in food safety issues.
* One of the first books to address mediation for construction disputes. * Mediation of growing importance for setting commercial disputes. * The author, a construction professional, has extensive experience in conducting mediations and training. .
As rapid advances in biotechnology occur, there is a need for a pedagogical tool to aid current students and laboratory professionals in biotechnological methods; Methods in Biotechnology is an invaluable resource for those students and professionals.
Taking the phylogenetic tree as the central metaphor of evolution, this text develops a phylogenetically based approach to molecular evolution that aims to... Læs mere