Design-Build (Architecture in Practice) - Softcover

Andrew Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470014466 ISBN 13: 9780470014462

Publisher: Academy Press, 2006

Synopsis

Examine the standard procedures making up the life cycle of a design and build project in the latest publication in the Architecture in Practice Series. Author Andrew Mark Thomas provides commentary on the procurement route, specifics of design and build, and the documents which make up this environment. He then describes the process of tendering, how the contractor runs the project, the specific JCT conditions of contract, the consultants? roles, and a who?s who of those involved in the project. Interspersed among this information are illustrated case studies demonstrating how Design and Build works in various countries.

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About the Author

Andrew Thomas is a senior design manager for the London and South East region of Laing O’Rourke in the UK. Until recently he was a senior design manager with Carillion Building. During his career in architecture, he has amassed more than 25 years of experience of the construction industry.

He has a strong working knowledge of project management, particularly in Design-Build, which he has gained through his role as a design/project architect, an assessor of quality management systems and the application of his design management role.

A Chartered Architect, he studied architecture at the Birmingham School of Architecture.

 

From the Back Cover

Almost every day the news media tell us something new about the global economy . With such tight links to Europe and America, is it really possible that Britain could avoid foreign influence on its construction market and methods?

There are many pressures on the way that buildings are procured, global harmonization and government financing being just two. These pressures have affected procurement procedures and arguably have irrevocably affected professional roles.

The one stop shop and single point responsibility ideas have evolved into the contractor taking responsibility for both design and construction - we are in the Design-Build era.

This book, part of the distinctive Architecture in Practice series from Wiley-Academy, looks at the finer detail of the D-B process and illustrates several examples of successful projects.

There are many pressures on the way that buildings are procured, global harmonization and government financing being just two. These pressures have affected procurement procedures and arguably have irrevocably affected professional roles.

The “one stop shop” and “single point responsibility” ideas have evolved into the contractor taking responsibility for both design and construction - we are in the “Design-Build” era.

This book, part of the distinctive Architecture in Practice series from Wiley-Academy, looks at the finer detail of the D-B process and illustrates several examples of successful projects.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Academy Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0470014466
• ISBN 13: 9780470014462
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256