Essential Practice Books

Books for architecture professionals Essential Practice Books RIBA Good Practice Guides Practice Management Legal and Regulatory Architectural Graphics and Design Construction and Technical The RIBA Good Practice Guide Series New Titles Good Practice Guide: Building Condition Surveys Mike Hoxley Other titles in the RIBA Good Practice Guide Series Good Practice Guide: Mediation Andy Grossman Good Practice Guide: Inspecting Works Nicholas Jamieson Good Practice Guide: Extensions of Time Gillian Birkby, Albert Poole and Frances Anderson RIBA Publishing | August 2008 | Code 64213 | Paperback | 102 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 298 0 | £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Painless Financial Management Brian Pinder-Ayres RIBA Publishing | February 2008 | Code 63509 | Paperback | 120 pages| ISBN 978 1 85946 180 8 | £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Starting a Practice Simon Foxell RIBA Publishing | November 2006 | Code 59233 | Paperback | 170 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 249 2 | £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Employment Brian Gegg and David Sharp RIBA Publishing | January 2006 | Code 55694 | Paperback | 112 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 182 2| £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Keeping out of Trouble Owen Luder RIBA Publishing | January 2006 | Code 55692 | Paperback| 160 pages | ISBN 978 185946 181 5 | £17.95 Concentrating on the private homes sector – the source of most surveying work – and based on the author’s years of practical experience, this new book takes the reader through the key steps of a professional building condition survey. Looking at many practical case studies, it explains the equipment and skills that are needed, highlights the critical defects to look out for, and provides an invaluable overview of how and what to inspect. From taking instructions and agreeing terms of engagement to the crucial business of report writing, this book is a perfect primer for construction professionals about the expanding business of building condition surveys. RIBA Publishing | July 2009 | Code 68971 | Paperback | 160 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 308 6 | £17.95 Guiding the reader through the practicalities of mediation, this book covers the essential questions, such as: how to decide whether to mediate; what to expect during the mediation itself; and how to optimise the opportunities that it offers. Written by an expert in the field and using numerous examples of successful mediations, this book explains how to ensure an effective resolution in which you can be confident. Importantly, it shows too that mediation is not only used in dealing with claims and legal disputes,but is also an invaluable component in effective conflict management and dispute prevention. This title thoroughly explores all the issues associated with inspecting works on site, in particular the architect’s contractual obligations to inspect under both the RIBA appointment documents and the building contract. It looks at the practical issues connected with inspection duties, including planning, the role of the clerk of works, team briefing, inspection checklists, defects, health and safety, progress monitoring, security, completion and covers all the likely inspection watch points associated with different building elements. Forthcoming titles in the RIBA Good Practice Guide Series Good Practice Guide: Marketing Your Practice Edited by Helen Elias RIBA Publishing | December 2009 | Code 58154 | Paperback | 144 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 307 9 | £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Fee Management Roland Philips RIBA Publishing | November 2009 | Code 61859 | Paperback | 148 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 180 8 | £17.95 Good Practice Guide: Negotiating the Planning Maze 2nd Edition Philip Moren and John Collins RIBA Publishing | November 2009 | Code 69963 | Paperback | 184 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 346 8 | £17.95 RIBA Publishing | May 2009 | Code 68700 | Paperback | 104 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 312 3 | £17.95 RIBA Publishing | February 2009 | Code 63510 | Paperback | 172 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 193 8 | £17.95 Pre-order today! SPECIAL OFFER Buy any 4 Good Practice Guides and receive 20% off your order. Valid until 31 December 2009 - Online and Mail Order only. Quote code promotional code GPG2009 Practice Management Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2010 Davis Langdon Compiled by Davis Langdon, Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information currently available for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year, provides an ongoing reality check and adjustment for changing market conditions. This is the only price book which sets out a detailed cost base for Major Works contracts exceeding £3,500,000 in value. Taylor & Francis | August 2009 | Code 68924 | Hardback | 1024 pages | ISBN 978 0 41555 256 1 | £145.00 Architectural Management: International Research & Practice Edited by Stephen Emmitt, Matthijs Prins and Ad den Otter Looking back at over a decade of research into architectural management, this book considers the present challenges and opportunities, and also looks to the future. It provides a review of earlier work and developments as well as setting the theme for new research areas. The book divides into six sections representing topical themes, each section containing two research-based chapters and one practical case study. Case studies will be from six European countries - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, and the UK. Architectural Management represents the state of the art of architectural management research and practice and includes contributions from leading international figures in the field. Wiley-Blackwell | April 2009 | Code 67422 | Hardback | 344 pages | ISBN 978 1 40517 786 3 | £69.50 Architect’s Job Book, Eighth Edition 3DReid This new edition has been completely updated to reflect current practice and substantially reformatted to make it easier to use for today’s practising architect. The book examines the architect’s key obligations and actions to be undertaken at every work stage set out as a series of checklists. The guidance is amplified by useful notes as well as references to supplementary guidance material at the end of every chapter. RIBA Publishing | July 2008 | Code 61857 | Paperback | 304 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 252 2 | £60.00 A guide to letter contracts for very small projects, surveys and reports Roland Phillips A guide to letter contracts presents for the first time a safe way to word a letter contract for very small projects. At its heart are two annotated model letters, one for a business client and the other for a domestic client. Expressed in plain English, the models include provisions that may be modified to suit project requirements. RIBA Publishing | June 2009 | Code 68969 | 40 pages | Paperback | ISBN 978 1 85946 314 7 | £15.00 Green Guide to the Architect’s Job Book, Second Edition Sandy Halliday Totally up-to-date and compatible with the Architect’s Job Book, the Green Guide to the Architect’s Job Book nonetheless stands alone as a straightforward, practical aide-memoire based on hard-won experience in the real world for architects and, importantly, project managers and clients, many of whom are actively seeking sustainable buildings. RIBA Publishing | August 2007 | Code 55696 | Paperback | 88 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 186 0 | £15.00 Architects’ Fees 2009 Mirza & Nacey Research Ltd The Fees Bureau’s Architects Fees survey report is now in its eleventh annual edition, presenting fee data for over 40 market sectors. Only with this guide will you find out what the average ‘going rates’ are currently being charged by other private architectural practices. These will help you when you set your own fees for a job. Fee rates are analysed by building type (new build or refurbishment) and contract type (traditional or design & build). In addition hourly charge-out rates are analysed for different types of staff, by region and by size of practice. Mirza & Nacey | June 2009 | Code 67052 | Paperback | ISBN 978 1 90320 279 1 | £195.00 Plan of Work: Multi-Disciplinary Services Roland Phillips This is the guide to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007, the de facto standard project framework used by the construction industry. It reflects current procurement practice and the consequences of better risk management, this guide describes how the different parties in the contemporary multi-disciplinary team can work together effectively to complete work stages. Plan of Work: Multi-Disciplinary Services builds on its well-established reputation for providing a flexible model for preparing designs with a cost plan and an invaluable roadmap for monitoring their construction. RIBA Publishing | July 2008 | Code 61856 | Paperback | 96 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 195 2 | £40.00 Shortcuts Book 1 Structure and Fabric Shortcuts Book 2 Sustainability and Practice Comprising hand-drawn sketches, technical drawings, and punchy articles. The Shortcuts books take you right to the heart of a key topic in architecture and construction. They are quick and reliable guides to the welter of diverse (and sometimes conflicting) technical guidance that tends to bombard and bamboozle us. Book 1 | NBS | March 2009 | Code 67742 | 240 pages | Paperback | ISBN 978 18594 6321 5 | £25.00 Book 2 | NBS | March 2009 | Code 67743 | 208 pages | Paperback | ISBN 978 18594 6322 2 | £25.00 Architect’s Pocket Book, Third Edition Charlotte Baden-Powell Now in its third edition, the Architect’s Pocket Book is an essential reference that helps thousands of students and professionals find the information they need, every day. This best-selling pocket book has been fully revised, complete with new and updated diagrams, tables and symbol guides, so it will continue to provide readers with crucial facts that would otherwise have to be looked up in less convenient and portable sources. RIBA Bookshops is offering £2 off the Elsevier Pocket Book range. Architect’s Pocket Book now only £15.99 (rrp. £17.99). JCT 2005: CLAUSE BY CLAUSE The Joint Contracts Tribunals’ suite of contracts (commonly known as JCT 2005) is the most commonly used in the UK to procure major building work. Understanding the contracts, and which to use, is vital knowledge for all students on construction-related HND or degree courses, but these clauses can contain convoluted language, leading to confusion. This easy-to-follow guide takes the reader through the JCT 2005 building contracts clause by clause, in a clear format, in simple but effective language that eliminates misinterpretation. Butterworth Heinemann | November 2009 | Code 68994 | Paperback | 264 pages | ISBN 978 1 85617 518 0 | £24.99 Architectural Press | April 2008 | Code 64935 | Paperback | 384 pages | ISBN 978 0 75068 617 4 | £15.99 Metric Handbook Planning and Design Data, Third Edition Edited by David Littlefield The internationally bestselling Metric Handbook is a unique authoritative reference for solving everyday planning problems. This edition has been updated to include the most recent changes to regulation and practice – in particular the increasing emphasis on environmental legislation - to meet the needs of the modern building design professional. Architectural Press | January 2008 | Code 26429 | Paperback | 816 pages | ISBN 978 0 75065 281 0 | £34.99 Managing Construction Projects Project management is one of the critical but difficult skills required by the construction industry. This book is a unique, well written study of construction project management, focusing on information management and its impact upon project management, giving the reader a thorough understanding of the construction project process, the uncertainties within projects and the tools to manage those uncertainties and successfully complete complex construction projects. Wiley-Blackwell | November 2009 | Code 68900 | 512 pages | ISBN 978 1 40518 457 1 | £36.50 Legal and Regulatory Which Contract? Fourth Edition Sarah Lupton, Stanley Cox and Hugh Clamp The indispensable Which Contract? is the most up-to-date and reliable comparative analysis of the burgeoning number of standard forms of building contract currently available in the UK. An invaluable desktop companion to be turned to at the start of every new project and is recommended to any professional whose clients expect him or her to know the contemporary procurement landscape inside out. RIBA Publishing | July 2007 | Code 58319 | Paperback | 360 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 237 9 | £45.00 Construction and Technical Building Construction Handbook, Seventh Edition Roy Chudley and Roger Greeno Building Construction Handbook is an authoritative reference for all students and professionals. It is full of detailed drawings that clearly illustrate the construction of building elements. The principles and processes of construction are explained with the concepts of design included where appropriate. Extensive coverage of building construction practice and techniques, representing both traditional procedures and modern developments, are also included to provide the most comprehensive and easy to understand guide to building construction. Butterworth-Heinemann | March 2008 | Code 65089 | Paperback | 763 pages | ISBN 978 0 75068 622 8 | £23.99 Guide to DB05 Sarah Lupton Guides to MW05, SBC05 and IC05 are also available Guide to DB05 is a practical guide to the operation and administration of the JCT Design and Build Contract (DB05). It covers the JCT05 2009 Revisions and points out the important new changes to the contract by reflecting on up-to-date cases which serve as valuable lessons to the unwary. The contract’s provisions, procedures, and supplementary conditions are organised and defined by subject and supported by useful indexes, while a clause comparison table allows for a quick and easy way to understand how DB05 relates to the old contract, WCD98. RIBA Publishing | July 2009 | Code 61861 | Paperback | 192 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 269 0 | £39.95 Building Information Modeling: A Strategic Implementation Guide for Architects, Engineers, Constructors, and Real Estate Asset Managers Dana K. Smith and Michael Tardif With this strategic guide to building information modelling (BIM), you’ll learn how to implement this new technology as part of a comprehensive systems approach to the design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and use of buildings. The authors, among the leading experts and pioneers in BIM, show you how BIM supports more streamlined, integrated, and efficient business processes throughout the life cycle of buildings, from their initial conception through their eventual retirement or reuse. The result is better quality buildings, lower construction and operating costs, shorter project turnaround times, and a higher quality of building information to support better business decisions. Wiley-Blackwell | April 2009 | Code 68735 | Hardback | 216 pages | ISBN 978 0 47025 003 7 | £50.00 Smith, Currie & Hancock’s Common Sense Construction Law: A Practical Guide for the Construction Professional Thomas J. Kelleher JR Knowledge of construction law and employment law is essential to running a successful construction business. This Fourth Edition of this bestselling book provides a practical introduction to the significant legal topics and questions affecting construction industry professionals. It translates the sometimes-confusing theories, principles, and established rules that regulate the business into clear, lay-person’s English. Wiley | July 2009 | Code 68737 | Hardback | 698 pages | ISBN 978 0 47023 136 4 | £75.00 Photoshop in Architectural Graphics Horst Sondermann Photoshop is commonly used in all workflow phases, whether to generate and process planning layouts, to produce material textures for virtual modelling or for the final assembly of photographed and rendered image components This volume features solutions for typical everyday tasks and helps planners, architects and students achieve satisfying results with the help of Photoshop software. Springer Verlag | February 2009 | Code 62491 | Hardback | 238 pages | 978 3 21171 591 8 | £40.99 Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time, Third Edition Brian Eggleston Retaining the overall approach of the previous editions, the author clarifies, in a highly readable but legally rigorous way, the many misunderstandings on time and damages which abound in the construction industry. This third edition takes account of a large volume of new case law since the previous edition was published over ten years ago, includes a new chapter on delay analysis and features significantly expanded chapters on penalty clauses, the effects of conditions precedent and time-bars, and the complexities of causation. Wiley-Blackwell | December 2008 | Code 67084 | Hardback | 408 pages | ISBN 978 1 40511 815 6 | £69.50 Pinpoint: Key Facts + Figures for Sustainable Building Bruno Keller and Stephan Rutz This manual presents the most important information on all the key aspects of sustainable building in a concise and clearly organised form. It offers practical advice on how to put sustainable building methods into practice using helpful graphics, illustrations and examples of work, together with step by step instructions. Birkhäuser | October 2009 | Code 69001 | 288 pages | ISBN 978 3 03460 120 7 | £45.00 Managing Health and Safety in Construction - Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM) Health and Safety Commission This Approved Code of Practice provides practical guidance on complying with the duties set out in the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007). The key aim of CDM 2007 is to integrate health and safety into the management of the project and to encourage everyone involved to work together to improve the planning and management of projects; identify risks early on; target effort where it can do the most good in terms of health and safety and discourage unnecessary bureaucracy. These Regulations are intended to focus planning and management throughout construction projects, from design concept onwards. HSE Books | March 2007 | Code 60880 | Paperback | 122 pages | ISBN 978 0 71766 223 4 | £15.00 Architect’s Handbook of Construction Detailing, Second Edition David Kent Ballast Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all the key details, this Second Edition focuses on the key areas where you are most likely to encounter problems, such as exterior cladding, roofing, doors, and masonry. Featuring thoroughly redrawn illustrations and the latest industry standard references. Wiley | August 2009 | Code 69171 | 512 pages | ISBN 978 0 47038 191 5 | £57.50 NBS Domestic Specification NBS This title is a concise, comprehensive and user-friendly tool for writing specifications for use on small domestic projects. It accurately describes the products and materials to be used in a building or extending a house. Using this guide will improve quality, save time, reduce uncertainty and help to avoid disputes. NBS | November 2008 | Code 67168 | Paperback | 92 pages | ISBN 978 1 85946 318 5 | £28.75 (inc VAT) Handbook of Detailing The Graphic Anatomy of Construction Ralph W. Liebing Liebing is a professor in the field of planning rendering and detailing. His new book, The Handbook of Detailing is about the function of the drafted details. Not the exemplary rendering of details but the best rendering for the respective purpose whether at the construction site or the office. The author zeros in on frequent weaknesses in detailing and shows positive examples. He consciously does without modifying copies of actual details and offers examples and comments that can be adjusted to create the optimal effect for the circumstances of any project. Springer | August 2009 | Hardback | Code 69559 | 424 pages | ISBN 978 3 21199 134 3 | £55.99 Order from RIBA Bookshops To order please copy the form, complete and return it to: RIBA Bookshops Mail Order 15 Bonhill Street London EC2P 2EA, UK T +44 (0)20 7256 7222 F +44 (0)20 7374 2737 sales@ribabookshops.com Order online www.ribabookshops.com Post & Packing Mail order post & packing rates UK — Minimum postage charge is £3 for all orders under £30 — Under £100 add 10% to the total value of your order — £100–£200 add £10 flat fee — Over £200 items are sent post free Overseas — Minimum postage charge is £10 for all orders under £50 — Add 20% to the total value of your order Online — UK orders over £60 (excluding VAT) are sent post free Next Working Day Delivery (UK orders only) Upgrade to guaranteed next working day delivery for an additional £3. Orders received by 14.00 Monday–Friday delivered before 17.30 the following working day. 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