Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Building    3. Construction - General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Methods & Materials    6. Professional Practice    7. Standards    8. Architecture / Professional Practice    9. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    10. Management & management techniques   

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Best Lean book at there on Product Development
Lean originated on the production floor over sixty years ago in Japan. But Toyota product development has been sadly overlooked by corporate America. Where is the connection between Toyota stellar production practices and Toyota product development? You can't argue with the tried and true principles to systematically eliminating waste--that is the bedrock of the lean philosophy. Lean thinking is making inroads to a number of different environments and industries beyond discrete assembly like car making. Does waste occur in non-manufacturing? Oh yes, and it has largely been an untapped, dormant opportunity for applying lean. Improvement initiatives are being re-focused on office settings and now product development. There aren't many product development(PD)lean books out there but, Liker's book is excellent--it is so thorough, well researched, logical and well written! A lean novice may have difficulty because it is not "lean 101" and PD is not quite the same as lean manufacturing. But, if I forced to pick a single book on lean product development--this would be my #1 pick. It is such a good start point for lean PD. The lean benefits are self evident: cut development time in half and never miss milestones?That's has been the Toyota norm. Liker's book will walk you thru the 14 principles on how to get there the subsystem levels (Processes-People-Tools/Technology). If your PD efforts are adrift, it's reassessment time. Start here. You won't be sorry.

A must read
A very detailed and at times difficult read. However, it is a must for anyone involved in product development.

The Toyota Product Development System
I found Morgan and Liker's new book The Toyota Product Development System to be an excellent discussion of the key fundamentals that are missing in Detroit today based on my experience in the automotive industry. The most important reason Toyota is best is because of the way they develop and value people. This book describes the basics required to build a great Engineering organization. Engineering is the foundation that drives cost, quality and timing. This book should be required reading for everyone in the automobile industry from top management down.Morgan and Liker provide a great map for going forward for any company that designs and manufactures a product regardless of industry. The key is to start the Journey. This book is a great place to start. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Concurrent engineering    6. Design and construction    7. Industrial Management    8. Industries - Automobile Industry    9. Office Automation    10. Production & Operations Management    11. Project management   

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Excellent Guide to the Codes.
Being an architecture student, this book, and others by Frank Ching, are more than helpful. It really clarifies the IBC and makes design for studio projects go a lot quicker. Definitely get this book if you're studying architecture.

Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the International Building Code
Francis Ching provides high quality, easy to understand, graphic illustrations of building code regulations. The chapters are well organized for checking construction documents for code compliance.

Not Current
Warning, this book i smeant to go with the IRC(2000) revision, not the current IRC(2003). The information is still good, but you'll have fun trying to cross-reference sections to the 2003 version of the IRC. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Building Codes    3. Buildings    4. Construction - General    5. Design & Drafting    6. Project Management    7. Reference    8. Specifications    9. Standards, Engineering    10. Architectural structure & design    11. Architecture / Design & Drafting    12. Building construction & materials    13. Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law    14. USA   

Reviews (5)

the right book, at the right time, in the right place... dubai
the right book, at the right time, in the right place... dubai

A must - read for anyone involved in complex development partnerships
Although this book addressed many tricky scenarios for land use and development, it was the only definitive guide I could find that addressed the acquisition of funding for commercial (high density residential) projects involving multiple partners. I'm sure I will be referring back to it regularly!

What a Phenomenal Job!
I read construction funding, prematurely perhaps, as one of my first ever real estate books - and I loved it! The book takes the reader through several once-real-life scenarios and explains the construction process step by step. I think that both ambitious beginners and more seasoned loan officers and developers would benefit from reading this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Construction - General    3. Construction industry    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Finance    6. Leases    7. Mortgage loans    8. Project Management    9. Real estate development    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Budgeting & financial management    13. Technology / Engineering / Civil    14. USA   

Reviews (8)

pretty good- but dated
Need a book like this but more up to date.Very informative though.

Excellent resource for anyone in or interested in "the biz"
I own a pretty sucessful bar in Santa Barbara California and decided (about a year ago) to try my hand in the Restaurant Business. Excellent and Insightful
If you are seeking concrete information into the whys and wherefores of creating and building upon a solid restaurant concept, this is the book for you.It is overflowing with detailed descriptions, practical advice, layouts, menus, square footage, operation costs... much more than I anticipated.Although at first glance it seems to be another glossy "picture" book with a high design value (which is greatly appreciated), it is in fact a true workbook and manual.The numbers are all here, allowing the reader to compare and contrast.If you are working on a business plan, this is ideal, because it is a great aid for making realistic projections.Restaurants That Work is extremely thorough and well worth the price. I am very pleased andmy only gripe is that I didn't purchase this sooner! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Case studies    5. Commercial Buildings Architecture    6. Design and construction    7. General    8. Hotel And Restaurant Management    9. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    10. Restaurant management    11. Restaurants    12. Hospitality industry    13. Interior design   

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Good basic information
This is a very good source for a basic overview.It is well-organized and clear, but it is only a starting point.I didn't have a clue about where to start, so this is perfect for that.

Must Have!!!
I bought this bought and found it very informative. It is an excellent start-up tool and very easy to read and understand. After two year, I still refer back to my book.

Hard to get past the Typos
This book was amusing, informative and very easy to read.The author spends much of his time promoting himself as a Practice Manager and offers his help and his advice "by the hour".It is difficult, however, to envision the thought of paying an expert whose own book contains a minimum of 1 typographical error per page.I question the attention to detail and fiscal expertise of someone whose own publication reads like my 3rd graders book report (before editing).Typos aside, the book provided us with a baseline level of Practice Management information and offered a solid introduction to what will be a new endeavor for my husband and I. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Facility Design and Construction    3. Health Care Delivery    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Medicine    7. Practice    8. Practice Management & Reimbursement    9. Practice Management, Medical    10. United States    11. organization & administration    12. Health systems & services    13. USA   

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good reading in project management
the book covers most of the issues related to project management. Sometopics are very informative even for soemone with experience in projectmanagement. overall a very good book on this subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Building    2. Construction - General    3. Construction industry    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Management    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Superintendence    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Building construction & materials    11. Construction & heavy industry    12. Technology / Construction & Construction Trades   

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Engineering Documentation
I am a British Chartered Engineer working mainly in Blue Chip energy-related companies. I have just started using this book in my work and find it strongly re-enforces my passion for excellent documentation and design management. It is clearly the current 'bible' forEngineering Documentation Control and is extremely valuable in showing how to climb the 'Configuration Management Ladder' (page 8). It cuts away the dross and complexity that is plentiful nearly everywhere else. So many of us technologists and managers are struggling with hugely powerful new computer packages that integrate most processes in our companies. This is one of the very few books to chart our course and give us a chance of a reliable way through to simplicity, speed and profitability that are so often promissed but so rarely fully attained.
Thorough Industry Configuration Management Resource...
...but not for Software CM. Great Inroduction to CM
Unlike the vast majority of books available on configuration management, this book, as the title suggests, focuses entirely on configuration management in industry.Throughout the book, the author focuses on a simplified, fast configuration management system that exceeds DoD standards.This book, in the chapters titled Change Control and Fast Change, has an exceptional explanation of how to handle configuration modifications.In these chapters the author gives a detailed description of how to set up a system that allows the fastest possible changes to take place.Also, many case studies are given in these sections which provide further insight as to how to implement the correct system for a given situation.Overall, the book is very easy to understand, and serves as an excellent introduction and handbook to a configuration management system for industry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Configuration management    3. Documentation    4. Engineering    5. Engineering - General    6. Engineering - Industrial    7. Engineering Management    8. Management    9. Management - General    10. Production Engineering    11. Production management    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Technical Writing    14. Technology    15. Technology / Technical Writing    16. Construction & heavy industry    17. Engineering: general    18. Industrial quality control    19. Management & management techniques   

Subjects:  1. Building Construction    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Construction contracts    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Engineering Construction Management    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Taxation    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. United States    12. Construction industry    13. Contract law    14. Law / Construction    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Corporate Finance    3. Engineering    4. Engineering - General    5. Engineering Economics    6. Estimates    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Budgeting & financial management    11. Quantity surveying    12. Technology / Construction & Construction Trades   

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Fast Track to acquire best skills
I have worked for 3 years in project management company about construction, but I cannot establish transparent concepts about Project Management. At the moment, this book was messiah to me almost drowning in deep mud pool of construction field. Most of all not only beginners to PM but also skillful PM can gain lots of useful informations from this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Construction industry    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Engineering - Industrial    5. Engineering Construction Management    6. Industrial Project Management    7. Management    8. Management - General    9. Project Management    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Building construction & materials    14. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Good info, but annoying writing style
I had to buy this book to use in a class I'm taking.I find the information in the book to be very complete and packed full of useful information.However, in an effort to lighten the heaviness of the topic, the author resorts to silly interjections and comments that destroy the flow of the text.I found it jarring and annoying.

Easy to understand, helpful for K-12 teachers
Popham's work is some of the easiest-to-read, least jargon filled, in the area of designing classroom tests. Chapter by chapter, he takes the reader through the different kinds of test questions, how to write them, how to grade them, how to tell if your students understand what you're asking; then he provides case studies, examples, and lists of further reading.Read more

Subjects:  1. Classroom Management    2. Design and construction    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    6. Educational tests and measurem    7. Educational tests and measurements    8. Examinations    9. Testing & Measurement    10. Validity    11. Education / Testing & Measurement    12. Teacher assessment   

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Excellent FM handbook for 2001 and beyond
A very comprehensive manual (31 chapters, over 500 pages) for any level of facilty management professional. Each chapter is written by practicing professionals and "expert" consultants. Given that the field of FM covers so many areas, it is useful to have many different perspectives from professionals in the field formed into one big book. Chapters are grouped into phases of FM disciplines, i.e, planning, design, management, technology. There are high level topics such as Strategic Facility Planning, Sustainable Design, Portfolio Management and Business Transformation. Also very detailed, nuts & bolts for topics such as Financial Management for FM's, Energy Management, System Implementation for CMMS (Maintenance systems, Benchmarking, Condition Assessment, and case studies for CAFM technology. Brief chapter summaries are provided to assist reader with content coverage. There are lots of graphics/figures which help readability of this thick book, as well as a CD with websites and templates for RFP's, standards and process related functions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design & Drafting    3. Design and construction    4. Entrepreneurship    5. Facility management    6. Factories    7. Management - General    8. Production planning    9. Architectural structure & design    10. Architecture / General    11. Management & management techniques    12. Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc    13. Facilities   

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Timely Relevance
The recent implosion of the AFL-CIO with three major unions seceding has turned this fascinating historical perspective on the Building Trades Unions decline into must reading to understand current events.

Freedom in the Workplace
When I got a copy of "Freedom In The Workplace" by Samuel Cook, I put it aside thinking that it was a history of the Associated Builders and Contractors and that I would read it when I had the time.
A rare literary accomplishment with scrupulous attention to historical truth and detail
This piece of literary genius is a must read for students and workers in both the public and private sectors who value our free enterprise system.Mr. Cook, through personal and historical documentary, chronicles the many struggles faced by Americans in their quest for freedom in America; namely among our most precious freedoms...the right to work. A valuable lesson underscoring our fundamental rights under the constitution, this book provides exemplary leadership principles for those in virtually every segment of our society. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Associated Builders & Contract    2. Building trades    3. Construction Management    4. Construction industry    5. History    6. History Of Specific Companies    7. Labor & Industrial Relations - General    8. Labor & Industrial Relations - Unions    9. Management    10. Open and closed shop    11. Political Science    12. Politics / Current Events    13. Politics/International Relations    14. United States    15. Political Science / General   

Reviews (9)

A waste of money
Elementary discussion of land development.Lacks detail and interest.
Nothing New Here
Lets face it......if you know anything at all about developing land, the absolute critical item is actually finding a piece of property that makes sense to wast time pursuing. I bought this book hoping to find some insight into ways of "finding" that elusive "good fit" property that maybe I have not thought of. Nothing new here, just some odball potential sources of finding property that just waste your time

Intro to development that could be half as long
A fairly useful overview that describes the issues a developer has to address, but not much about how to address them.For some reason the author tends to repeat himself.He says something and then restates it.He makes the same point twice.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Gardening    3. Gardening/Plants    4. Landscape    5. Real Estate - Investments    6. Real estate development    7. Real estate investment    8. Residential real estate    9. Entrepreneurship    10. Management of real estate, property & plant    11. Property & real estate    12. Technology / Construction / Contracting   

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you read and may become a consultant
I recommend this book for its full coverage on all the aspects of construction management, approaching the real field problems, solutions, tips and the very well explained example that is built chapter by chapter.
a useful book to who will devote oneself to PM egineer
this book is instructive! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Construction industry    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Engineering - Industrial    5. Engineering Construction Management    6. General    7. Industrial Project Management    8. Management    9. Project management    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    14. Technology / Construction & Construction Trades   

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An excellent guide for a construction engineer
This book have excellents concepts about the construction industry. I found a lot of examples like cost control systems, construction codes, change orders and budgets. The most important thing is how the book tide all this concepts and give you an idea of the entire situation ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction industry    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Law and legislation    4. Management    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. United States    9. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    10. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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An overview ith the details
This book breaks it all down. Time management, budgeting, deaking with staff and technical issues. For those in the field already, its a refresher and a confirmation of what you're doing. For those new to the field, it can serve as an operations manual for guidance. Appendix B that describes the job description is invaluable.

Practical techniques
This book has the basic knowlegde tha every CM must know, its easy to read, and it give you a better and required professional overview of construccion projects.

An essential book for project managers
Easy and comprehensible step by step guide to project management, very helpful for both experienced and entry level project management engineers ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Construction Management    5. Construction industry    6. Engineering - Civil    7. Law    8. Management    9. Project Management    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Building construction & materials    12. Law / Construction   

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Good for newcomers to embedded systems
The book walks you through all the steps of embedded systems development before going into the details of RTOS, which is the main focus of the book. It is a great book for the intended readers of the book, as stated up front in the book.

Good VxWorks-centric Intro to Real Time OS
This book is a good introduction to readers who are beginners in the world of embedded programming and real-time operating systems. A real-time OS facilitates the creation of real-time systems, but does not guarantee that they are real-time. Nor does an RTOS necessarily have high throughput. Instead, they enable, through specialized scheduling algorithms and deterministic behavior, the guarantee that system deadlines can be met. Thus a real-time OS is valued more for how quickly it can respond to an event than for the total amount of work it can do.
No depth
Please have a look before you buy! Be sure to check
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Operating Systems    2. Computer Systems    3. Computers    4. Computers - Operating Systems    5. Data Processing - General    6. Embedded computer systems    7. Management Information Systems    8. Operating Systems - General    9. Real-Time Data Processing    10. Real-time programming    11. Systems analysis & design    12. Design and construction   

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Estimating excavation
The book is written for a similar operator to the author, and is devoid of good drawing examples

Estimating
It contains most of the information I need to know in earthwork estimating. The instructions and guidelines are written in clear and simple English that even non-English speaking individuals could easily understand.Excellent reference for earthwork estimators.

If you want to move dirt and make money, this book is a super help.
Very detailed and the writer knows his stuff. So often these type books deal with the easy "all you gotta do" stuff but this book leaves no stone unturned. Great information that any 'dirt' estimator needs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business/Economics    2. Construction - General    3. Earthwork Design    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Engineering Construction Management    6. Estimates    7. Excavation    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts