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Top 10 books What customers have bought over the past month from Construction Books Direct Keep learning fresh with new editions

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING BIM made simple

BIM Demystified is a short, practical introduction to Building Information Modelling (BIM). Addressing BIM from the point

CBD stock Code: 6474 CBD Price: £19.95

of view of mainstream practice as opposed to a cutting-edge technological perspective, it offers an easy-going yet thorough explanation of a subject which is often swamped by jargon and deluged with spin.

Taking a wide view of BIM –

encompassing business opportunity, code of conduct, cultural issues and the necessity for better legal arrangements too – the book’s chapters range from the BIM ingredients (including objects, parametrics, and standards), to the business case for BIM and how to implement it. BIM requires a shift in

attitudes if its benefits are to

be obtained – and this book will allow individuals at all levels in any practice to build a firmer understanding of the merits and wider application of the subject.

It aims to bring together

both managers and technologists within businesses throughout the AECC chain to form better and more valuable propositions for built environment interventions.

1 CIOB: Mini Form of Contract (General Use) 2011 2 JCT 2011 (MW) Minor Works Building Contract 3 CIOB: Small Works Contract 2011 4 CIOB: Partnering in the Construction Industry 5 CIOB: Facilities Management Contract — Revised Jan 2008 6 Building Regulations in Brief: 7th Edition 7 CIOB: Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects 8 JCT 2011 (DB) Design and Build contract 9 Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry — 6th Edition 10 Health, safety and environment test: For operatives and specialists

Buy all of these titles and more from www.constructionbooksdirect.com or call +44 (0) 1344 630810.

CIVIL ENGINEERING

CESMM4 CBD stock Code: 6610 CBD Price: £65

CESMM4 Handbook CBD stock Code: 6612 CBD Price: £70

CESMM4 Examples CBD stock Code: 6611 CBD Price: £40

CESMM4: A raft of resources now available

The Civil Engineering Standard Method of measurement – CESMM – has been well established for over 20 years as the standard for the preparation of bills of quantities in civil engineering work. CESMM4 does not require any new learning or changes to business practices. This edition, which has been

updated to incorporate all the latest technologies and is contract neutral for the first time

— it can be used across contract suites including the NEC, FIDIC and ICC. This makes CESMM4 the most accessible and vital edition to date, essential for all civil engineering and construction projects across the world. Also just published this month

is the CESMM4: Handbook. Completely updated it now includes new text to bring it in line with the changes and new material contained within

The Chartered Institute of Building

The Chartered Institute of Building represents for the public benefit the most diverse set of professionals in the construction industry.

Our Mission: To contribute to the creation of a modern, progressive, and responsible construction industry; able to meet the economic, environmental and social challenges faced in the 21st century.

Our seven guiding principles: • Creating extraordinary people through professional learning and continuous personal development.

• Promoting the built environment as central to the quality of life for everyone everywhere.

• Achieving a sustainable future, worldwide.

• Advocating exemplary ethical practice and behaviour, integrity and transparency.

• Pursuing excellence in management practice, and technological innovation rooted in evidence based science.

• Being socially responsible and working responsibly.

• Enabling our members to find an emotional resonance with the Institute; their success is our success.

We have over 47,000 members around the world and are considered to be the international voice of the building professional, representing an unequalled body of knowledge concerning the management of the total building process.

To find out more about the benefits of either individual CIOB membership or Chartered Building Company and Chartered Building Consultancy schemes (CBCs), go to our website www.ciob.org.uk; or call us on +44 (0)1344 630700 today.

CESMM4. The handbook explains the amendments which have been made to make CESMM4 contract neutral and inclusive of the latest technologies. The CESMM4: Handbook will indisputably remain the essential reference tool for all users of the CESMM and students of civil engineering and quantity surveying. To complement the new handbook is CESMM4: Examples,

a book which provides a comprehensive range of examples of diagrams and bills of quantities based on Section 8, works classification, of CESMM4. The example bill pages

illustrate the application of the rules of measurement in all classes of CESMM4. The diagrams include some helpful short cuts for engineers and surveyors preparing bills of quantities.