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Doing it Differently:

Systems for Rethinking Construction
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Thomas Telford, 2000 - Technology & Engineering - 320 pages
""This is a serious and impressive work... It will help those who are committed to changing the industry to create structures to do so, whether in one area or in totality. It offers a whole range of powerful tools, which will be particularly useful to those with the personal drive to apply them to rethinking construction. It is packed with examples that help to flesh out a rigorous analysis of how the industry can improve."" David Fison, Kvaerner Construction This informative and practical book provides numerous tools, techniques and case studies that will help those motivated to change the way things are done within the construction industry. It explores the rapidly changing expectations of the clients of the construction industry and includes the development of a tool kit to help make a difference. It also encourages both clients and Industry to explore the concepts outlined in the Government's Report Rethinking Construction, and helps develop its basic ideas focused on the customer process and people. Winner of the CIOB Author of the Year Award 2000
  

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Contents

Finding the leverage
57
Hardness and softness
83
Rigour through practical foresight
111
Adding value
143
Maintaining the business case
195
Managing the team
219
Managing the life cycle
251
Looking to the future
295
References
307
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