Book Overview
"Far from being a single activity, construction on any scale requires a range of professional and tradespeople who have wide ranging, disparate but complementary skills, working together to bring a project to fruition. The same basic skills are required in the completion of construction projects of all sizes. To acquire their specialist skills, students on all building and construction related courses need to have a basic understanding of the materials and technology that are employed in the construction of buildings. But construction is also about choices and decisions. Appropriate choices must be made during design and construction to ensure those materials and technologies are brought together in the most appropriate ways to ensure a building works as intended"--
