Building services design management /

Portman, Jackie,

Building services design management / Jackie Portman. - xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- pt. 1. The operating context -- 1. The operating environment -- 2. The external environment -- 3. Engaging building services engineers -- 4. Stakeholder interfaces -- pt. 2. Technical issues associated with building services design -- 6. Design criteria -- 7. System descriptions -- 8. Off-site manufacturing -- pt. 3. The design management process -- 9. Design execution -- 10. Risk management -- 11. Information management -- 12. Value management -- 13. Planning management -- 14. Commercial management -- 15. Quality management -- 16. Performance management -- pt. 4. Special buildings -- 17. Special buildings.

"Building services engineering design requires technical skills to ensure that the systems are safe, compliant with legislative requirements and good practices and are coordinated with the needs of the other design and construction team professionals. Design management is the business side of design, encompassing the on-going processes, business decisions, and strategies that enable innovation, and create effectively designed systems and services that ultimately enhance the quality of the built environment and should also provide organisational success to those involved"--

9781118528129

2014012269


Building--Superintendence.
Construction projects--Management.
Building--Planning.
Engineering design.

TH438 / .P676 2014

658.2 PO.B 2014