Constructability

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A Tool for Project Management

By Sharmin Khan

Summary

Constructability by Sharmin Khan explores the integration of constructability—a project management approach that utilises construction expertise across planning, engineering, procurement, and operations—with sustainable development and architecture. The book systematically examines how optimising construction knowledge can promote sustainable architectural practices. It includes detailed discussions on the definitions and history of constructability and sustainability, guidelines for design and construction, an updated database of constructability research, and relevant case studies illustrating the connection between sustainable development and project management.
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Ideal for students, professionals, and researchers in project management, construction, architecture, and sustainability fields seeking to deepen their understanding of sustainable practices through constructability.

Focusing on Constructability as a project management tool and its effectiveness, book develops a positive and strong relationship between constructability and sustainability, thus, promoting the application of the project management systems and guidelines for sustainable development, in a systematic manner.

Description

This book focuses on Constructability, a project management tool and its effectiveness in the promotion of sustainable development and architecture. Constructability concentrates on the optimum use of construction knowledge and experience in planning, engineering, procurement, and field operations to achieve overall project objectives. Keeping in view the requirement of promoting sustainable architectural practices, the book aims to establish an effective relationship between constructability and sustainability, including the application of the project management systems and guidelines for sustainable development, in a systematic manner.

Key Features

Focuses on the relationship between constructability and sustainability in detail, with respect to their definitions and historical background.
Summarises the formulation of recommendations and guidelines for various design and construction practices.
Provides an updated information database with an overview of constructability studies and research conducted so far.
Explores the association of sustainable development with project management issues.
Includes relevant case studies.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138586758

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 August 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Illustration: 5 Tables, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 420g

Pages: 126

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Sharmin Khan

About the Author

Sharmin Khan is a graduate in Architecture from AMU, Aligarh and post graduate in Construction Engineering and Management from IIT, Delhi. She has a teaching experience of fourteen years collectively, in three Indian universities including AMU, Aligarh. Her research areas of interest are Construction management, Sustainable architecture and History. Her interaction with students during last couple of years encouraged her to publish books on ancient Indian and Indo-Islamic architecture also. She worked on Constructability issues during her post-graduation programme, which inspired her to conduct her doctoral studies in the same area. She obtained a Ph. D in Architecture from AMU, Aligarh, which focussed on the study of design and construction practices of sustainable architecture in India based on the concept of constructability. Her research work is oriented towards the study and correlation of construction management issues with sustainable development. She has presented and published research papers to promote the practices of constructability in Indian construction industry.