The second edition of this Amazon #1 best seller is a natural evolution of both the Consultant and Contractor perspectives about the building construction phase. Brian Palmquist has spent more than half of his forty years of professional experience "in the trenches" developing and using leading edge computer technology to make construction administration more efficient, more profitable and more enjoyable. At the same time, his systematic approach will improve the performance of design and construction businesses that prefer to operate using more traditional methods.
As an educator, he has used the ideas and approaches in this book to teach more than 2,000 intern architects, students and design and construction professionals about the simplest ways to effectively manage the complexities of construction. "The challenge," he says, "is to learn the enduring ways in this age of immediacy."
This second edition continues to focus on the "enduring ways" that underpin the administration of building construction. It includes the first edition's popular format of more than sixty new and updated "Tales from the trenches," using true stories to explain the two objectives, two fundamentals and eleven elements of construction administration. Recasting the many Tales into just fifteen components makes the content more engaging and suitable for a focused or semester teaching approach, as well as offering a more accessible resource. The second edition uses more than 200 updated and clarified photographs, tables and figures to illustrate the Tales.
Each individual Tale is summarized around its Principles, Attributes, Toolsets and Habits, what the author calls the PATH to construction administration.
The book's Concluding Tales offer a simple method to evaluate where you or your business are on this PATH. Whether you administer design and construction using paper or electrons, or both, the PATH methodology will help you optimize your approach and construction administration content.
The Concluding Tales in the book and e-Book versions also embrace our "age of immediacy" by detailing specific techniques to manage construction in the cloud on any combination of laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Автор: Palmquist Mike, Wallraff Barbara Название: In Conversation with Exercises ISBN: 1319254446 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781319254445 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 53790.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With a strong rhetorical foundation, In Conversation blends the comprehensive coverage and quick navigation of a pocket-size handbook with the guidance of a rhetoric. Students will see themselves in its vibrant visuals and real-world examples. The second edition of this approachable and affordable guidebook provides even more help for the kinds of writing students do in college, with new robust support for multilingual writers, new coverage of analytical writing, practice exercises, and a new appendix of sentence guides for academic writing.
Автор: Palmquist Mary Ahlstrom Название: Pigeon Prayers and Praises: A Collection of Christian Poetry ISBN: 1603835849 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781603835848 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22060.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Pigeon Prayers and Praises is a unique collection of Christian poetry by Mary Ahlstrom Palmquist, a former English teacher and egular chapel homilist at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, during the years she was in their employ. Ordinary domesticated pigeons and fancy show pigeons become the metaphoric voices of Christians carrying the message of salvation and redemption. They offer the prayers and praises of ordinary people who love and worship God. They struggle to maintain flight patterns propelling them to their destination, intimacy with a gracious and loving Father.
Worship and prayer are central themes in the 200 poems included in this fascinating collection. Others speak to the condition and longings of the heart. Trumpeter Pigeons with their odd vocalizations and calls perfectly illustrate the different voices of prayer; Fantail Pigeons are a flashy breed, displaying beauty and grace and training their young to fly; Damascene Pigeons, who look almost blind to the naked eye, are a rare breed, trained for ample flying time (the author describes them as "new beginning pigeons;" Rock Pigeons are often seen in rocky fortress-like cliffs; Helmet Pigeons are a metaphor for Christians in spiritual battle; Archangel pigeons are ministering angels; King Pigeons are sacrificed for food; Pouter Pigeons are puffed up with pride; and Homing Pigeons are obedient birds, always faithful to return to their master.
