Provides clear and comprehensive guidance to embedding total value across construction projects for sustainable societal impactThe construction industry is uniquely positioned to shape the social, economic, and environmental fabric of society. As scrutiny of large-scale projects intensifies, traditional measures of success such as cost, time, and quality are no longer sufficient. Increasingly, organisations are judged by the total value they deliver, which includes...

Su rostro es respetado en los bajos fondos de Londres. Sus negocios de drogas le proporcionan miles de libras. Entre áticos, coches de lujo, ropa de diseño y mujeres, tiene todo cuanto desea. Es violento y muy eficaz cuando se trata de cobrar una deuda o deshacerse de gente indeseable. Pero una noche, en plena calle, golpea a un joven con demasiada fuerza... Su vida está a punto de cambiar, esta vez radicalmente. Este es su testimonio.

John Pridmore searched for happiness in money, power, drugs and sex and found none. In this book he demolishes these worldly illusions and presents his truth.Pridmore was a vicious gangster of London's East End, mixing with some of the capital's most violent criminals. Following a dramatic life-changing experience, he left it all behind. In Gangster's Guide to God, Pridmore talks compellingly about the reality of the criminal underworld and the journey to his new life, sharing the ...

Introduction to Built Asset ManagementProvides a multidisciplinary introduction to building maintenance management and execution, covering a wide range of current technical and management issuesThe maintenance and upgrading of existing buildings is no longer viewed as separate from the operational phase of the completed building. Maintenance and management are now regarded as fundamental parts of a building’s life cycle, forming a significa...

The aim of this book is to provide a single source of information to support continuing professional development (CPD) in the built environment sector.The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the concept of CPD and provides robust guidance on the methods and benefits of identifying, planning, monitoring, actioning, and recording CPD activities. It brings together theories, standards, professional and industry requirements, and contemporary arguments around individual persona...

This textbook responds to the increasing demand for practical, industry aligned, ethical practices in quantity surveying, construction management and related AEC professions. Professional Ethics for Construction and Surveying addresses how existing ethical standards can be pragmatically applied to both private and contracting practice, with case studies aligned with the ethical requirements of the main professional bodies. After an introduction to ethics, the authors present real-...

‘Many of us can feel trapped and in prison,that life is not worth living and that thereare parts of us which we find hard to accept’In Journey to Freedom He explores why somany of us sense there is something missingfrom our lives and why feelings of fulfilmentand happiness are so short lived.Drawing on his own experiences and those ofthe men and women he has encountered onhis travels, whose lives and ideas have shaped

Brought up in the East End of London, son of a policeman, John was already dabbling in crime by his early teens, ending up in a young offenders institute and then a borstal. Hed left home at 15 and the only occupation he knew was theft. He landed a job doing security at concerts for stars such as Simply Red, Queen and Bruce Springsteen and was lured deeper into the world of drugs and crime. By his 20s he was well-acquainted with the capitals criminal underworld. Thanks to drug dealing an...

John Pridmore searched for happiness in money, power, drugs and sex and found none. In this book he demolishes these worldly illusions and presents his truth. Pridmore was a vicious and dangerous gangster of London’s East End. He left his former life on a quest for truth and found it in God. In Gangster’s Guide to God, Pridmore speaks bluntly about the deception of the world he was in and openly of his journey and the foundations of his new life. John Pridmore is the author of best-selling...

‘Many of us can feel trapped and in prison, that life is not worth living and that there are parts of us which we find hard to accept’ says John Pridmore, former London gangster and international speaker. He explores why so many of us sense there is something missing from our lives and why feelings of fulfilment and happiness are so short lived. Drawing on his own experiences and those of the men and women he has encountered on his travels, whose lives and ideas have shaped our modern cult...

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity.Whether it’s coming up hard against the speed of light – and, with it, the enormity of the universe – realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you’d ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes...

HUMANITY AMONG THE STARS What happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field. The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder, Pat Cadigan, Karen Lord, Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts, Linda Nagata, Hannu Rajaniemi, Kathleen An...