What is "Design-Build"? Which LEED credit is easier to achieve? How to use LEED score card to plan for a green project? How to pick a design firm for green building project? How to manage the design process? What's the implication of LEED system for general contractor and each sub-trade? What are the risks in a green building project for contractors? How could BIM help?......
Written by a LEED AP with real-world project management experience, this unique book covers:
1. Implication of green building for construction
2. Project delivery methods and green building
3. Green building planning process
4. Green building design management (deliverables by design phases)
5. Green building construction and contractor's involvement (by MasterFormat divisions)
6. Green building close-out
7. Green building risk management strategies
8. Green building and BIM
9. Contractor's toolbox kits for green building/LEED projects (total six: Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Water Saving Calculation, Simple Energy Payback Analysis, Construction Waste Management, Sustainable Material Procurement and Indoor Air Quality Management)
Loaded with hundreds of checklists, tables, graphs, pictures, diagrams, example problems with solutions, this book provides comprehensive coverage for green project cycle from planning, design, construction to closeout. Whether you are an owner, developer, architect, engineer, general contractor, construction manager, sub-trade or a college student who's on the road to become one of the above, this is the reference manual you want to have!
PLEASE READ: This is a 100% professional reference manual, NOT an entry-level book on green building. The author assumes you already have LEED GA or equivalent knowledge. If you desire to have some basic coverage, please buy the author's "Green Building Primer" series (total 6 books) or get "LEED GA Guaranteed" (1 big book) to pass the exam first. This book does NOT have any content overlapping with other books.
Check the following Amazon page for more background information on the author who already sold 40000+ books: http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Ding/e/B001JS4Y5Y
Written by a LEED AP with real-world project management experience, this unique book covers:
1. Implication of green building for construction
2. Project delivery methods and green building
3. Green building planning process
4. Green building design management (deliverables by design phases)
5. Green building construction and contractor's involvement (by MasterFormat divisions)
6. Green building close-out
7. Green building risk management strategies
8. Green building and BIM
9. Contractor's toolbox kits for green building/LEED projects (total six: Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Water Saving Calculation, Simple Energy Payback Analysis, Construction Waste Management, Sustainable Material Procurement and Indoor Air Quality Management)
Loaded with hundreds of checklists, tables, graphs, pictures, diagrams, example problems with solutions, this book provides comprehensive coverage for green project cycle from planning, design, construction to closeout. Whether you are an owner, developer, architect, engineer, general contractor, construction manager, sub-trade or a college student who's on the road to become one of the above, this is the reference manual you want to have!
PLEASE READ: This is a 100% professional reference manual, NOT an entry-level book on green building. The author assumes you already have LEED GA or equivalent knowledge. If you desire to have some basic coverage, please buy the author's "Green Building Primer" series (total 6 books) or get "LEED GA Guaranteed" (1 big book) to pass the exam first. This book does NOT have any content overlapping with other books.
Check the following Amazon page for more background information on the author who already sold 40000+ books: http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Ding/e/B001JS4Y5Y
