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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Overview of Chapters -- Chapter 1 -- Transforming the Construction Industry: Global Trends, Job Burnout and Safety Issues -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global Trends -- 2.1. People -- 2.2. Adoption of New Technologies, Materials, and Tools -- 2.2.1. Towards New Technologies -- 2.2.2. Towards New Materials -- 2.2.3. Towards New Tools and Equipment -- 2.2.4. Industry Collaboration -- 2.2.5. Business Models -- 2.2.6. Corporate Strategies -- 2.2.7. Maturity of Business Process -- 2.2.8. Maturity of Construction Operations -- 2.2.9. Corporate Cultures -- 2.2.10. Corporate Organisations and Financial Performances -- 2.2.11. Creation of Intellectual Property -- 3. Job Burnout -- 4. Safety Issues -- 5. Environmental Issues -- 5.1. Issues of CO2 -- 5.2. Safety Issues in Outdoor Environment -- 5.2.1. Issues of Other Environmental Impact -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- The Construction Industry and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Issues and Strategies -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Construction Industry and 4IR -- Standardising the Definition of the 4IR -- Issues of 4IR in Construction - Implementation Constraints -- The Nigerian Engineer and 4IR: Case Laboratory -- Reshaping the Engineering Field -- The Downside -- General Strategies for Plugging the Gap -- What Can the Nigerian Engineers Do to Adapt? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Technological Advancements in Green and Sustainable Construction -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Green and Sustainable Construction -- 3. Carbon: A Metric for Assessing Sustainability -- 3.1. Databases and Tools for Carbon Estimating -- 3.1.1. Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE) -- 3.1.2. Blackbook -- 3.1.3. Australian Life Cycle Inventory (AusLCI) -- 3.1.4. GaBi -- 3.1.5. eToolLCD -- 3.2. Dual Currency Approach: Cost vs Carbon.

"Acting as both a professional reference on current approaches in shipyard practice and a comprehensive introduction for students in any marine discipline, Ship Construction covers the complete construction process, from ship specification to completed vessel." -- Page 4 of cover

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: The current situation. Chapter 3: Global trends in construction. Chapter 4: Vision of the construction industry for the 21st century. Chapter 5: Strategic thrust 1. Enhancing the professionalism of the industry. Chapter 6: Strategic thrust 2. Raising the skills level. Chapter 7: Strategic thrust 3: Improving industry practices and techniques. Chapter 8: Strategic thrust 4. An integrated approach to construction. Chapter 9: Strategic thrust 5. Developing an external wing. Chapter 10: Strategic thrust 6. A collective championing effort for the construction industry. Chapter 11: Vision in action - implementing construction 21

"The construction professional has to be a "jack of all trades, and master of all." This text covers a wide range of subjects, reflecting the breadth of knowledge needed to understand the dynamics of this large and complex industry. This edition introduces extended coverage in the scheduling area to address more advanced and practice oriented procedures such as Start to Start, Finish to Finish, and similar relationship between activities in a network schedule."--