No waste : managing sustainability in construction

✍ Scribed by Uly Ma

Publisher: Gower
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 413
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Contents: Preface; About the book; Introduction; Part 1 Talking About Sustainability: Sustainability and all that; Money and tension; Going forwards, backwards, sideways or nowhere?; People, construction and sustainability: the social elements; Capabilities, skills and 'green skills'; Sustainability: confusion in the workplace; Managing sustainability: your personal effectiveness. Part 2 The Anti-Sustainability: Introducing waste: the anti-sustainability; Dealing with waste. Part 3 Sustainability Policy: Policy and agenda. Part 4 Doing Sustainability: Going forward; Doing it!; The Lovelace list: a balanced social sustainability scorecard; Using the Lovelace list; Improving the way we work; Respect, recognition and rewards: the 3Rs that sugar coat the implementation; Transforming the organisation; Was Egan right? Thoughts on sustainability in construction; Appendices; Index

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